BLOG POST: There and back again: gull migration data visualized

Read some interesting gull migrating stories in this latest LifeWatch INBO blog post!

Renewed emodnet-biology.eu for an even better unlocking of European marine biodiversity data

By means of the grand data network project EMODnet (video), Europe aims in the forthcoming years to unlock all available marine observations and data in order to make them accessible to diverse users. Concerning the biological data, heaps of data and attractive data products are made freely available through the recently renewed website www.emodnet-biology.eu.

BLOG POST: Breeding birds atlas 2000-2002 published as open data

LifeWatch INBO published the observation data used for the in 2004 published "Atlas van de Vlaamse broedvogels 2000-2002"

The Freshwater Information Platform is launched

Four European research institutes have launched an online platform to make information from a large set of freshwater ecosystem research activities accessible to all. The Freshwater Information Platform offers a forum for information exchange and open-access publishing of maps and data, and aims to stimulate cutting-edge research and collaborations in the field. The Platform provides a unique and comprehensive knowledge base for sustainable and evidence-based management of our threatened freshwater ecosystems and the resources they provide.

EMODNet Jamboree and Public Conference - 20-22 October 2015

The next general EMODnet Biology meeting will take place 21-22 October, 2015 in Oostende, Belgium. The meeting will be co-organised with the other EMODnet thematic project meetings, and will be preceded by a Public Conference with all EMODnet Partners and different external stakeholders (20 October 2015, De Grote Post, Oostende).

Third issue of the Bulletin of Land Surface Dynamics (second half of 2014) is now available online.

Bulletin of the LifeWatch Wallonia-Brussels project is now available for download.

SMEBD dissolved by decision of the council

The SMEBD council would like to officially inform you that the Society for the Management of Electronic Biodiversity Data (SMEBD) has been dissolved by decision of the council.

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

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

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.