Greenspace Information for Greater London
Greenspace Information for Greater London (GiGL) is the environmental record centre for Greater London. It collates information about wildlife, parks, nature reserves, gardens and other open spaces, and makes it available to partner organisations and environmental consultants through its website. Public access to the website is restricted to information not considered sensitive.[1][2] GiGL works with over 50 partner organisations in London.[3]
History
GiGL began as the London Biological Recording Project in 1996, and then became the capital's environmental record centre in 2006. In 2013 it became a Community Interest Company.[1]
Website
GiGL's website was developed by the National Biodiversity Network. It incorporated the Scottish Natural Heritage's WIMBY (What's in my back yard) tool, which allows users to search for species by location.[2]
Up to 2010, details of Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC)s in London were available on the Mayor of London's Wildweb website. This was taken down in December 2010, and the database was transferred to GiGL, which launched its iGiGL site in spring 2012.[4] In August 2013 the site was re-launched to include parks and open spaces. Unlike Wildweb, iGiGL only provides erratic coverage of SINCs. Sites which are not publicly accessible are excluded, and others are omitted in error.
References
- 1 2 "About GiGL". Greenspace Information for Greater London. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- 1 2 "Delivering Information on London's Wildlife Through the NBN". National Biodiversity Network. 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2013. Archived at
- ↑ MacDonald, Julie. Green Infrastructure Local Delivery Group teleconference: Green Infrastructure and Transport, 20 June 2013
- ↑ Johnson, Boris (25 January 2012). "London Wildweb site". The London Assembly. Retrieved 17 September 2013.