WoRMS Philanthropy grants 2019
WoRMS Philanthropy grants 2019

WoRMS Philanthropy grants 2019

During 2019, the VLIZ Philanthropy program was able to issue 5 grants to support WoRMS editors, in making WoRMS more complete.Together, these 5 grants resulted in about 14,000 edits/additions to WoRMS.
Exploring possible collaborations with the maritime industry
Exploring possible collaborations with the maritime industry

Exploring possible collaborations with the maritime industry

On January 23rd, LifeWatch VLIZ organized a consultation with several interested maritime companies and engineering firms (including Jan De Nul Group, DEME, Maritech, Haedes, Antea, Blue Cluster and Arcadis), during the 1st LifeWatch Maritime Industry Workshop.
LifeWatch VLIZ meets Maritime Industry
LifeWatch VLIZ meets Maritime Industry

LifeWatch VLIZ meets Maritime Industry

LifeWatch VLIZ is organizing the very first “LifeWatch Maritime Industry Workshop” on 23 January 2020 at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in Ostend.
European Ocean Biogeographic Information System (EurOBIS) celebrates its 15th anniversary
European Ocean Biogeographic Information System (EurOBIS) celebrates its 15th anniversary

European Ocean Biogeographic Information System (EurOBIS) celebrates its 15th anniversary

Established in 2004, EurOBIS aims at centralising and making available the largely scattered marine species biogeographic data in Europe. Today – 15 years later – it hosts no less than 24 million distribution records of 62.299 species. Thanks to EurOBIS and the effort of many scientists working on a voluntary basis, these valuable data have a second life.