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FixO3 workshop yields many new users of the Belgian LifeWatch e-Lab FixO3 workshop yields many new users of the Belgian LifeWatch e-Lab
LifeWatch, EurOBIS and EMODnet Biology were presented at the FixO3 workshop in Bremen. -
Current open positions at the GBIF Secretariat Current open positions at the GBIF Secretariat
The GBIF Secretariat currently has three job openings within the informatics team based in Copenhagen. -
LifeWatch supports the Catalogue of Life Global Team meeting @VLIZ LifeWatch supports the Catalogue of Life Global Team meeting @VLIZ
The Global Team and Board of Directors of the Catalogue of Life have met at the Flanders Marine Institute to discuss the strategic plan for the Catalogue and how these goals can be accomplished. Back-to-back with these meetings, a mini-symposium was organized, offering a discussion platform to users, providers and related networks and initiatives to the Catalogue of Life. -
World Register of Marine Introduced Species (WRIMS) officially launched World Register of Marine Introduced Species (WRIMS) officially launched
WRIMS – a database of introduced and invasive alien marine species – has officially been released to the public. It includes more than 1,400 marine species worldwide, compiled through the collaboration with international initiatives and study of almost 2,500 publications. -
PRESS RELEASE: Four newly discovered marine species added to world list WoRMS every day PRESS RELEASE: Four newly discovered marine species added to world list WoRMS every day
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) confirms that currently 228,450 marine animal and plant species are known. A critical analysis has identified almost half the names assigned over two and a half centuries to ocean dwelling creatures as redundant aliases; they turned out to be synonyms. But still every day new species are discovered and described. In 2014 alone, some 1,451 new-to-science marine creatures were added to WoRMS — an average of four per day. -
The renewed Belgian LifeWatch website is launched! The renewed Belgian LifeWatch website is launched!
The renewed LifeWatch.be website brings together all contributions of the Belgian LifeWatch partners. -
LifeWatch INBO's visualization work is featured in Nature! LifeWatch INBO's visualization work is featured in Nature!
The visualizations made at LifeWatch INBO for the bird tracking network is featured in the current issue of Nature -
Catalogue of Life mini-symposium Catalogue of Life mini-symposium
The mini-symposium will take place on Thursday April 2nd, 9h-12h45 at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Oostende. -
NeMys editors got off to a flying start! NeMys editors got off to a flying start!
On February 24-26, experts on free-living marine nematodes have gathered at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), host institute of the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), to give the re-newed NeMys a kick-start and to discuss future plans. -
Conference “Empowering Biodiversity Research”, May 21th 2015, Brussels Conference “Empowering Biodiversity Research”, May 21th 2015, Brussels
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