[Belgianbif] GB20: new GBIF portal and GBIO
Belgian GBIF Contact Group
belgianbif at biodiversity.be
Tue Oct 15 11:06:30 CEST 2013
Dear Colleague,
Back from Berlin 20th GBIF Governing Board, there are two announcements
that I would like to share with you:
1. GBIF has launched its new portal <http://www.gbif.org> to ease the
discovery and use of vast quantities of data on the diversity of
life on Earth for researchers, policy makers and the general public.
This portal combining data search and access with communication
about the network was launched on Wednesday 9th October. Amongst
other features, it offers *unlimited download* and *close to
real-time indexing* of recently published datasets.
Please visit our Belgium country page <http://www.gbif.org/country/BE>.
2. The Global Biodiversity Informatics Outlook(GBIO) sets out a
framework to harness the immense power of information technology and
an open data culture to gather unprecedented evidence about
biodiversity and to inform better decisions.The framework is
outlined in a document <http://www.gbif.org/resources/2251> and
website <http://www.biodiversityinformatics.org/> entitled
*Delivering Biodiversity Knowledge in the Information Age*, inviting
policy makers, funders, researchers, informatics specialists, data
holders and others to unite around four key focus areas where
progress is needed: Culture, Data, Evidence & Understanding.
With my best regards,
Andre Heughebaert
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