Research infrastructures: the case for integrating freshwater biodiversity data
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This document discusses the need to integrate freshwater biodiversity data through research infrastructures. It notes that solid data provides a scientific foundation for water policy and is needed to halt biodiversity loss. Existing data repositories and generating infrastructures are mentioned, but there is still a need for collaboration and sharing of expertise and data. The Global Wetlands Observing System is highlighted as one collaborative effort that works to provide products like atlases and indexes by bringing together partners, data providers, donors, and targeted users.
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Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-und-domino-lizenzkostenreduzierung-in-der-welt-von-dlau/
DLAU und die Lizenzen nach dem CCB- und CCX-Modell sind für viele in der HCL-Community seit letztem Jahr ein heißes Thema. Als Notes- oder Domino-Kunde haben Sie vielleicht mit unerwartet hohen Benutzerzahlen und Lizenzgebühren zu kämpfen. Sie fragen sich vielleicht, wie diese neue Art der Lizenzierung funktioniert und welchen Nutzen sie Ihnen bringt. Vor allem wollen Sie sicherlich Ihr Budget einhalten und Kosten sparen, wo immer möglich. Das verstehen wir und wir möchten Ihnen dabei helfen!
Wir erklären Ihnen, wie Sie häufige Konfigurationsprobleme lösen können, die dazu führen können, dass mehr Benutzer gezählt werden als nötig, und wie Sie überflüssige oder ungenutzte Konten identifizieren und entfernen können, um Geld zu sparen. Es gibt auch einige Ansätze, die zu unnötigen Ausgaben führen können, z. B. wenn ein Personendokument anstelle eines Mail-Ins für geteilte Mailboxen verwendet wird. Wir zeigen Ihnen solche Fälle und deren Lösungen. Und natürlich erklären wir Ihnen das neue Lizenzmodell.
Nehmen Sie an diesem Webinar teil, bei dem HCL-Ambassador Marc Thomas und Gastredner Franz Walder Ihnen diese neue Welt näherbringen. Es vermittelt Ihnen die Tools und das Know-how, um den Überblick zu bewahren. Sie werden in der Lage sein, Ihre Kosten durch eine optimierte Domino-Konfiguration zu reduzieren und auch in Zukunft gering zu halten.
Diese Themen werden behandelt
- Reduzierung der Lizenzkosten durch Auffinden und Beheben von Fehlkonfigurationen und überflüssigen Konten
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What will you get from this session?
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Research infrastructures: the case for integrating freshwater biodiversity data
- 1. Research infra-structures: the case for integrating freshwater biodiversity data Aaike De Wever, Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber @aaik RBINS – Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels BOKU – University of Natural Resources & Life Sciences, Vienna © J. Freyhof, A. Hartl
- 2. Taking freshwater biodiversity into account in water policy • Data – solid scientific foundation for policy • Baseline data – halting biodiversity loss • Data on connectivity of freshwater environments Science 343, 3 Jan. 14, p. 15
- 4. 2010 ?
- 5. 2014 * Vines et al. (2014) The Availability of Research Data Declines Rapidly with Article Age. Current Biology 24, 1-4. *
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- 7. BioFresh: bringing expertise and data together
- 11. Data?
- 12. Caddisflies [E], Köcherfliege [D], ver d’eau [F] kokerjuffer [N]
- 14. Research infra-structures: the case for integrating freshwater biodiversity data
- 15. Matthias Obst @ Are we ready to build a Hubble telescope to study biodiversity? Virtual research infrastructure and interoperability systems Data repositories and information systems Data generating infrastructures LifeWatch, DataONE PESI, WORMS, OBIS, GBIF, GeneBank, Pangaea LTER, GenomicObservatories, NHM’s, BON’s, EarthObservatories, etc
- 17. Nick Davidson, Dec. 2011 The State of the World’s Wetlands and their ecosystem services Stephan Flink & Lammert Hilarides, Dec. 2013 1st Edi on 2015 Global Wetlands Observing System Engine room Collaborative Effort • Process • • • • • Infrastructure Procedures Information Life Cycle Data Analysis Modeling Products • • • Sahelian Atlas Freshwater Health Index State of the Worlds Wetlands • Global Mangrove Watch • Knowledge • Data • Money • Access Partners / data providers Donors: Targeted users • Needs • Impact • • • • • Basin authorities Decision/policy makers Corporates NGOs MEAs
- 18. Thanks! Funding: EU FP7 Data contributors and partners Coordination and data WP-leads: Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber, Nicolas Bailly, Klement Tockner, Koen Martens Platform development: Jörg Strackbein Metadatabase development: Robert Vogl Atlas development: Vanessa Bremerich Data portal development: Michel Kapel, Bos Debusscher …