Belgian BIFGBIF EU Nodes
Meeting7th March, Joensuu, Finland
André Heughebaert
ContentProjects originated data :
Invasive Species (AlienAlert)
Freshwater Species (BioFresh)
Protected Species (Bio-GR)
Others (more opportunistic approach)
Regional monitoring data
Belgian Ants Atlas, Congo River,...
InfrastructureData publishing
Belgian Data Portal(2009)
Dedicated websites (taxonomy / occurrences)
Current Research Info System (Belgium, Europe)
SoftwareSoftware instancesinstances resourcesresources recordsrecords
IPT 5 30 3.600.000
BioCASe 3 4 500.000
Tapir 1 18 1.000.000
Digir phased out N.A. N.A.
Participation
Animate Communities of Practice
Invasive Alien Species
Mapping & Assessment of Ecosystems & their services (MAES)
Biodiversity & Public Health
Involve new GBIF partners (contact group)
Federal and Regional agencies, Institutes & Universities
Highlights & Bottlenecks
Successful/promising side projects
AlienAlert, AntaBIF, Bio-GR
But, troubles to liberate budgets
5th Digit call (postponed)
2012 Annual Conference (cancelled)
Future Development
Towards Platform renewal 2013-2016?
Lifewatch: federal contribution?
BRAIN.be (recurrent Research Framework Programme) axis 1:Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Life historyaxis 6: Collections Management
BiodivERsA map Biodiversity funding landscape in Europe
IPBES
Biodiversity Knowledge (KNEU)
Kristina Articus Estelle Balian
Angélique Berhault
Dimitri BrosensJulien CigarBruno Danis
Bram D’HondtHilde Eggermont
André HeughebaertHans KeuneNicolas Noé
Sylvain Renaudier
Hendrik Segers Sonia
Vanderhoeven Anton Van de
PutteNabil Youdjou
Questions?