The LifeWatch Wallonia-Brussels team launches new webGIS to help biodiversity research

On this new webGIS, thematic information derived from remote sensing data can be viewed: pan-European data on the vegetation cycle, snow probability, solar energy and fire frequency.

The LifeWatch Taxonomic Backbone supports the WoRMS Amphipoda editors

The taxonomic data management task force at VLIZ will process 250 publications to help complete the Amphipoda information in WoRMS

The World Register of Marine Species and the Catalogue of Life intensify their collaboration

The Global Team and Editorial Board of the Catalogue of Life recently welcomed two new members of the WoRMS data management team.

What is Eric up to?

The INBO started visualizing data from a GPS tagged Lesser Black-backed Gull, named Eric.

A new look for EurOBIS

To give EurOBIS more visibility and to promote its own identity, a new EurOBIS website was developed and launched.

Marsh harriers in Flanders, what are they doing?

Follow GPS tagged marsh harriers in Flanders through the LifeWatch bird tracking network.

New professional book scanner at VLIZ Library

The VLIZ Library purchased a new professional book scanner, which will greatly benefit the data archaeology activities within the Flemish LifeWatch project.

3rd FADA workshop, SMEBD Annual Council Meeting and SMEBD Annual General Meeting at VLIZ.

From 17-21 June 2013, the 3rd FADA workshop, the SMEBD Annual Council Meeting and the SMEBD Annual General Meeting were held at VLIZ.

Installation of a GPS tracking network for large birds

On the 18th of June 2013, a press conference was held at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) about the installation of a GPS tracking network for large birds in Flanders.

Flanders gets first 'drone'

UFO observers are warned: from next year onwards at least one unmanned aircraft will fly over Flanders. "The device will be used to determine the ecological value of each piece of land in Flanders," said Jurgen Tack of The Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO).