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2-Mutual Benefit: Welcomes and encourages participants both to use resources and to contribute data, information and knowledge.
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13 Aug
Posted by Asghar In Conservation Commons, Media & Websites
After a successful trial period that has involved more than 200 users from all over the world, the final version of the GBIF Community Site is officially launched today-
This site is a free online social platform for professional interaction in the scope of GBIF: collaborative projects, discussions, sharing of information and expertise, announcements, mentoring, etc.
View Comments 11 Nov
Posted by Asghar In Biodiversity, Events, Media & Websites
With only less than 52 days left before the start of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity (IYB), the website for this unique event in the history of the United Nations was officially launched at a ceremony in Montreal, held with more than 500 participants representing the 193 Parties to the Convention and partner organizations.
31 Aug
Posted by Asghar In Data sets, Mapping, Media & Websites, Standards
At a time when the world’s oceans are facing unprecedented pressures from human impacts in the marine environment, a new decision-making tool is being launched to provide the most current and relevant information about marine and coastal biodiversity and its protection status.
This marine protected areas tool (www.wdpa-marine.org), created by the United Nations Environment Programme’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), is part of the recently redeveloped World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) – the authoritative and most globally comprehensive list of marine and terrestrial protected areas.
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