From belgianbif at biodiversity.be Fri Jul 13 11:16:09 2018 From: belgianbif at biodiversity.be (Belgian GBIF Contact Group) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 11:16:09 +0200 Subject: [Belgianbif] Big data for biodiversity: GBIF.org surpasses 1 billion species occurrence... Message-ID: Dear BelgianBIF members, If you haven't got the news before: *"1 billion species occurrence records. That?s the milestone that was just achieved by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), an infrastructure providing anyone, anywhere, with instant access to free and open data about where and when life forms occur on Earth. Naturalists, explorers and scientists have documented life around the world for centuries. Open biodiversity data served through the GBIF network highlights evidence about those species gathered from field expeditions and held in natural history collections around the world, unlocking it through digital access for use by researchers and citizens worldwide...* *Belgium actively participated in reaching this major achievement. We play an exemplary role in this network when it comes to data publication and data use. We have been an active member of the GBIF network since its inception and we have provided more than 20 millions records, 2% of the billion.. Acting as Belgian GBIF Node, the Belgian Biodiversity Platform coordinates this effort by mobilising and publishing biodiversity data in Belgium. The Belgian Biodiversity Platform cooperates with the federated entities and coordinates the network of 19 institutions. As a result, GBIF open data has been actively used by Belgian scientists to track amongst others, invasive alien species and freshwater biodiversity. "* read more on our website With my best regards, -- Ir Andre Heughebaert GBIF Node Manager at Belgian Biodiversity Platform +32(0)2238 3796 Av. Louise 231 Louizalaan B-1050 Brussels ORCID 0000-0002-7839-5300 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From belgianbif at biodiversity.be Fri Jul 13 14:53:04 2018 From: belgianbif at biodiversity.be (Belgian GBIF Contact Group) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 14:53:04 +0200 Subject: [Belgianbif] Coming Data Workshops Message-ID: Dear Belgian BIF members, FYI, the Belgian GBIF node is organising two technical Data Workshops this summer: - Data Cleaning Workshop , 27-28 August - Data Use Workshop , 20-21 September The participants will have the opportunity to discover/experience Open Source Software such as LibreOffice, OpenRefine, QGIS and SQLite. These two free workshops will be held in English at Belspo. Please join us and help us spreading the news to your colleagues. Best regards, -- Ir Andre Heughebaert GBIF Node Manager at Belgian Biodiversity Platform +32(0)2238 3796 Av. Louise 231 Louizalaan B-1050 Brussels ORCID 0000-0002-7839-5300 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: