Plenary
"Sharing and re-using computational workflows – WorkflowHub and FAIR Workflows in Biodiversity"
"Priorities and challenges for ESFRI in the next programming period"
"Biogeographical monitoring of Europe’s islands: harnessing opportunities for multiple wins"
"What is in a name? The importance of clear taxonomic communication for biodiversity science & management."
Thematic Sessions
Biogeography explores the spatial and temporal distribution of life on Earth, revealing the complex patterns that shape biodiversity across regions and ecosystems. Environmental changes, both natural and anthropogenic, continuously reshape species distributions, leading to shifts in community composition, habitat fragmentation, and alter ecosystem structure and functioning. Climate change, habitat loss, and biological invasions are among the key drivers of these transformations, threatening endemic species and facilitating the expansion of generalist and invasive organisms.
The study of biogeographical patterns is essential for understanding species dispersal mechanisms, historical contingencies, and ecological interactions. Rapid environmental changes are accelerating range shifts, local extinctions, and novel species assemblages, making predictive models and conservation planning more critical than ever. Integrating paleobiogeography, phylogenetics, and ecological niche modeling allows for a deeper comprehension of biodiversity dynamics and the resilience of ecosystems to ongoing pressures.
In this Working Group, we aim to develop innovative tools for biogeographical data analysis, modeling, and visualization. Our objective is to investigate biodiversity distribution patterns, assess the impacts of global change on species ranges, and predict future biogeographical trends. By applying interdisciplinary approaches, we seek to enhance conservation strategies and foster a deeper understanding of the mechanisms driving the spatial organization of life on Earth.
Join us in exploring the fascinating world of biogeography and uncovering the forces that shape biodiversity across space and time. Stay updated on our latest findings, resources, and opportunities for collaboration!
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Taxonomy is as old as humankind. It is at the very heart of our knowledge of biodiversity. Taxonomy is described as the science, the efforts and the tools behind global species discovery and naming. Understanding the name of a species grants access to a wealth of information and knowledge about its biology, distribution and significance to humanity. In essence, taxonomy is the connecting chain between the different biological disciplines. Over time, the way species are being recognised and described has evolved, together with our knowledge of biodiversity and our organisation and use of this knowledge in a digital era.
The activities of this Taxonomy Working Group will greatly be based on the ongoing work within the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), to keep the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), its infrastructure (Aphia) and related systems up-and-running, while also exploring opportunities to improve existing content and services. Taxonomists will be assisted in their research and data management, and the WoRMS Data Management Team will liaise with other global data systems, which rely on Aphia-WoRMS as their taxonomic backbone.
Help us to improve and expand the suite of taxonomic services for Aphia and its many sub-registers, including the World Register of Marine Species. Stay informed about updates, resources, and opportunities for collaboration!
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Discussing the current state of the Taxonomy Services, how they match with the scientific community needs and requirements and identify approaches and priorities to further improve these services, as well as user engagement.
As part of ongoing Aphia-WoRMS activities, the Data Management Team supports editor-meetings by either facilitation or participation. When opportunities arise, the Aphia-WoRMS work is presented at meetings and conferences, both as a Data Management Team activity and in collaboration with taxonomic experts.
Mapping opportunities for project application for Aphia-WoRMS to Horizon Europe calls and to other calls of national/international relevance.
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Animal tracking, the practice of monitoring and studying animal movements and behaviour in their natural environment from a distance, can be performed across various spatial (local, regional, continental, global) and temporal (minutes to decades) scales using a suit of tools and technologies. Tracking fish with acoustic transmitters, following bird migrations with GPS tags, assessing wildlife presence with camera traps and monitoring presence of marine mammals with passive acoustics are all interesting examples of animal tracking. Advantages of the practice are the possibility to gather robust data over extended temporal periods, regardless of weather conditions and other logistically challenging situations, with minimal environmental disturbance and no or very little inference with the individual behaviour. Animal tracking has yielded key information about the biology and ecology of organisms, and has afforded useful insights to establish conservation frameworks and regulations. In addition, it allows to model distribution and forecast the effects of anthopogenic activities on the animals. Technological advancements resulted in an enhanced capacity for animal tracking and is transforming our understanding of the ecosystems and the animals that live within them.
In this working group we will share latest insights on technological capacity and data flows for four tracking technologies: GPS tracking; Acoustic telemetry and biologging; Camera/video imaging; Passive acoustics. We intend to establish data pipelines towards LifeWatch recommended tracking systems and stimulate collaboration and innovation within the respective tracking communities.
Join us on our journey to deepen our knowledge on animal movement and behaviour by tracking animals to better understand, protect and manage them!
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The Biodiversity Observatory Automation Working Group aims to review and update the requirements for effective biodiversity assessment at a time of unprecedented environmental change and biodiversity loss. Biodiversity assessment faces several challenges, including time-intensive fieldwork, demanding post-fieldwork data processing and limited storage capacity. However, advances in the automation of data collection, increasing computing power and the integration of artificial intelligence offer promising solutions.
The first international meeting (https://www.lifewatch.eu/thematic-services-working-groups/biodiversity-observatory-automation) on this topic took place in Slovenia in April 2024. It brought together experts to share key achievements, address obstacles in monitoring and observational methods and discuss the needs and concerns of the various stakeholders.
The working group will explore modern approaches to biodiversity monitoring and detection, ranging from aerial observations to eDNA analysis. Efforts will focus on optimising data collection, improving data curation and exploration, using artificial intelligence and applying FAIR data principles to enable the creation of digital twins.
Through these initiatives, the group aims to improve biodiversity monitoring methods and close current gaps in order to find effective answers to global environmental challenges.
Shape the future of biodiversity assessment with us! Stay engaged with the Biodiversity Observatory Automation Working Group as we explore innovative technologies – from AI-powered analysis to automated data collection – that are transforming biodiversity monitoring. Engage with scientists and experts, access valuable resources and contribute to innovative solutions that improve our understanding of ecosystems in a rapidly changing world.
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The aim of the working group “Automating the Biodiversity Observatory” is to review and update the requirements for effective biodiversity assessment at a time of unprecedented environmental change and biodiversity loss. We will:
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Ecosystems and biodiversity are currently under threat owing to many different anthropic pressures. Among these, climate changes have direct impact on ecosystems and biodiversity, pushing populations to abandon traditional distribution areas and move to new territories, favouring the spread of allochthonous species, reducing the survival of endemic and/or specialised organisms, leading to impoverished ecosystems that are more prone to collapse. Ecological responses to climate change include also increasing individual level respiration rates, altering species interaction networks and ecosystem process rates, with expected global lower net primary productivity and standing biomass. Climate change can also have indirect amplifying effects on other anthropogenic threats, such as pollution, land degradation and fragmentation, the diffusion of invasive species; and human well-being.
Ecological responses are quantitatively related to a complex series of inter-individual relationships, whose dynamics could potentially lead to adaptation and impact mitigation but also to the amplification of the expected impacts. As far as we deepen the understanding on these ecological dynamics, we might also acquire the capacity to manage biodiversity and ecosystem changes. In this Working Group we intend to develop a suite of tools and services on data curation, data analysis and modelling, to better understand and manage ecological responses to climate change, describe modifications of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning under climate change and analyse and predict the effects of restoration measures, considering in particular ecosystem integrity and supporting in the benefits that healthy ecosystems provide to human beings.
Join us on our journey to deepen our comprehension of ecological systems and their reactions to the rapidly changing world around us. Stay informed about updates, resources, and opportunities for collaboration!
[INTRO HERE] Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. The kick-off Workshop, focusing on the Taxonomy Thematic Services, has been proposed and organised by LifeWatch Belgium in collaboration with all LifeWatch Common Facilities and National Distributed Centers. The workshop took place in Brussels on January 30th, concurrently with the LifeWatch Belgium Biodiversity Day. The workshop also launches the constitution of LifeWatch ERIC Working Groups on the Thematic Services, engaging participants from all LifeWatch National Distributed Centers and Common Facilities in an open discussion on the current state of the Taxonomy Services, their actual matching with the scientific community needs and requirements and the approaches and priorities of the Taxonomy Services’ Working Group for further integration and improvement of LifeWatch Taxonomy Services and user engagement. The workshop also launches the constitution of LifeWatch ERIC Working Groups on the Thematic Services, engaging participants from all LifeWatch National Distributed Centers and Common Facilities in an open discussion on the current state of the Taxonomy Services, their actual matching with the scientific community needs and requirements and the approaches and priorities of the Taxonomy Services’ Working Group for further integration and improvement of LifeWatch Taxonomy Services and user engagement.
The challenges of our time, such as the climate crisis and the threats posed by biodiversity loss, call for a deeper understanding of ecological phenomena to identify patterns and underlying mechanisms of biodiversity organisation and ecosystem functioning at different scales while designing scenarios of future change. Science is changing, informatics and data are becoming ever more prominent and are opening up new opportunities to advance our knowledge and provide science-based solutions to society’s needs.
The conference is open to researchers in the domain of biodiversity, ecosystems and eScience, and particularly welcomes the participation of early career scientists, including PhD and Master Students.
To submit one or more abstracts please click on the button below. You will be asked to create your account (if you do not have one already) and log in. After logging in, you will be redirected to your personal area, where you can click on “+ New Abstract” and fill in the form. Each abstract should not be longer than 250 words.
Please note that abstracts will be mainly accepted as poster presentations. 6 abstracts per topic will be selected as oral communication by the Scientific Committee according to the programme.
Authors are allowed as first author to submit one abstract only, while there is no limit on the number of abstracts that can be co-authored by an individual.
Submission opening: 31 January 2025
Submission deadline extended: 5 May 2025 15 April 2025
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Climate change is altering critical abiotic niche dimensions at global scale, leading to ecological responses such as an increase of the metabolic cost of life, life cycle shifts, alteration of population and species distributions and changes in ecosystem processes. Hypothesis-testing experiments, identification of underlying mechanisms, ecological modelling and scenario building are all required to build quantitative knowledge on expected ecological responses and on potential adaptation and mitigation strategies.
This session welcomes contributions on laboratory, field or modelling studies dealing with ecological responses to climate change at any level, particularly those carried out using the LifeWatch ERIC resources.
Organisms and biological communities vary along geographic space both in relation to the gradients of latitude, elevation, isolation and habitat area. In addition, climate and land use changes affect species’ biogeographical distribution and abundance, often determining the reduction of the number of individuals and range size of species, and a continuous transformation of species assemblages.
This session welcomes contributions on how cutting-edge tools and services for linking datasets, mapping endemisms and biodiversity hotspots, and classification systems can be used to address the challenges of biodiversity loss, climate change, and habitat fragmentation, designing more effective conservation strategies.
Taxonomy is at the heart of our knowledge and insights into biodiversity. It encompasses much more than just the description and publication of a new species discovery. It is about going into the field, observing and sampling species, defining what is potentially a new species discovery and then thoroughly analysing and describing it. This process involves challenges at different levels: from organising expeditions, to dealing with so called ‘shelf species’, as well as having access to knowledge, expertise and time to go through the full process of a species description.
This session welcomes insights into the status of your work field, either focused on taxonomy in general, or specific details on your favourite taxonomic group(s).
Mapping habitats is crucial to describe ecosystems and capture the complexity of ecological conditions and dynamics. Moreover, identifying biodiversity hotspots, as well as potential components of the ecological networks, is essential for conservation and restoration planning, and has an important role in supporting the implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. Modelling and geospatial-statistical tools can support scientists to predict potential habitats and to identify biodiversity hotspots and connectivity gaps.
This session welcomes contributions on how innovative methods for data harmonisation, community-driven solutions, and training opportunities can empower researchers and policymakers to effectively tackle ecological challenges.
Biodiversity Observatory Automation can provide cutting edge solutions for effective biodiversity assessment amidst unprecedented environmental challenges. Addressing time-intensive fieldwork, complex data processing, and storage barriers, this session will highlight advances in automated data collection, AI integration, and eDNA analysis. Emphasising FAIR data principles and digital twin creation, it seeks to optimise biodiversity monitoring, enabling actionable responses to the Triple Planetary Crisis.
This session welcomes contributions on different monitoring and observational approaches to detecting and assessing biodiversity, and on the achievements and obstacles encountered in biodiversity observatory automation.
Animal tracking, the practice of monitoring and studying animal movements and behaviour in their natural environment from a distance can be performed across various spatial and temporal scales using a suite of tools and technologies. Animal tracking has yielded key information about the biology and ecology of organisms, and afforded useful insights for conservation frameworks and regulations. It also allows to model distribution and forecast the effects of anthropogenic activities on animals.
This session welcomes contributions on a broad range of technologies (including, but not limited to fish and bird tracking, camera traps and passive acoustics) to share latest insights on individual behaviour, ecological interactions and technological revolutions.
Man and the Sea | Presenter: Anastasios Eleftheriou, HCMR
Sharing and re-using computational workflows – WorkflowHub and FAIR Workflows in Biodiversity | Presenter: Carole Goble, University of Manchester, ELIXIR-UK | Download
The Dark Matter in Biology | Presenter: Nikos Kyrpides, JGI, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Priorities and challenges for ESFRI in the next programming period | Presenter: José Luis Martínez Peña, ESFRI
The support of LifeWatch ERIC to high-mountains research | Presenter: Antonello Provenzale, CNR IGG
Shifting Baselines: Patterns and Trends Linking Ocean Productivity and Biodiversity in a Changing Climate (OEMC) | Presenter: Francesco De Leo, CNR IRET | Download
Biodiversity and ecological responses to climate change: the PLKP perspective from Holocene Palynology | Presenter: Anna Maria Mercuri, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Reconciling short- and long-term ecological predictions for assisting decision making: a challenge for LifeWatch ERIC community | Presenter: Marta Magnani, Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources, CNR | Download
New tools to identify refugia for biodiversity in mountain landscapes | Presenter: Maria Begoña García, Pyrenean Institute of Ecology (CSIC) | Download
Tracking functional performance of Water hyacinth across aquatic ecotopes | Presenter: Leticia Brito, University of Aveiro | Download
What is the energetic cost of warming for invertebrates? | Presenter: Milad Shokri, University of Salento
Climate change stress in benthic marine invertebrates: insights from multidimensional analysis | Presenter: Thanos Dailianis, HCMR | Download
Emerging Nesting Activity of Loggerhead Sea Turtles ( Caretta caretta ) at the Northern Margins of Nesting Range in the Greek Seas: Insights from the Aegean and Ionian Seas | Presenter: Drosos Koutsoubas, University of the Aegean
LifeWatch ERIC thematic service on Biogeography | Presenter: Alessandro Chiarucci, University of Bologna | Download
Biogeographical monitoring of Europe’s islands: harnessing opportunities for multiple wins | Presenter: Richard Field, University of Nottingham | Download
BiCKL The Biodiversity Knowledge Hub traverses obstacles to FAIR and linked biodiversity data usage | Presenter: Teodor Georgiev, Pensoft Publisher
Cataloguing for findability: software tools, workflows, and learning materials for biodiversity and ecology research | Presenter: Matúš Kalaš, University of Bergen, and ELIXIR Norway | Download
The Linnean Approach to Nomenclatural Accuracy: A Framework for Enhancing Taxonomic Harmonisation in Biodiversity Records | Presenter: André Menegotto, University of Sheffield
Integrated checklist of marine annelids along the Salento Peninsula unravels gaps of knowledge in their diversity and distribution | Presenter: Joachim Langeneck, CoNISMa | Download
Global Orchid Diversity in the Mediterranean Biome: identifying hotspots and exploring automated extinction risk assessment with deep neural networks | Presenter: Michele Lussu, University of Bologna | Download
Mapping past elevation bounded biogeographic systems at continuous temporal scale | Presenter: Johannes De Groeve, University of Amsterdam
Integrating Biologging Data and Destination Earth Digital Twins for Marine Conservation and Sustainable Fisheries: The Global Fish Tracking System (GFTS) | Presenter: Tina Odaka, Ifremer | Download
Insect-flower interactions in the Mediterranean area: a Citizen Science dataset collated within the LIFE 4 Pollinators project | Presenter: Marta Barberis, University of Bologna | Download
LifeWatch ERIC thematic service on Taxonomy | Presenter: Leen Vandepitte, Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
What is in a name? The importance of clear taxonomic communication for biodiversity science & management | Presenter: Tammy Horton, National Oceanography Centre | Download
From names to networks: marine species knowledge in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and its role in LifeWatch ERIC | Presenter: Leen Vandepitte, Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
The Biodiversity Genomics Europe (BGE) Project: Europe’s drive to reverse biodiversity loss through genomics research | Presenter: Robert Waterhouse, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB)
“Mere Schoolboys to Old Aristotle?” Testing Darwin’s Claim Through Taxonomic and Functional Evidence | Presenter: Christos Arvanitidis, LifeWatch ERIC | Download
Safeguarding Greek and European biodiversity – The Biodiversity Genomics EU project | Presenter: Alexandros Triantafyllidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | Download
The Italian taxonomic backbone. Cooperation and interoperability in the LifeWatch Italy community | Presenter: Stefano Martellos, University of Trieste | Download
Not so cosmopolitan: What species complexes teach us about hidden diversity | Presenter: Maria Lampa, University of Crete, HCMR
Waking up from a taxonomist’s nightmare: Ophrys species delimitation meets AI in the phylogenomic era | Presenter: Elisa Addonizio, University of Naples Federico II | Download
Reconstruction of the functional anatomy of Phascolosoma stephensoni Stephen, 1942 (Annelida: Sipuncula: Phascolosomatidae) through micro-CT: a potential tool for taxonomy | Presenter: Desirée Dimichele, CoNISMa | Download
LifeWatch ERIC thematic service on Habitat mapping | Presenter: Olga Ameixa, University of Aveiro | Download
RESTORE4Cs | Presenter: Alberto Basset, LifeWatch ERIC
Predicting butterfly species presence from satellite imagery using soft contrastive learning | Presenter: Thijs van der Plas, Wageningen University & Research | Download
Climate Change: An Innovative Solution Using AI for Vineyards | Presenter: Nikos Minadakis, LifeWatch ERIC, Advance deep tech Services
ParAquaBase: a centralised resource for zoosporic parasite observations and host interactions | Presenter: Andrea Tarallo, CNR-IRET
Mapping the unknown – habitat characterisation in deep-sea environments | Presenter: Heliana Teixera, University of Aveiro
Scale matters in seagrass mapping and the needs of reporting of carbon stocks in NDCs under Paris Agreement | Presenter: Dimitris Poursanidis, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH)
Mapping the Supply and Demand of Insect-Driven Ecosystem Services in Ria de Aveiro Saltmarshes: A Habitat-Based Approach | Presenter: Olga Ameixa, University of Aveiro
LifeWatch ERIC thematic service on Observation systems | Presenter: Andreja Ramšak, National Institute of Biology | Download
Advancing Biodiversity Monitoring through FAIR and Interoperable Research Infrastructures: The OSTrails Approach
| Presenter: Tassos Stavropoulos, OpenAIRE | Download
DTO BioFlow – Building a biodiversity component for the Digital Twin of the Ocean | Presenter: Klaas Deneudt, Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
BioDT´s biodiversity digital twin prototypes: examples from species distribution models to population dynamics | Presenter: Gabriela Zuquim, CSC – IT Center for Science
ANERIS: Towards a network of Operational Marine Biology | Presenter: Berta Companys, Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) | Download
Challenges in automation of monitoring and modeling in karst forest ecosystems | Presenter: Saša Šercer, Slovenian Forestry Institute | Download
Integrating Earth Observations, eDNA and Computer Vision for automated assessment of soil health | Presenter: Spyros Theodoridis, National Observatory of Athens | Download
Assessing the spillover: metabarcoding reveals contrasting non-indigenous species dynamics inside and outside a port
| Presenter: Adrià Antich González, Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes | Download
Towards a Monitoring System for Agroecology in Europe: Results from Expert Consultations | Presenter: Salvador Fernandez, LifeWatch ERIC | Download
LifeWatch ERIC thematic service on Animal behaviour & Space use tracking | Presenter: David Casals, VLIZ – Flanders Marine Institute
From Coasts to Continents: Coordinated Animal Tracking for Biodiversity Monitoring in European Waters | Presenter: Sarah McLean, Loughs Agency | Download
Animal Sentinels: near real-time environmental monitoring via automated bird tracking analysis | Presenter: Eldar Rakhimberdiev, University of Amsterdam | Download
Pangeo-fish: Scalable Geolocation Modelling of Fish Movements Using Biologging and Earth Science Data in the Pangeo Ecosystem | Presenter: Tina Odaka, Ifremer | Download
Sub-surface behaviors of Hector’s dolphins could increase their risk of bycatch | Presenter: Ilias Foskolos, Aarhus University
First Documentation of Migration Dynamics of European Eels in Cyprus through Acoustic Telemetry | Presenter: Sotiris Meletiou, Bournemouth University | Download
Tracking Elasmobranch Responses to Submarine Power Cable Electromagnetic Fields in the Belgian North Sea | Presenter: David Casals, VLIZ – Flanders Marine Institute
Spatiotemporal segregation drives predator-prey coexistence in the deep sea | Presenter: Antoni Sánchez-Márquez, Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM – CSIC) | Download
Programme
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Alberto Basset is full professor of Ecology at the University of Salento (Italy). His main research interests are on biodiversity organisation and maintenance, ecosystem functioning and services and their responses to natural and anthropic pressures, including climate changes.
The research activities have produced more than 200 publications on international peer reviewed journals, being quoted in 2014 as one of the 20 top scientists for the scientific production on ecosystem ecology. He has been president of the Italian Ecological Society, of the Ecological European Federation and of LaguNet, being founding member and current president of the Euro-Mediterranean Federation of the Lagoon Research Networks (EUROMEDLAG).
Alberto Basset is currently member of both General Assembly and Executive Board of the ‘eScience European Infrastructure on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research (LifeWatch ERIC)’ and of the Advisory Committee of the European Research Infrastructure on ‘Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory (EMSO ERIC)’ and he is the University of Salento responsible in the National Node of the European Research Infrastructure on Long Term Ecological Research (eLTER RI).
Alberto Basset is delegate of the Ministry of University and Research in the European Partnership ‘Biodiversa+’ and he has been a member of the Italian delegation to the recent G20 meeting on challenges and opportunities for research and innovation in the Amazon and Tropical Forests.
Research Doctorate in Physics in 1987. Currently, research director at the Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources of CNR; director of the Institute from 2015 to 2024.
Member of the Scientific Council of the CIMA Research Foundation. National coordinator of the LifeWatch Italy JRU. Research activities on the analysis and modelling of climate change impacts on ecosystems and carbon and water cycles, geosphere-biosphere interactions, Critical Zone processes, mountain environments, planetary fluid dynamics.
Golden Badge Award of the European Geophysical Society in 1997. Invited scientist at the Ecole Normale Superieure and at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, at the Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheva (Israel) and at the University of Colorado in Boulder (USA).
Organizer of summer schools and scientific workshops. Tutor of more than 20 Doctorate Theses. Coordinator of the EU H2020 project “ECOPOTENTIAL” devoted to the use of Earth Observations to improve ecosystem benefits (2015-2019) and of several national projects. Participant and node coordinator in several EU projects. Co-lead of the Action Group “Biodiversity, ecosystems and geodiversity” of EuroGEO and of the GEO Mountains Initiative.
Author of more than 180 papers in international peer-reviewed journals (ISI), h index=51 (Scopus). Author of dissemination books and articles.
The Greek National Distributed Centre is funded by the Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology and is coordinated by the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, in conjunction with 47 associated partner institutions.
To know more about how Greece contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Italian National Distributed Centre is led and managed by the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and is coordinated by a Joint Research Unit, currently comprising 35 members. Moreover, Italy hosts one of the LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities, the Service Centre.
To know more about how Italy contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Dutch National Distributed Centre is hosted by the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam. Moreover, The Netherlands hosts one of the LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities, the Virtual Laboratory and Innovation Centre.
To know more about how The Netherlands contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Portuguese National Distributed Centre is managed by PORBIOTA, the Portuguese e-Infrastructure for Information and Research on Biodiversity. Led by BIOPOLIS/CIBIO-InBIO – Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, PORBIOTA connects the principal Portuguese research institutions working in biodiversity.
To know more about how Portugal contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Slovenian National Distributed Centre is led by the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU). It focuses on the development of technological solutions in the field of biodiversity and socio-ecosystem research.
To know more about how Slovenia contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Spanish National Distributed Centre is supported by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, the Regional Government of Andalusia and the Guadalquivir River Basin Authority (Ministry for Ecological Transition-MITECO). Moreover, Spain is the hosting Member State of LifeWatch ERIC, the location of its Statutory Seat & ICT e-Infrastructure Technical Office (LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities).
To know more about how Spain contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Bulgarian National Distributed Centre is represented by the Agricultural University-Plovdiv.
To know more about how Bulgaria contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Belgian National Distributed Centre makes varied and complementary in-kind contributions to LifeWatch ERIC. These are implemented in the form of long-lasting projects by various research centres and universities distributed throughout the country and supported by each respective political authority.
To know more about how Belgium contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
