What is the Isle of Wight Local Records Centre?
IWLRC is a partnership-led biological records centre hosted by the Isle of Wight Council. Launched in April 2010, IWLRC has been established with the aim of collecting, collating, managing and disseminating information on the Island’s wildlife; making it available to all those who need it, on a not-for-profit basis in a cost-effective way. This information plays an essential role in decision-making at all levels, helping to protect and improve biodiversity on the Island and beyond.
Its work is overseen by the Island Nature Forum, which has representation from a wide range of organisations with an interest in the Island’s biodiversity.
IWLRC maintains a computerised databases relating to habitats, statutory nature conservation sites and Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINCs), a non-statutory designation which highlights the importance of a site for wildlife within the context of the Isle of Wight. In addition it holds species records of rare and protected species derived from the database of the Isle of Wight Natural History and Archaeological Society and other recording groups and specialist surveys.
The aims of IWLRC
To provide a focus for the collection and management of biological data.
To make data available to all those who require it.
To service the information needs of the Local Nature Recovery Strategy for the Isle of Wight.
