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NLBIF - Wed, 13 Apr 2011 NLBIF - UvA joint PhD / MSc Summer Course "Modeling and Mapping Species Distributions" 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 modeling (SDM). As a result, there are nowadays numerous data-driven modeling tools available for...
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...
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... Biodiversity news
msnbc.com: Environment - Thu, 26 Jan 2012 US sued over Navy sonar tests in whale waters The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, claims that the Navy's sonar use might be strong enough to kill the marine mammals.
AP Top Science News At 11:14 p.m. EST - Thu, 26 Jan 2012 Groups sue over Navy sonar use off Northwest coast SEATTLE (AP) -- Conservationists and Native American tribes are suing over the Navy's expanded use of sonar in training exercises off the Washington, Oregon and California coasts, saying the noise can harass and kill whales and other marine life....
msnbc.com: Environment - Thu, 26 Jan 2012 Forests for all? New federal rule aims to please It's no easy task figuring out how to balance forest and wildlife protection with logging, drilling and offroading on the nation's 155 national forests, but the Obama administration on Thursday unveiled a rule it says will do just that.
Covering Environmental Issues and Green News | The Earth Times - Thu, 26 Jan 2012 Rare brown spider monkeys discovered in Colombia Two endangered subspecies of brown spider monkeys have been found by conservationists in a Colombian national park.
New Scientist - Life - Thu, 26 Jan 2012 Zoologger: How a blurry-eyed spider pounces on target The Adanson's house jumper is the first animal found using out-of-focus vision to judge the distance to its victims |
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