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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.

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Biodiversity Ireland Spring/Summer 2021

Catch up on all the latest news from the National Biodiversity Data Centre in our latest issue of the Biodiversity Ireland magazine – free to download and flick through! Read

Results of the Butterfly Monitoring Scheme 2020 released

2020 was a relatively good year for butterflies but some worrying trends continuing Butterfly populations in Ireland generally had a good season in 2020. The multi-species butterfly index which tracks

Spring Flowers Project 2021

Spring Flowers Project 2021 Newsletter What is it? This project is a joint initiative between the BSBI and the National Biodiversity Data Centre which was kicked off in 2017 and

Farmland Biodiversity Guest Blog – Shane McAuliffe on how he is helping biodiversity on his farm

Shane McAuliffe is a well known pig farmer who also farms beef & tillage across Kerry and Offaly. He has a wide range of habitats on his farms including upland

Farmland Biodiversity Guest Blog No. 3 – Thomas Duffy shares his views on the new CAP

Thomas Duffy, outgoing President of Macra na Feirme, shares his views on how to make CAP policy work for biodiversity and farmers Agricultural Policy has been a significant driver of

Invasive alien species and our woodlands

Invasive alien species and our woodlands This video introduces some of the impacts of invasive species on our woodlands and ways we can help prevent their spread. To find out

Farmland Biodiversity Guest Blog – High Nature Value farmland by Dr. James Moran

High Nature Value farmland areas jewels in the crown of Ireland’s biodiversity!  In the next of our guest blogs for the Festival of Farmland Biodiversity Dr. James Moran Department of

Launch of Ireland’s Butterfly Series

The National Biodiversity Data Centre has just published the first three guides in it's new series, 'Ireland's Butterfly Series'. The first three guides are habitat management for the Marsh Fritillary,

Farmland Biodiversity Blog – Dung Beetles – By: Bruce Thompson

For the Festival of Farmland Biodiversity we have some guest blogs written by people involved in farming and farmland biodiversity. In our first to these blogs Bruce Thomson tells us

Invasive Species Alert for Chinese mitten crab

Species Alert for: Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis). Issued by: the National Biodiversity Data Centre on behalf of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Reason for issue: to notify
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