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National Biodiversity Data Centre has developed diverse work programme that is supported by a state-of-the-art bioinformatics infrastructure and a small but dedicated team of staff.

Since its establishment in 2007, the National Biodiversity Data Centre has developed into an essential component of the national heritage infrastructure to make information on Ireland’s biodiversity more accessible for decision-making, to assist engagement by both the public and private sectors with biodiversity and to support the conservation of biological diversity in Ireland. It achieves this through a diverse work programme that is supported by a state-of-the-art bioinformatics infrastructure and a small but dedicated team of staff.

Click on any of the tabs below to learn more about the work carried out at the National Biodiversity Data Centre:

Help survey for invasive New Zealand Land Hoppers (Arcitalitrus dorrieni)

Volunteers are needed to help uncover the contemporary distribution of New Zealand Land Hoppers (Arcitalitrus dorrieni) in Ireland. These small terrestrial amphipods are approximately 10mm or less in size and

Annual Review 2016 published

The National Biodiversity Data Centre's Annual Review 2016 has been published. This presents some of the highlights of the work delivered by the Data Centre during 2016. The highlights are

Press Release: Water users urged to take precautions due to outbreak of Crayfish Plague on the Lorrha River, north Tipperary

Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 28 August 2017 Water users urged to take precautions due to outbreak of Crayfish Plague on the Lorrha River, north Tipperary All water

Press Release – Water users asked to take measures to prevent spread of Crayfish plague on River Suir

Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs press release issued: Thursday, 18th May 2017 Water users urged to take precautions to limit an outbreak of Crayfish Plague on River

Coypu Species Alert

View and distribute Coypu Species Alert poster Species Alert for: Coypu (Myocastor coypus). Issued by: National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Reason for issue: Public call for people to report suspected sightings

Crayfish plague alert – 2017

Species Alert for: Crayfish plague (Aphanomyces astaci). Issued by: National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). View latest information on Crayfish Plague outbreaks - Updated March 2018 NPWS are recommending that the voluntary

GBIF exceeds 702 million biodiversity records

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility's (GBIF) data portal continues to grow at a staggering rate. This global open data portal now publishes 702 million records from 30,712 separate datasets. This

Atlas of Mammals in Ireland 2010-2015 to be launched 18 January

The Date Centre is delighted to announce that the Atlas of Mammals in Ireland 2010-2015 will be launched by Éanna Ní Lamhna on Wednesday 18th January at the Heritage Council,

Feral wild boar in Forest of Dean expand despite cull. A cautionary tale for Ireland.

Population of feral Wild boar in Forest of Dean continue to expand despite cull. A cautionary tale perhaps for Ireland. The original population established in woodlands after escaping from a

European Grassland Butterfly Indicator

The sixth version of the European Grassland Butterfly Indicator, one of the European Environmental Agency's biodiversity indicators, has just been released. Compiled by Butterfly Conservation Europe, the indicator is based
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