UK Biodiversity Programme

The UK Biodiversity Programme at the Natural History Museum is helping to conserve our native wildlife with innovative research projects and through partnerships of Museum scientists and conservationists.

  • Botanist examining herbarium specimen sheet, at the Natural History Museum, London.
    UK Biodiversity Research

    The Museum holds major collections of UK plant, animal and insect species.

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    Partnership projects

    The Museum is working in partnership with English Nature to promote the greater engagement of amateur naturalists in UK biodiversity conservation.

  • National Biodiversity Network
    National Biodiversity Network (NBN)

    The National Biodiversity Network (NBN) has been established to make biodiversity information in the UK more accessible.