Goals and Targets

New Call for Proposals: Belmont Forum Collaborative Research Action on Transdisciplinary Research for Pathways to Sustainability

The Belmont Forum is launching a call for proposals for joint Collaborative Research Action on the theme of “Transdisciplinary Research…

July 29, 2020

New secretariat of the Marine BON hosted by AIR Centre in the Azores

Marine biodiversity scientists celebrate having a new Secretariat to coordinate the world Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON), now hosted by…

July 20, 2020

Five grantees for the first EBVs on the cloud call

Earlier this year, Microsoft’s AI for Earth and the GEO BON Secretariat launched the program “Essential Biodiversity Variables in the…

July 20, 2020

Significant funding for a new Finnish Ecosystem Observatory

The state of biodiversity and ecosystems has deteriorated both in Finland and globally. Planning and implementing effective corrective measures requires…

July 7, 2020

GEO BON moves headquarters to Montréal, Québec, Canada

GEO BON moves headquarters to Montréal, Québec, Canada to capitalize on the city’s research environment and AI expertise Montréal, July…

July 6, 2020

EBVs on the cloud joint call launched today!

As one part of this initiative, Microsoft’s AI for Earth program and the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network…

May 5, 2020

Save the date: GEO Virtual Symposium 2020

You are invited to participate in the first-ever GEO Virtual Symposium 2020 – which will take place entirely online. In…

May 4, 2020

The 2020 Open Science Conference and All Hands Meeting will be 100% virtual

As we informed you earlier this month, we have been monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic closely while investigating potential formats to…

April 30, 2020

EBVs on the Cloud

Microsoft’s AI for Earth Program and GEO BON are launching a new US$1 million grant program. As our planet’s biodiversity…

April 15, 2020

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