CIEEM, in partnership with a range of other stakeholder organisations, published new Guidelines for Accessing and Using Biodiversity data. This new document is intended to help members, and their clients, planners and other interested parties, to understand the what, why and how of using biodiversity data effectively. It has been written by Lisa Kerslake CEcol FCIEEM (Swift Ecology) and Tom Hunt (ALERC) with input from organisations such as the NBN Trust, BTO and the National Forum for Biological Recording.