GEOSS Joint Biodiversity Workshop
The Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) is a 10-year, worldwide effort undertaken by the intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO), which includes 64 member countries, the European Commission, and 43 participating organizations. GEOSS will work with and build upon existing national, regional, and international systems to provide comprehensive, coordinated Earth observations from thousands of instruments worldwide, transforming the data they collect into vital information for society.
This meeting is organised by DIVERSITAS, GBIF and GTOS in close partnership with the GEO Secretariat, in the context of the implementation of the “Societal Benefit Area” of GEOSS on Biodiversity.
GBIF has been mandated by GEO to implement GEOSS Task BI-06-03, with goals described in the 2006 work plan of GEO as follows:
"Initiate the development of a strategic plan for capturing historical biodiversity data from natural history collections and the research community".
The outcome of the meeting would be an outline and preparations for a prioritized strategic plan for data digitization.
The workshop would derive experience from and make linkages to other GEOSS Biodiversity tasks. There would be increased understanding of the IT requirements for linking GBIF in-situ ("ground truth") data with remote sensing data, and assessment of how ongoing and planned activities of GBIF and other GEOSS participants jointly contribute to the task.
This meeting is by invitation only.
Contact the organiser if you have questions.
| Date | Monday
2006/10/23 09:00 to
2006/10/25 17:00
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| Type |
Workshop |
| Venue |
World Meteorological Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Occupancy |
0 seat(s) occupied out of 20 available. |
| Organiser |
Hannu Saarenmaa |
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