WoRMS Philanthropy grants 2020
WoRMS Philanthropy grants 2020
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WoRMS Philanthropy grants 2020

During 2020, the VLIZ Philanthropy program was able to issue four grants to support WoRMS editors, in making WoRMS more complete. Together, these four grants resulted in about 10.000 edits and additions to WoRMS.
Life in the North Sea is becoming more exotic
Life in the North Sea is becoming more exotic
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Life in the North Sea is becoming more exotic

79 alien marine & brackish water animals and algae from the Belgian part of the North Sea and the Scheldt Estuary not only documented in a book, but also accessible through the LifeWatch Species Information Backbone.
Call for nominations for the WoRMS Top-Ten Marine Species of 2020
Call for nominations for the WoRMS Top-Ten Marine Species of 2020
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Call for nominations for the WoRMS Top-Ten Marine Species of 2020

Although it has been a difficult year for everyone, we know that taxonomists have continued to publish many wonderful new species throughout. So as we approach the end of the year it is time to think about nominations for The WoRMS Top Ten Marine Species of 2020!
The migratory fish need our help!
The migratory fish need our help!
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The migratory fish need our help!

Who still remembers that wild Atlantic salmon was once a local product, caught in the Scheldt, IJzer or Maas rivers?
Use your gaming skills to save the eel!
Use your gaming skills to save the eel!
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Use your gaming skills to save the eel!

Pieterjan Verhelst, a biotelemetry scientist and frequent user of the Belgian LifeWatch infrastructure developed a game “Save the eel”, to inform the general public about the obstacles eels face during their seaward migration.
Coming soon: LifeWatch data cloud application with Belgian marine data for blue economy
Coming soon: LifeWatch data cloud application with Belgian marine data for blue economy
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Coming soon: LifeWatch data cloud application with Belgian marine data for blue economy

The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), the Blue Cluster (DBC) and the Flemish Supercomputing Center (VSC) inquired after the needs for data applications of the Flemish maritime companies, and how supercomputing can be a solution for this. Very recently, LifeWatch Belgium designed a pilot data cloud on the high-performance infrastructure of the VSC for making Belgian marine (biodiversity) data available to maritime companies, in a quick and efficient manner.
The World Flora Online & the International Compositae Alliance join forces
The World Flora Online & the International Compositae Alliance join forces
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The World Flora Online & the International Compositae Alliance join forces

About six months after the official launch of the Global Compositae Database through the Aphia infrastructure, its content is now being shared with the World Flora Online. The collaboration between these two initiatives has become official through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).