Biological Data and GIS
Welcome to the Yorkshire Wildlife Trusts data page! As you can see we don’t have much up at the moment, however this will be the place to come to in the future for all biological data and GIS-related queries and information. Since September of last year the Trust has taken on a permanently-posted Wildlife Data Officer and has undertaken the process of implementing a new data management and GIS/mapping system.
Biological Data Policy
The Trust recognises the role of both Local Record Centres (LRCs) and the NBN Trust in influencing conservation priorities and land management decision making. It is the policy of the Trust to make any data collected or received as widely and publically available as possible whilst preserving any necessary conditions of sensitivity and confidentiality. These policies and procedures will be made available on our website in the near future.
Biological Data Requests
The majority of the data that the Trust holds is specifically related to its nature reserves. Although there are recent records and records currently being collected on reserves as well as legacy data that are in the process of being sorted, all records that the Trust has made available to the public at this time are held at the LRCs. As this backlogged data is sorted and entered into the Trust internal database it will also be made publicly available through the LRCs.
The Trust shares all of its biological data with the LRCs, and due to limited resources within the Trust, all biological data requests are responded to by asking the enquirer to refer to the relevant LRC for any data that theTrust might hold for a specific area.
Mapping & GIS
In the future, spatial data such as the Trust public reserve boundaries, for example, will be made available on this page for download and use in GIS systems such as MapInfo and ArcGIS. For any questions or comments regarding biological data, data management, GIS, or mapping within the Trust, please contact Mic Hardman, Wildlife Data Officer; email.
