News from the GEO BON Secretariat

Recording of GEO BON webinar with Stan Blum online

The recording of the last Pulse of the Planet webinar with Stan Blum is now on our GEO BON YouTube…

February 3, 2020

Pulse of the planet webinar series #12

When: Friday, January 24, 2020 Time: 12:00 – 1:00pm (EST UTC -5 hours) Title: “Integrating biodiversity information through standards: a…

January 15, 2020

Open call for the GEO BON Secretariat

Currently, the GEO BON secretariat is hosted by iDiv (www.idiv.de) and is supported by the German Science Foundation (DFG). With…

November 27, 2019

U.S. MBON Projects

In October 2019, the US MBON government sponsors (US Integrated Ocean Observing System/US IOOS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/NOAA, National…

November 25, 2019

Commentary from Species Populations WG: Measure and Reduce the Harm Caused by Biological Invasions

If we are to address invasive species effectively, international policy targets must link goals to tools for invasion monitoring and…

October 29, 2019

Global biodiversity to be mapped with the help of specialized automated equipment and statistical mathematics

A project led by University of Helsinki professor Otso Ovaskainen will automate the collection of DNA and audio samples and…

October 29, 2019

Explore the GEO Report on Impact – Now available online!

The GEO Report of Impact for 2016-2019 was made available online today! GEO BON and some activities of the BONs,…

October 24, 2019

GEO BON welcomes a new Regional BON in the Americas

The GEO BON Secretariat is happy to officially announce the establishment of the Americas Biodiversity Observation Network (Americas-BON), which was…

September 19, 2019

Pulse of the planet webinar series #11

When: Friday, September 27, 2019 Time: 12:00 – 1:00pm (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), UTC-4) Title: “Biodiversity Observations for Decision-Making: From…

September 12, 2019

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