LifeWatch Belgium,
supporting your biodiversity
& ecosystem research
LifeWatch Belgium,
supporting your biodiversity
& ecosystem research
LifeWatch Belgium,
supporting your biodiversity
& ecosystem research
LifeWatch Belgium,
supporting your biodiversity
& ecosystem research
User stories
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Patterns in nature: WoRMS images in a unique design book 
Patterns in nature: WoRMS images in a unique design book
The book Coding, Shaping, Making combines inspiration from architecture, mathematics, biology, chemistry, and other fields to look towards the future of architecture, design and art. It presents ongoing experiments in the search for fundamental principles of form and form-making. This enables us to...
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Visualising EU fisheries agreements with Maritime Boundaries for the European Parliament 
Visualising EU fisheries agreements with Maritime Boundaries for the European Parliament
Members of the European Parliament are being brought up to speed on upcoming votes with background materials prepared by the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS). In recent EPRS publications concerning EU fisheries agreements, MarineRegion’s Maritime Boundaries are being used to visualise...
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Understanding mass mortality in saiga antelope population 
Understanding mass mortality in saiga antelope population
The Saiga antelope is an endangered species that lives in Central Asian steppes and semi-arid regions. Scientists around the world are working tirelessly to prevent it from becoming completely extinct. Every year, they migrate approximately 500 km from north to south, and back. In 2015, roughly 60%...
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There’s no plaice like an offshore wind farm 
There’s no plaice like an offshore wind farm
Offshore wind farms are built at a high rate in European waters to make the transition towards more green energy sources. Their development takes up marine space that is often not available anymore to other users such as the fisheries sector. This while knowledge on the ecological effects of wind...
Innovative approaches
Data & services
Biogeographic services
Biodiversity Observatory automation services
LifeWatch ERIC
LifeWatch ERIC is the European Research Infrastructure Consortium providing e-Science research facilities to scientists investigating biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services in order to support society in addressing key planetary challenges.
LifeWatch Belgium, also called the National Distributed Centre for LifeWatch Belgium combines the regional and federal LifeWatch contributions from Belgium.
Latest news
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New Study Monitors Fish Migration in the Leie and Scheldt Rivers 
New Study Monitors Fish Migration in the Leie and Scheldt Rivers
Over recent weeks, researchers from the Institute for Nature and Forest Research (INBO) have deployed an extensive network of detection devices alo
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Call for nominations for the WoRMS Top-Ten Marine Species of 2024 
Call for nominations for the WoRMS Top-Ten Marine Species of 2024
Once again taxonomists have continued to publish many wonderful new species throughout the last year. As we approach the end of 2024 it is time to think about nominations for The WoRMS Top Ten Marine Species of 2024! -
First ETN datasets available through GBIF 
First ETN datasets available through GBIF
The first datasets from the Permanent Belgian Acoustic Receiver Network are now available via GBIF. Over 507,000 fish tracking records from Belgian waters offer new insights into species movement and biodiversity. -
Marine Regions hosts introductory meeting for renewed Editorial Community 
Marine Regions hosts introductory meeting for renewed Editorial Community
Renewed Editorial Community meets as part of Ocean Decade Project Action
Events
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World Conference on Marine Biodiversity 2026 
17 Nov 2026World Conference on Marine Biodiversity 2026
The seventh edition of the World Conference will fly the UN Ocean Decade flag, as it has been end
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Big Seashell Survey 
22 Mar 2025Big Seashell Survey
Join us on Saturday, 22 March 2025, for the 8th edition of the Big Seashell Surv
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BioSpace25 - Biodiversity insight from Space 
10 Feb 2025BioSpace25 - Biodiversity insight from Space
BIOSPACE25 is the first international conference exclusively dedicated to the application of Sate