Reporting – GEO BON

A global alliance for biodiversity knowledge

In July 2018, GBIF and partner organisations convened the second Global Biodiversity Informatics Conference (GBIC2) in Copenhagen, Denmark. At the…

May 27, 2019

Launch of the new H2020 project e-shape

Launch of the new H2020 project e-shape for strengthening the benefits for Europe of the Global Earth Observation System of…

May 21, 2019

Unlocking a New Era in Biodiversity Science: Linking Integrated Space Based and In-Situ Observations

The Study Program “Unlocking a New Era in Biodiversity Science: Linking Integrated Space Based and In-Situ Observations” continued in March with the second…

May 20, 2019

Pulse of the planet webinar series #7

When: Friday, May 24 2019 Time: 12:00 – 1:00pm (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), UTC-4) Title: “Identifying conservation areas within the…

May 20, 2019

Discover the new Global Land Cover Layers from the Copernicus Global Land Service

The Copernicus Global Land Service team is thrilled to release a new set of Global Land Cover layers, at 100m…

May 19, 2019

New publication on using Earth observations in analysis of ecosystem services

Based on a series of NASA funded workshops to increase and improve the use of Earth observations in ecosystem services…

May 16, 2019

The first draft of the GEO Work Programme for 2020-2022 is now available

The first version of the 2020-2022 GEO Work Programme is now available. In addition to the summary document, you can…

May 10, 2019

State of the Arctic Freshwater Biodiversity Report released

CAFF’s Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program has released its State of the Arctic Freshwater Biodiversity Report. Arctic lakes and rivers losing…

May 8, 2019

2nd Marine Biodiversity Workshop: from the Sea to the Cloud

April 2-5, 2019 Playa del Secreto Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico Info: https://marinebon.github.io/p2p/index.html This workshop gathered 35 experts in marine ecology,…

May 7, 2019

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