The open data movement is inspiring and exciting, but for it to work for the environmental data sector it needs long-term and significant investment in our local, regional and national data infrastructure The Open Data Institute (ODI) defines open data as “data that...
Biodiversity net gain (BNG) is an approach which aims to leave the natural environment in a measurably better state than beforehand. Under the Environment Act 2021, all planning permissions granted in England (with a few exemptions) except for small sites will have to...
Today I bring you the first in a series of GiGLer articles exploring the myriad of recording apps (RAs) available to novice and expert species recorders. GiGL is regularly asked about how we configure data from RAs within our database and so this first instalment...
Paul Losse, Natural England Paul Losse of Natural England sheds light on protected species – giving GiGLer readers a whistle-stop tour of the key legislation and guidance for planners. Bats, great crested newts, common dormice and badgers are well known to be highly...
Peter Coles, Editor and co-founder Morus Londinium Until the first London Recorders’ Day conference, I had no idea that I, and Morus Londinium, the project I helped to set up nearly three years ago, was part of a community. But there I was, the final speaker in a...
