EN News issued by the Dutch GBIF Node http://www.nlbif.nl/ 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 enhancing understanding of ecological systems or generating predictions, which has however not made life easier for most young researchers. This course aims at introducing the students to the fundamental research questions, to important model assumptions and to several basic data analysis steps. In addition, the most important techniques are introduced to make geo-ecological data accessible in a database and analyze it with appropriate modeling procedures. This course uses the book 'Mapping species distributions - Spatial inference and prediction' by Janet Franklin (2009, Cambridge university press) as a theoretical basis. The focus is on selecting data, understanding data processing and analysis steps for diverse taxa and work-flows for interpreting model results, rather than computer skills. Notwithstanding this emphasis, a number of software tools are used and explained, such as GIS software to process environmental and species occurrence data and the R environment for SDM. The course combines short lectures with participant discussions and predominantly hands-on (computer)work. Preferably data and problems brought in by participants will be analyzed, but also extraction and use of data from GBIF will be demonstrated. The course is coordinated by Emiel van Loon (Computational Geo-Ecology, UvA) and Cees Hof (the coordinator of NLBIF) and brings in international expertise in different fields. For details and registration visit the info page and download the registration form. Students and researchers working with GBIF data(sets) are particularly invited to participate. Dates: 21-24 June 2011, place: Amsterdam. Deadline for application: 1st of May. Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:57:52 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=98 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 their own research program. For more information please visit the GBIF website and download the call for proposals. Applications should be submitted through the NLBIF secretariat. As a GBIF member state The Netherlands can nominate two candidates, in the case of more applicants a selection shall be made by an ad hoc committee. Interested candidates should mail their application before September the 15th. For more information please contact the NLBIF Node manager. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:34:57 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=95 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 September 2010 Place: NCB-Naturalis, The Dutch Natural History Museum, Leiden, The Netherlands For more information and registration please visit the symposium's info site. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:40:00 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=96 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 however not made life easier for most young researchers. This course aims at introducing the students to the fundamental research questions, to important model assumptions and to several basic data analysis steps. In addition, the most important techniques are introduced to make geo-ecological data accessible in a database and analyse it with appropriate modelling procedures. For details and registration visit the info page and download the registration form. Students and researchers working with GBIF data(sets) are particularly invited to participate. Dates: 12-16 July 2010, place: Amsterdam. Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:46:14 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=94 GBIF Secretariat launches ‘Content Needs Assessment Survey’. Through this announcement we request stakeholders and users of primary biodiversity data to participate in the Survey. The objective of this survey is to assess the user needs for primary biodiversity data. The major purpose of this exercise is to identify the gaps in biodiversity data presently accessible through GBIF, and make recommendations on data mobilisation strategies to bridge the gap between data needs and data access. The ultimate goal is to provide guidance to GBIF and its network of 'data publishers', in order to improve fitness-for-use and utility of GBIF mediated data. The Survey will be open for respondents until 12th June 2009. Link to the GBIF survey Please click on the link below to see details of the survey announcement in English, Spanish and French. Survey announcement Tue, 19 May 2009 14:01:30 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=93 African plant species through the NLBIF portal: PROTAbase connected.Plant Resources of Tropical Africa (PROTA) is an international, not-for-profit foundation. It intends to synthesize the dispersed information on the approximately 7,000 useful plants of Tropical Africa and to provide wide access to the information through Webdatabases, Books, CD-Rom’s and Special Products. The direct target groups for the PROTA information are the decision-makers in government, private sector, research, education and rural development, whose decisions affect millions of people depending for their livelihood on the plant resources. The objectives of PROTA are to bring the published information, now accessible to the resourceful happy few, into the public domain. This will contribute to greater awareness and sustained use of the ‘world heritage of African useful plants’, with due respect for traditional knowledge and intellectual property rights. The information on hundreds of useful plants of tropical Africa that PROTA has assembled, is stored in PROTAbase, hosted by Wageningen University and Research Center. PROTAbase is now connected to the NLBIF biodiversity Portal. Images, descriptions, common names.... all these PROTAbase fields will be queried when using the search options of the NLBIF portal. The connection of PROTAbase to the NLBIF portal is part of NLBIF's mission not only to provide central access to primary biodiversity data (which species where and when) available in the Netherlands, but also to quality resources with secondary biodiversity information (images, descriptions, economic value, etc). Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:42:45 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=92 Scientific meeting and discussion, 10th of June 2008, Amsterdam.Life Watch is a new instrument for biodiversity research. This European large-scale research infrastructure creates a virtual environment for the processing, integration and analysis of biodiversity data for scientific and societal use. Life Watch will be constructed as a distributed network of databases, research facilities and service centers in the different participating European member states.National Life Watch networks play a pivotal role in the preparation and establishment of the overall Life Watch network. Not just to improve the exchange of information, but also to organize the national Life Watch components and to set priorities for the future functionalities of the Life Watch infrastructure. Cooperation at the national level also improves the possibilities to acquire funding for the actual preparation, construction and use of the Life Watch infrastructure.The first Dutch Life Watch network meeting will take place on Tuesday the 10th of June at the “Trippenhuis” of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in Amsterdam. The meeting is open to all interested parties, registration is required.The meeting consists of a Scientific session with several expert presentations and also provides the opportunity to discus the national research agenda as well as the organization of a national network. The organizing committee expects that this initial meeting will generate a team of enthusiastic individuals willing to carry and develop the Dutch national Life Watch network. On-line registration is possible at:Registratie LifeWatch.nlDownload the programme. The main language will be English.Download the White Papers that serve as a base for the discussions at this meeting.If you are not able to join this meeting but you do want to participate in the construction of the Dutch Life Watch network, then please make use of the Expression of Interest form. Location info Members of the organizing committee:Prof. dr. J. BakkerProf. dr. W. BoutenDr. J. DijkhofProf. dr. J. van GroenendaelProf. dr. C. HeipDr. C. HofProf. dr. L. KriegsmanDrs. W. LosProf. dr. H. Siepel / Dr. L. Braat Fri, 09 May 2008 03:29:36 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=91 Dutch and Flemish popular names of some 600 different species of plants can now be found through this NLBIF biodiversity portal. These names have been made available by linking the unique Databank Plantennamen in de Nederlandse Dialecten (Database of Plant Names in Dutch Dialects, or PLAND). This database is maintained by the Meertens Instituut of the Netherlands Royal Academy of Sciences. In total, the PLAND database contains nearly 20,000 Dutch-language plant names, both commonly used names as well as names particular to certain regions. PLAND is based on data from monographical, oral and written sources dating back to as early as the mid-19th century. For each plant species, PLAND presents a map showing the geographical distribution of the 11 most commonly used names and a glossary of dialect names, including sources, dates and localisation. PLAND also offers illustrations and a link to secondary linguistic literature. Internationally, PLAND is one of the largest online collections of regional species names and is continually updated. In the future, NLBIF plans to expand its biodiversity portal with regional animal names as well. PLAND database (Dutch) Fri, 04 May 2007 12:34:15 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=90 The list of conservation areas in which to search for observations of species has been expanded. Besides areas of Thu, 03 May 2007 11:49:23 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=89 Besides Soortenbank.nl, Flickr.com en Yahoo! images, the NLBIF biodiversity data portal now also searches the database of Waarneming.nl for images. This means many additional photographs for Dutch species on the detail pages! Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:59:35 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=88 The world's biodiversity is vanishing at an unprecedented rate around 100 species every day—due to factors such as land use change and pollution. Addressing this threat, world governments agreed through the UN Convention on Biological Diversity to reduce significantly the current rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. To support this initiative, ESA has kicked off its new DIVERSITY project. http://www.esa.int Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:41:09 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=81 A new Web site for observations of Dutch freshwater organisms was launched in December 2006. This Web site allows users to search through two different databases simultaneously: Limnodata Neerlandica (maintained by STOWA) and fish database Piscaria (maintained by Sportvisserij Nederland). The data is also available through GBIF. The Web site is accessible (in Dutch) at either www.limnodata.nl or www.piscaria.nl. http://www.limnodata.nl http://www.piscaria.nl Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:49:00 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=13 ETI BioInformatics hosts the International Pollinator Workshop that takes place on 7 and 8 November in Amsterdam. It is a first step in a challenging GBIF campaign. Dr. Michael Ruggiero of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) chairs the workshop. Ruggiero works with the GBIF Secretariat to develop partnerships with pollination biologists and data holders around the world. The campaign’s goal is to provide critical taxonomic and other primary content needed for the Pollination Information Management System coordinated by FAO. Early targets of the campaign include providing access to 1 million digitized bee specimen records and an 80% complete global checklist of bee names. Additional emphasis will be placed on developing a long term campaign strategy, building partnerships in the taxonomic community and with the world’s natural history collections, and finding funding opportunities to continue and expand the campaign in 2007 and 2008. Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:37:34 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=80 Policymakers, producers and users of indices and scientists discussed the outputs of the ALTER-net project as well as communication issues. On 28 September the final workshop of the ALTER-Net project ‘Aggregating biodiversity indicators for policy purposes: sense or nonsense?’ took place in Brussels, bringing together about 30 participants (policymakers, producers and users of indices and scientists) to discuss the outputs of the project as well as communication issues. This meeting was held at the Flemish Research Institute for Nature and Forest in Brussels. http://www.ecnc.org Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:02:43 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=79 The publication of the "Natuurbalans 2006" does not canvas a positive development for Dutch biodiversity. Over the last 15 years building activities have disrupted the typical Dutch open landscape, the industrialisation of agricultural activities has increased and the biodiversity declined. It is not very likely the Netherlands will reach the EU's "Halting biodiversity loss by 2010" target. http://www.mnp.nl/ Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:00:39 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=78 In August ETI BioInformatics published the 100th CD-ROM in the World Biodiversity Database Series. This milestone was reached with the release of the e-monograph "Orchids of New Guinea Vol.IV. Genera Kuhlhasseltia to Ophioglossella" by the authors Ed de Vogel and Andre Schuiteman of the National Herbarium of The Netherlands (NHN). These authors published four other Orchid titles in this series. This 100th CD-ROM puts a crown on 15 years of close collaboration between the international taxonomic community and ETI. The NHN and ETI will give special attention to this CD-ROM publication and the ongoing efforts of the authors to map the Orchid diversity during a side-event to the CETAF meeting in October in The Netherlands, organized by Naturalis. http://www.eti.uva.nl Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:59:14 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=77 This publication is one of the outputs from the BioGeomancer project and discusses Best Practices for Georeferencing biological species (specimen and observational) data. The publication presents examples of how to georeference a wide range of different location types, and provides information and examples on how to determine the extent and maximum uncertainty distance for locations based on the information provided. http://www.gbif.org/prog/digit/Georeferencing Fri, 01 Sep 2006 17:58:21 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=76 Diversity in bees and wild flowers is declining together, at least in Britain and the Netherlands, research shows.Scientists from the two countries examined records kept by amateur naturalists dating back more than a century. They write in the journal Science that habitat alterations, climate change and modern industrial farming are possible factors in the linked decline. There is a chance that the decline in pollinating bees could have detrimental effects on food production. While declines in Britain and the Netherlands might not indicate a global trend, the team says, it is an issue deserving serious future research. Some of the data for this study were downloaded from the National Biodiversity Network (NBN), the UK node of the GBIF network. http://www.sciencemag.org Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:26:28 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=75 In a declaration, published in the journal Nature, scientists warned that the world is on the brink of a major biodiversity crisis and called for the creation of an international body to advise governments on how to protect the planet's ecosystems. http://today.reuters.com Thu, 20 Jul 2006 17:24:51 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=74 In the first months of 2006 GBIF conducted an on-line survey on "Dealing with Sensitive Species Occurrence Data". It is obvious from the response that this is an issue of concern to many. GBIF would like to share a summary of the results with the community of data users and providers. http://www.gbif.org/prog/digit/sensitive_data/ Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:24:04 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=73 Marine Mammals of the World is the 19th Species Bank made available by NLBIF. Marine Mammals covers the identification of marine mammals and those cetaceans, seals, and sirenians also found in freshwater. The 119 species include a variety of taxa: baleen whales, toothed whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, sea lions, sirenians, marine otters and the polar bear. http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/bis/marine_mammals.php Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:23:10 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=72 The GIS portal of NWO's Biodiversity & Global Change projects is now accessible through NLBIF. This Web application make it possible to study and visualize changes in biodiversity over time and space. It was developed by ETI BioInformatics in cooperation with the Zoological Museum Amsterdam and Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (ZMA-IBED) at the University van Amsterdam, with financial support from NWO-ALW (852.00.060) and NLBIF. The first data sets are North Sea observations of a variety of marine species, including Crustacea, Echinodermata, Polychaeta and Mollusca, in the period 1986-2003. Biodiversity & Global Change Fri, 07 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=17 Marine Mammals of the World is now online -- the 19th species bank made available by NLBIF through the World Biodiversity Database! Marine Mammals covers the identification of marine mammals and those cetaceans, seals, and sirenians also found in freshwater. The 119 species covered include a variety of taxa: baleen whales, toothed whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, sea lions, sirenians, marine otters and the polar bear. Other species banks recently added to the World Biodiversity Database are Turtles of the World, Marine Lobsters of the World and Diaspididae of the World. Marine Mammals of the World World Biodiversity Database Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=15 According to a series of surveys carried out by WWF and its partners as part of the European Habitats Forum (EHF), the diversity of Europe’s wildlife and habitats continues to be lost at a dramatic rate. http://www.panda.org/ Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:21:17 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=71 BIODIV-L is a mailing list for news and announcements related to Biodiversity and Wildlife policy issues. Postings include biodiversity and wildlife policy news, announcements of workshops/conferences, job listings, and information on new publications and online resources. Biodiv-L is brought to you by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), in cooperation with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat. http://www.iisd.ca/email/biodiv-L.htm Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:14:19 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=70 After three years of networking, streamlining, synergizing, workshopping and reporting, the European Network for Biodiversity Information (ENBI) ends its first phase. The general objective of European Network for Biodiversity Information (ENBI) was to manage an open network of relevant biodiversity information centers in Europe and other countries of the western European palearctic region. The network offers European researchers access to a European-wide pool of technical and human resources and to information on biodiversity expertise and know-how. ENBI is also the European contribution to GBIF. As an EC supported thematic network ENBI officially ended in january 2006. All results of the past three years are now presented on the ENBI web site, including numerous reports, guideline documents, manuals, and on-line demonstrators. http://www.enbi.info Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:13:10 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=69 The Dutch Centre for Genetic Resources (CGN), part of the Wageningen University and Research Centre, is a new Dutch GBIF provider. The CGN started their GBIF participation with the linkage of 23,537 Seed Bank records. The data released are the so-called passport data of their seed accessions. Information is provided about the identity, origin and taxonomy of the material. The collections host cultivated as well as wild species. Genetic information can be provided on request. http://www.cgn.wur.nl/ Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:06:11 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=68 On 1 February the BioScore project (Biodiversity impact assessment using species sensitivity scores) was launched. BioScore will develop a tool to support biodiversity monitoring and to quantify the impacts of selected European Community policy measures. Biodiversity indicators and monitoring frameworks are currently developed at global and European levels. A key tool for monitoring progress in achieving the EU target to halt the loss of biodiversity by 2010 is the recently endorsed set of EU headline biodiversity indicators. A requirement by the EU is to complement the indicator set and the development of biodiversity monitoring frameworks with tools that are able to assess the impacts of Community policies on biodiversity in a cost-effective way. The BioScore project will satisfy this requirement by developing a tool for linking pressures from policy sectors to the (change in the) state of biodiversity as measured by the presence and abundance of individual species. The tool to be developed will be a database that will contain information on the ecological preferences of individual species in relation to individual sectoral pressures and to selected Community policies as well as the EU headline biodiversity indicators. This tool will be applied for assessing impacts and the effectiveness of biodiversity conservation policies based on historic data as well as for forecasting future impacts based on existing scenario studies. The results of these assessments will be presented in European maps. The BioScore tool will be integrated into existing biodiversity monitoring frameworks, and incentives for uptake will be formulated. Furthermore, the tool will be made freely accessible on the Internet. ECNC-European Centre for Nature Conservation coordinates this 3-year project in which nine European institutions participate. The project is funded by the Sixth Framework Programme with co-funding from the project partners. http://www.ecnc.org/Bioscore/Index_529.html Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:04:09 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=67 The Natural History Museum of Rotterdam is the first Dutch museum with their entire collection database connected to the GBIF network. The Natural History Museum Rotterdam (NMR) houses a collection of about 250.000 - 300.000 specimens/samples. The collection is available for scientific research. Electronic registration started in 2004. Currently the collection database holds more than 16.000 records and is available for online search. Number of records indexed by GBIF: 18867, accommodating 5155 taxa. http://www.nmr.nl Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:53:15 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=66 NLBIF facilitated the online version of the CD-ROM "Turtles of the World". This Turtle SpeciesBank is part of ETI's World Biodiversity Database. http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/bis/turtles.php Fri, 06 Jan 2006 16:34:38 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=65 NLBIF has funded a pilot study to photograph some of the highlights of the largest bird collections in the Netherlands. Because these specimens are unique and therefore irreplaceable, and the majority are very old and fragile, they cannot be sent around the world because of the danger of damage or loss. Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=14 NLBIF is continuing to link biodiversity databases in the Netherlands to the international GBIF network. In January 2006, some 19,000 records were added for the extensive specimen collection of the Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam (NMR), covering a wide variety of taxa. The collection is also searchable from NMR's Web site. Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam In addition, several other databases already linked to GBIF have been updated in 2006: the collection database of the National Herbarium of the Netherlands (NHN), the Zoological Museum of Amsterdam's Porifera database, and the Catalogue of Craneflies of the World. In total, NLBIF has now made 2.5 million records available through GBIF. NLBIF has gone from 32nd place last year to 7th place this year in the list of GBIF data providers! Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=16 NLBIF has entered the top-ten of the GBIF ranking list of record providers. Two recently added databases, the Dutch National Herbarium collections and a large database of freshwater observational data, rocket NLBIF from the lower twenties up to no. 8 of the GBIF ranking list. In total more than 2 million Dutch records are linked to the GBIF network. http://www.gbif.org/DataProviders/totalslist?sortby=records Fri, 09 Dec 2005 16:32:34 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=64 On 14th and 15th November 2005, during the Communicating European Research conference in Brussels, Alter-Net launches the International Press Centre Biodiversity Research (IPCB). The main goal of the IPCB is to offer a portal on biodiversity research news to the international press community. At the same time it will become an important source of information for researchers working in the field of biodiversity related research. The site will offer the latest news related to biodiversity research, press releases on recent findings , background documents on important biodiversity research issues and links to important information sources on biodiversity. http://www.biodiversityresearch.net Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:30:39 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=63 The GBIF - DIGIT 2005-2006 Seed Money Program will target the digitization of: 1. Apoidea in support of the International Pollinators Initiative (IPI) 2. Triticeae in an effort to link the GBIF digitisation effort to the international efforts to conserve plant genetic diversity 3. Cypriniformes as indicators in support of monitoring biodiversity change in freshwater ecosytems 4. Amphibians in support of the Global Species Conservation Assessment for Amphibians. New or already established networks of data providers can apply for financial support to digitize their collections and develop services for specific user groups. Proposals due 15 November 2005 http://www.gbif.org/prog/digit/HTML_Page1119970092 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:29:56 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=62 http://www.gbif.org/prog/digit/data_quality Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:28:03 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=61 Cees Hof, former project manager of ENBI, will become the new NLBIF coordinator. He has a wide experience in biodiversity information issues. We wish him good luck with his new job! Tinde van Andel will start a post-doc on medicinal plants of Suriname at the National Herbarium of the Netherlands Tue, 26 Apr 2005 16:26:24 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=60 The new Fauna Europea website offers almost 230.000 scientific names of European animals. This information was compiled by 500 experts in ca. 5 years. This project was coordinated by the Zoological Museum Amsterdam and funded by the European Commission, TDWG and NLBIF.http://www.faunaeur.org/ Fri, 15 Apr 2005 16:23:29 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=59 The Dutch Botanical Gardens Collection Foundation [DBGC] now presents on-line collection information on their new website. Locations, details on their collections, pictures and protocols of the major Botanical Gardens in the Netherlands. Mon, 04 Apr 2005 12:09:52 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=58 Observations of Orthoptera (grasshoppers, groundhoppers, crickets, bushcrickets), earwigs (Dermaptera) and cockroaches (Blattaria) in the Netherlands in the period 1800-2002 on a 10x10 km scale. Source: database European Invertebrate Survey - NL. To view the EIS observation data, on this species, go to www.gbif.org, GBIF data search, typ in the species name, click on the name, and then on the cross "all" behind "Orthoptera". Or use URL listed below to browse taxonomy and list all taxa. Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:06:55 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=57 The international workshop "Building Species Banks: How Shall We Shape the Future?", held on 2-4 March in Amsterdam was a fruitful event. Presentations given during the workshop are now available on-line. The full-size picture of the workshop participants is available at the GBIF site. Wed, 09 Mar 2005 12:02:24 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=56 The CCW, compiled by Pjotr Oosterbroek (Zoological Museum of Amsterdam) includes over 17.000 taxa names, covering all genera, subgenera, species, subspecies, and synonyms for the families Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae, and Tipulidae (Insecta, Diptera, Nematocera, Tipuloidea). http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/ccw Wed, 09 Mar 2005 12:01:44 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=55 This workshop is NOT by invitation only, but space is limited. Please register during January. Please visit the GBIF site for full details! Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:01:15 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=54 Secondary forests now play a vital role in the conservation of tree species diversity in Southeast Asia because of the continuing fragmentation and decreasing extent of undisturbed forests in this region. To be able to determine the structural and species compositional integrity of secondary forests, a ground based rapid assessment method was developed, using indicator plant species from the genera Macaranga and Mallotus (Euphorbiaceae). This project of the Leiden branch of the National Herbarium of the Netherlands was co-financed by ENBI and NLBIF. Wed, 29 Sep 2004 12:00:46 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=53 In total the ZMA has now made available 5500 sponge records to the GBIF network (type specimens and collections from the Netherlands, Curacao and Europe). The collections now available are those of the Willem Barents Expedition (1878-1894), Siboga Expedition (1899-1900), Wagenaar Hummelinck collection and the Symbiosponge collection. The illustration can be found in G.C.J. Vosmaer(1885): The sponges of the 'WillemBarents' Expedition 1880 and 1881. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 12 (3): 1-47, 5 pls. Wed, 15 Sep 2004 12:00:17 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=52 The key is based on the books MALESIAN SEED PLANTS - Spot Characters (1997) and Plant Portraits (1998, 2001) by Max van Balgooy, incorporating additional information from Watson and Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The Families of Flowering Plants: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval. Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:59:41 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=51 A web database and interface will be built by ETI and names will be delivered to Species2000 Europe. For more information, please contact Dr. P. Oosterbroek (ZMA). Thu, 15 Jul 2004 11:59:12 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=50 "Building the databases of Life: accelerating research by databasing biological collection data" is the title of the project of the consortium of the Zoological Museum Amsterdam, the Fungal Biodiversity Centre, the National Herbarium of the Netherlands and Natural History Museum Naturalis. Digitising selected parts of their large collections will enable these institutes to carry out innovative research in the field of Biodiversity and Global Change and Assembling the Tree of Life. All digitised collection data will be made available to GBIF, with the help of NLBIF and ETI. Tue, 22 Jun 2004 11:58:39 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=49 The Centraal Bureau Schimmelcultures connected its first database to GBIF. The database consists of 35343 records of filamentous fungi strains, and can also be found on the web at http://www.cbs.knaw.nl Wed, 31 Mar 2004 11:13:04 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=47 This project was initiated by ETI and the Zoological Museum at the University of Amsterdam. Now available online: Crustacea, Pycnogonida, Chaetognatha, Freshwater Amphipoda, Echinodermata, Anthozoa, and Tunicata from the North Sea. Please visit Search species for more information and access to the databases. Fri, 06 Feb 2004 11:57:33 +0000 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1 http://www.nlbif.nl/news.php?language=EN&tab=1&rss_id=48