This website will guide you through recent developments by the EU BON project in the domain of biodiversity information. The helpdesk pursues specific goals and consider the interests of different audiences:
Data Mobilization Toolkit |
Online supporting toolkit aiming to assist the user in his data mobilization efforts. |
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EU BON products |
Services, tools, guidelines and other products developed or enhanced by EU BON project. |
Resources |
Comprehensive and searchable overview of other resources relevant to data sharing, |
Trainings |
Trainings and workshops on data and metadata integration strategies, use of standards, and use of data sharing tools. |
User groups we are addressing:
For more information on the EU BON project, please visit EU BON portal.
News and events
Other initiatives
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An EU BON workshop took place on 20-23 July in Manaus, Brasil for a targeted group of representatives of the different EU BON WPs or task forces. The workshop was attended by European representatives of EU BON and INPA to discuss... more
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It has been recognized that issues regarding the sustainability and interoperability of data collected by citizens hinder the re-usability and integration of these data across borders. The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC... more
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The report ‘EU 2010 biodiversity baseline - adapted to the MAES typology (2015)’ presents a revised overview of the EEA's EU 2010... more
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Channel: EU BON (Events)Science for the Environment 2015 will take place from 1 to 2 October in Aarhus, Denmark. Science for the Environment 2015 is the Third International Conference on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. Together with the... more
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New Paper: Earth observation as a tool for tracking progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets.
Channel: EU BON (News)A new EU BON derived open access paper looking into Earth Observations (EO) and the Aichi Targets was recently published in the journal Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation.
The paper reviews the ABTs... more
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An GEO BON - EU BON workshop iis scheduled for 20-24 July in Manaus, Brasil for a targeted group of representatives of the different EU BON WPs or task forces.
The workshop will specifically target the following:
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The Department of Conservation Biology at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) is offering a full-time position for a Population Biologist / Conservation Biologist (Postdoc) focussing on assessing past and future... more
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The 2015 AGU Fall Meeting "Earth Observations in Environmental Management & Policy" will take place from 14 to 18 December in San Francisco, CA.
With nearly 24,000 attendees, the AGU Fall Meeting is the largest... more
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The 2016 GEO BON Open Science Conference: "Biodiversity and ecosystem Services Monitoring for the 2020 Targets and beyond. Building on observations for user needs" will take place from 4 to 9 July 2016 in Leipzig, Germany.... more
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Channel: EU JRC news
The emergence of antimicrobial resistance is a threat which is increasingly causing serious health problems to EU citizens and there is a pressing need to develop novel classes of antimicrobial agents. In the search for a solution to this problem, antimicrobial peptides (molecules consisting of 2 or more amino acids) are being recognized as promising candidates in the fight against bacterial pathogens.
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On 9 December 2015, the European Commission published two new legislative proposals to simplify and promote access to digital content and online sales across the EU.
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In order to succeed, restoration initiatives need to engage a range of stakeholders, from policy-makers to local communities and from governments to the private sector. This is one of the main threads running through the articles in issue 245 of Unasylva, FAO’s forestry journal, released on 5 December on the theme of Forest and landscape restoration (FLR).
Bringing together case studies from different continents and biomes, the... more
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FAO has published a new policy brief that sets out ten recommendations from the XIV World Forestry Congress on how to integrate forests and other land uses to face global challenges and help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Foresters Call for Action: Future Land Management Needs Better Integration of Sectors underlines that dealing with problems such as hunger, poverty, climate change and increasing demands on... more
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Channel: RSS FAO FORIS
In order to succeed, restoration initiatives need to engage a range of stakeholders, from policy-makers to local communities and from governments to the private sector. This is one of the main threads running through the articles in issue 245 of Unasylva, FAO’s forestry journal, released on 5 December on the theme of Forest and landscape restoration (FLR).
Bringing together case studies from different continents and biomes, the... more
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Monday 7 December, Paris: At the Nature-based Solutions Pavilion in Paris COP 21, the French Facility for Global Environment and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations will be showcasing the importance of Mediterranean forests, today and for future generations.
Mediterranean forests provide many goods and services to local communities – food, fuelwood, fodder for cattle, cork,... more
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5 December 2015, Paris – More than USD 300 billion are needed per year to restore the world’s degraded land in order to achieve a new Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target by 2030, according to a new publication by the Food and Agriculture Organization and the Global Mechanism of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification... more
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Channel: EU JRC news
The European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (ECIBC) will ensure and harmonise the quality of breast cancer services across European countries. It will apply scientific evidence for guidelines on care provision and support the implementation of those guidelines via a quality assurance scheme. What’s unique and new is that it will encompass all stages of the breast cancer care pathway, from screening, diagnosis and treatment to end-of-life care.
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The first pan-European personal data breach exercise helped identify best practises to improve collaboration between Member States in case of cross-border personal data breaches events. The analysis of the exercise results will provide valuable insight on the technical and organisational challenges that these types of incidents present to the European data protection community.
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The overwhelming majority of soil resources across the globe are in poor condition and their health is worsening, according to the first global status report on soil resources, which is being presented today in Rome in anticipation of the World Soil Day (5 December). The JRC provided extensive contributions, particularly on the regional assessment of soils in Europe. The World Soil resources report is one of the main achievements of the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) in the context of the... more