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Briefs
New DiscoverLondon Maps
These new layers join existing data on wildlife crime, spaces to visit, wildlife sites, rivers and waterbodies, recording support and London’s landscape to make DiscoverLondon a valuable portal for investigating the city’s natural surroundings.
Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is now live
From the 12th February 2024 all major developments (unless exempt) are required to deliver net gains for biodiversity. GiGL has been working on various projects over the last few years in preparation…
London Day of Nature
While ‘recording’ remains at the heart of everything GiGL does, we felt it was time to update the event to better reflect the speakers we wish to champion and the community we wish to welcome – namely all those engaging with and working for nature in London…
Water Vole Recovery Programme
Help us locate remaining water vole populations! As part of GiGL’s work with the London Water Vole Recovery Programme, we have created a short, online recording portal for the submission of water vole and American mink records.
A (re)-introduction to GAP
GiGL’s vision is that London’s natural environment is appreciated, understood, considered and improved. To achieve this it’s important that our data and services remain relevant to changing policy and practice priorities. To help achieve this, each quarter we meet...
10-Minute Walk Map
Caledonian Park, a publically accessible greenspace in Islington (© Richard Welpton) We are very pleased to announce that the Greater London Authority (GLA) has published the 10 Minute Walk Map that shows areas that are more than a 10-minute walk from a publicly...
News brief: BE-BOP report published
We are very pleased to announce that the “Biodiversity Evidence – Better Outcomes from Planning” (BE-BOP) project report has been published. This project was delivered by Greenspace Information for Greater London CIC (GiGL) from October 2019 to September 2020 and was...