Links & Related Projects

Related projects

OpenUp! project is a Best Practice Network, co-funded by the European Commission under the eContentplus programme, as part of the i2011 policy. Therefore, the interoperability of existing repositories and the implementation of technological solutions for uploading, search and long-term sustainability of the digitized multimedia objects is one of the goals of the project. We hope, that the ability of the multimedia through a global portal Europeana to everyone improves the interoperability of European taxonomy and the multilingual access point together with robust searching engine allows wide range of users exploit these data.

http://www.open-up.eu
The "Clickable Ecosystem" is being developed by Stuart Gage and his students at Michigan State University. Access via the web to a digital library of environmental acoustics enables the public to select different places at different times of the day to hear the "heartbeat" of ecosystems and it allows them to assess ecosystem health.

http://envirosonic.cevl.msu.edu/acoustic
Automated Remote Biodiversity Monitoring Network (ARBIMON). Sound data is recorded in the field. This sound data is transferred to a analysis node were mini computers will automatically identified species using machine learning algorithms.

http://tcel.uprrp.edu/eco_info(project).html
EBONE is an EU FP7 project. The key challenge of the EBONE project is the development of a cost effective system of biodiversity data collection at regional, national and European levels. The need for the project is to develop a system for a coherent system for data collection that can be used for international comparable assessments.

http://www.ebone.wur.nl/UK/
LifeWatch will provide the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure for biodiversity research in Europe. The present status of the construction process of this infrastructure is documented of the basic views and decisions concerning the structure and design policies of the LifeWatch ICT infrastructure.

http://www.lifewatch.eu/

Biodiversity

Switzerland is one of the first countries in the world to monitor its biological diversity. The Federal Office for the environment (FOEN) has launched a programme for this purpose called Biodiversity Monitoring in Switzerland (BDM). n conjunction with the BDM programme, experts contracted by the Federal Government will regularly count animals and plants in numerous predetermined areas in the field.

http://www.biodiversitymonitoring.ch/en/home.html
Biodiversity (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/biodiversity/
Biodiversity

http://www.thewildclassroom.com/home/ecogeeksvideos/biodiversity.html
Generate real time data for monitoring long-term trends in tropical biodiversity through a global network of field stations, providing an early warning system on the status of biodiversity to effectively guide conservation action.

http://www.teamnetwork.org/en
Government programs, individual academic program sites, independent researcher sites, Professional organizations, journals, links to research programs with collections of sounds.

http://acousticecology.org/scienceprograms.html
The Animal Sound Archive at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin is one of the oldest and largest collections of animal sounds. Presently, the collection consists of about 110,000 bioacoustical recordings comprising almost all groups of animals.

http://www.tierstimmenarchiv.de/
International Day for Biological Diversity - 22 May

http://www.cbd.int/idb/

Miscellaneous

SysTax - German GBIF portal - zoological and botanical collection data

http://www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/systax/portal/index.html
Mediterranean Basin

http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/xp/hotspots/mediterranean/Pages/default.aspx
Generate real time data for monitoring long-term trends in tropical biodiversity through a global network of field stations, providing an early warning system on the status of biodiversity to effectively guide conservation action.

http://www.teamnetwork.org/en
Government programs, individual academic program sites, independent researcher sites, Professional organizations, journals, links to research programs with collections of sounds.

http://acousticecology.org/scienceprograms.html
Autonomous Recording Units of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp/hardware/autonomous-recording-units
Hardware and software for indentifying species from their vocalizations.

http://www.wildlifeacoustics.com/songscope/aiasftv/
The batcorder system consists of hardware and specifically developed software applications. It is a complete system for acoustical surveys. It was specially-designed for autonomous and reliable usage in the field. Extensions allow its usage for example on/in wind turbines.

http://www.ecoobs.com/
The Virtual Bird, Bird Songs

http://www.virtual-bird.com/birdsounds.htm

EU polices

EU Biodiversity Action Plan

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/biodiversity/comm2006/index_en.htm
Protection of nature and biodiversity

http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/environment/nature_and_biodiversity/index_en.htm
Biodiversity concerns everybody. The actions of every single individual are essential to guarantee that human impact on biodiversity is reduced and that the survival of future generations is ensured. Write your message for biodiversity! It is simple, just click here and submit your personal card. Hundreds of cards will be collected and put together in a large photo mosaic illustrating biodiversity. The mosaic will be displayed on the Countdown 2010 website and at major events worldwide such as the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in October in Japan where world leaders will define the future of global biodiversity policy and a new biodiversity target. The Countdown 2010 team will collect cards also at some major events, as well as on the Countdown 2010 website. Come at IUCN stand during the European Commission’s Green Week and add your own biodiversity message! The International Day for Biological Diversity 2010 focuses on the links between biodiversity, human development and people’s livelihoods. Here are some facts: Three-quarters of the world’s poorest people depend on natural resources for their daily existence. One billion people worldwide depend on drugs derived from forest plants for their medicinal needs. One billion people in developing countries rely on fish as their main source of food, while an estimated 38 million people are employed directly by fishing and many more in the processing stages. 60 percent of key ecosystem services are being degraded or used unsustainably. Celebrate this day with us! Send us your biodiversity card! The Countdown 2010 team

http://www.countdown2010.net/year-biodiversity/what-can-you-do/biodiversity-needs-all-of-us