The National Biodiversity Data Centre provides a range of pollinator-related learning opportunities which your business can begin to explore.

FREE ONLINE COURSES

• Species related – bumblebees, solitary bees, birds, butterflies etc. – National Biodiversity Data Centre
• Sponsoring in the local community? Provide the sponsor-recipient or the contractor with the following: Managing Communities for Pollinators and Managing school grounds for biodiversity
• Farm suppliers & growers? Pollinator-friendly farming and Farmland Pollinator Friendly Hedgerows

TRAINING EVENTS & WORKSHOPS

• Buy tickets – National Biodiversity Data Centre

WEBINARS

• Employees/ members – Gardening for Biodiversity with the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan
• Sustainability/ Green Teams – Introduction to Ireland’s Citizen Science Portal and Biodiversity Maps, and Introduction to invasive species in Ireland
• Agri-food / processors – Missed the webinar? Catch up on ‘Pathways to pollinator-biodiversity’ » All-Ireland Pollinator Plan
• Ecologists – Ecological Data Standards webinar

This webinar is for ecologists receiving public funding i.e. if this funding requires the ecologist to submit data to the National Biodiversity Data Centre.

• • 04:00-16:00 Habitat Mapping Data Standards: Public sector context by Catherine Casey – Head of Climate Change, Heritage Council. Practical questions to consider if commissioning a survey or delivering publicly funded habitat mapping.

1. 1. 1. Can it integrate without re-structuring? Can this habitat layer be integrated directly with other spatial data sets without substantial structural modification.
      2. Is the method transparent? Does the data set together with its metadata make it clear how the mapping was carried out? At what scale? What level of confidence? Is all of that transparent and recorded? Will it stand up in 5, 10 years?
      3. Will it be interpretable and usable in 5 years’ time, in or 10 years’ time by someone who wasn’t involved in the original survey. Does it stand up to that test of time?
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   • 16:01-21:30 How the National Biodiversity Data Centre supports Local Authorities in managing LBAF and other survey data by Aaron Skehan – Local Authority Biodiversity Data Liaison Officer, National Biodiversity Data Centre
   • 21:31-38:40 Species Occurrence Data Standards by Jon Hawkins – Head of Digital Services, National Biodiversity Data Centre

CITIZEN SCIENCE – scientifically robust

• Flower-Insect-Timed Counts (FIT Counts) – track the abundance of bumblebees and butterflies April-October. Entry level/no experience necessary.
• Bumblebee Monitoring Scheme – track bumblebees each month March-October. Intermediate level/no experience necessary.