Recording the British and Irish flora 2010-2020 - Botanical Society of ...

Who uses our records and why are they so important?Conservation agencies and government departments use ourdata to inform conservation activities such as the productionof lists of ‘priority species’ such as the Red Data List(Cheffings & Farrell, 2005), improved targeting of agrienvironmentschemes and informing policy on non-nativesGovernment agencies such as the Forestry Commission andlocal authorities use our data to inform the planning processand for land managementThe scientific community use our data for research leading toan increased understanding of the British and Irish floraOur data are made available to the general public via ourpublications such as the New Atlas of the British and Irishflora, the BSBI Website and National Biodiversity Network(NBN) Gateway. This stimulates interest in botany amongstour members and more widely and identifies the BSBI as theleading provider of high quality botanical information inBritain and Ireland.●pre-1930● 1930-1969● 1970-1986● 1987-1999● 2000-2009● 2010-Figure 2. BSBI maps reveal theextent of the spread of ButterflybushBuddleja davidii (left) andEarly Meadow-grass Poa infirma(opposite page). The oldestrecords are displayed ‘on top’.6