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)

more info...

www.biodiversity.be

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?