LifeWatch support in 2014 made it possible to make WoRMS more complete
In 2014, LifeWatch funded several activities directly leading to the improvement and further completion of the World Register of Marine Species. LifeWatch has invested in data grants, meetings and workshops, leading to the addition of more than 7.600 new names to WoRMS, a revision of almost 19.000 names and the development of new portals and tools, helping the user and editor community in accessing and utilizing WoRMS.
BLOGPOST: Bird tracking explorer released
LifeWatch INBO has developed an open source tool to let you explore the bird tracking data.
Did lack of food contribute to the death of 120 000 saiga antelopes?
See how unusual snow and vegetation greenness at the end of the migration period could have been critical to the survival of this endangered species.
LifeWatch INBO is looking for an Open Data Publisher
Vacancy for open data publisher at the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Successful WoRMS Steering Committee meeting on June 8th – highlights
The WoRMS Steering Committee held its meeting on June 8th – World Oceans Day! – at the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) in Crete.
BLOG POST: Using CartoDB to visualize how far birds migrate in a single night
Read about the nightlife of birds in this latest LifeWatch INBO blog post!
Meet Joana, the 100th tagged bird!
The LifeWatch.be GPS tracking network for large birds now includes over 100 tagged birds
WoRMS Steering Committee (SC) meeting 8 Jun 2015 in Crete, Greece
The next WoRMS SC meeting will be held on 2015-06-08, back to back with an EMODNet Marine Species Traits and EU-BON meeting.