The Natural History Museum is working in partnership across the UK to champion urban biodiversity and provide practical solutions to the growing challenges nature faces as towns and cities expand.

Working with partners across the UK, the Museum will create opportunities for young people, families and schools to appreciate the rich diversity of wildlife on their doorstep including school programmes, citizen science projects, volunteer schemes and online resources.

Through the Museum’s Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity, scientists will partner with conservation organisations to support evidence-based nature conservation within the UK by creating toolkits around monitoring and managing habitats. New methods of monitoring urban biodiversity are being developed alongside training programmes to build skills in identification, monitoring and recording.

The Natural History Museum’s five-acre site in the heart of London will be transformed into an exemplar of urban wildlife research, conservation and awareness