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NLBIF - Wed, 21 Jul 2010 NLBIF searches candidates for GBIF Young Researchers Awards NLBIF searches talented PhD and MSc students in the field of biodiversity informatics. Graduate and PhD students using the (new) possibilities of international (GBIF) datasharing in combination with novelty ICT applications to address scientific and societal biodiversity problems, can be nominated for the GBIF Young Researchers Award. This stimulation award, one for PhD students and one for MSc students, enables the selected candidates to invest up to 4000 euro in...
NLBIF - Thu, 24 Jun 2010 Living with biodiversity: people, knowledge, politics NLBIF cooperates more and more with organisations and institutes investigating the relevance of biodivesity data for science and society. The progress of international biodiversity networks such as GBIF very much depends on the social dynamics within this network and the interaction of the network with the outside world. NLBIF therefore uses its communication channels to announce the international symposium Living with Biodiversity: People, Knowledge, Politics.
Date: Wednesday 22 – Thursday 23...
NLBIF - Tue, 13 Apr 2010 NLBIF - UvA joint Summer Course on Geo-ecological Data Analysis open for registration A joint University of Amsterdam, NLBIF and LifeWatch Summer Course on Geo-ecological Data Analysis is now open for (pre)registration. The increasing availability of high quality occurrence and abundance data at the species level accompanied by many environmental data layers has boosted the developments in species distribution modelling (SDM). As a result, there are nowadays numerous data-driven modelling tools available for enhancing understanding of ecological systems or generating predictions, which has... Biodiversity news
Environment - INTER PRESS SERVICE - Sun, 1 Aug 2010 AUSTRALIA: Marine Biodiversity Threatened by Oil, Gas Exploration In early July, whales from the world's largest population of humpbacks began arriving in the warm, subtropical waters off Australia's north-west coast to breed and nurse their young.
NYT > Environment - Sat, 31 Jul 2010 Predators and Prey, and Catching Turtles Dr. Sterling discusses the complex species interactions that could help explain the high predator to prey ratios, and describes the effort to capture, tag and recapture sea turtles as the expedition winds down.
National Geographic News - Fri, 30 Jul 2010 Photos: Algae Blankets China Beaches; Dead Zone Brewing? Mats of green algae have covered miles of coastline in China, creating foul odors and possibly choking life underneath the waves. Algae - China - Biology - Flora and Fauna - Bacteria NYT > Environment - Fri, 30 Jul 2010 Varied Views of Bloody Coves Video scenes of the latest slaughter of marine mammals in a bloody cove are interpreted very differently by different factions.
Livescience.com - Fri, 30 Jul 2010 Fishless Lake in Adirondacks Shows Signs of Recovery Acid rain killed the fish, but ecosystems could thrive again. |
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