2011: GBIF at 10: Reaping benefits for science and society
The 2011 GBIF Science Symposium was held on 5 October in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Programme (includes abstracts and speakers' biographies, pdf file, 890 KB)
Presentations (.pdf format):
- On climate and Earth’s biodiversity – insights from ecoinformatics studies
- GBIF and ten years of biodiversity informatics in Argentina
- Developing a biodiversity information facility for ecological sustainability and economic growth: the Indian initiative
- The South African Biodiversity Advisor: in support of the user
- The Atlas of Living Australia - a National Biodiversity Information Facility
- An evolutionary history of the Spanish GBIF Node
- SEP-CEPDEC: Lessons learned from a contribution to GBIF outreach in Africa, Indian Ocean and South-East Asia
- An overview of Antarctic biodiversity networks
- Building a data sharing community: VertNet
2010: Trans-boundary Conservation Areas, Biodiversity Conservation and Peace Parks
Presentations:
- Vasilijevic: Trans-Boundary Conservation: A Global Perspective
- Kim: Biodiversity Strategy in the Korean Demilitarised Zone
- Schlumsprecht: The German and European Green Belt - Biodiversity in Protected Area Networks
- Soberon: A complete analysis of some GBIF databases
- Chassot: Conservation biology of the Great Green Macaw: implementation of a trans-boundary biological corridor in the lower watershed of the San Juan river
- Chettri: Data Gaps, Data Discovery and Publication Challenges for the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region
2009: Marine Biodiversity and Climate Change
The 7th GBIF Science Symposium 'Marine Biodiversity and Climate Change - Integrating Marine Biodiversity Datasets for Improved Understanding of Climate Change Effects on Marine Biodiversity' took place on 7 October at Geocenter Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Programme (includes Abstracts and Speaker Biographies) (PDF 582 KB)
Presentations:
- Richardson: Ocean Primary Production, Biodiversity and Climate Change (PDF 4.32 MB)
- Chaloupka: Combining GBIF-mediated data, environmental niche modelling and expert knowledge to explore marine megafauna responses to climate change (PDF 5.12 MB)
- Brander: Climate, Fisheries and Impacts on Biodiversity (PDF 5.79 MB)
- Riemann (replacing Kleypas): Environmental Quality and Biodiversity in the Baltic Sea (PDF 6.69 MB)
- Vanden Berghe: Ocean Biogeographic Information System, Census of Marine Life, and World Register of Marine Species Contributions to Understanding Climate Change Effects on Marine Biodiversity (PDF 4.17 MB)
- Standwell-Smith: Lessons Learned in Tracking the 2010 Biodiversity Target: Data Gaps Highlighted During the Global Indicator Development Process (PDF 4.09 MB)
2008: Biodiversity, humans and global change in Africa
The 6th GBIF Science Symposium 'Biodiversity, humans and global change in Africa' took place on 6 November 2008 in Arusha, Tanzania.
Programme (includes Abstracts and Speaker Biographies) (PDF 582 KB)
Presentations:
- Martinez-Meyer: Biodiversity informatics tools and predictive distribution modeling for research on climate change: Case studies in biodiversity-rich countries (PDF 11.32 MB)
- Barnard: Building an early warning system for biodiversity under climate change in southern Africa - modeling and policy translation lessons from plant and bird data (PDF 15.26 MB)
- Witt: A warmer planet - Implications for invasive species management (PDF 24.62 MB)
- Kerr: Predicting conservation needs and infectious disease distributions in an era of global change: Critical roles for GBIF and remote sensing (PDF 9.80 MB)
- Jarvis: Use of GBIF data for conserving and adapting agricultural biodiversity in the face of climate change (PDF 8.39 MB)
- Yanda: Potential use of GBIF-like data for assessing impact of climate on biodiversity in Africa: Need for capacity building (PDF 6.10 MB)
2007: Biodiversity on the Web: Information and Informatics
Programme (includes Abstracts and Speaker Biographies) (PDF 810 KB)
PowerPoint presentations
- Hobern: GBIF Information Architecture (PDF 307 KB)
- Vincx, Merckx & Deprez: Role of GBIF Data in Biodiversity Studies (PDF 602 KB)
- Guralnick & Hill: GBIF's Role in Biodiversity Prediction (PDF 902 KB)
- Kerr & Kharouba: GBIF & GEOSS (PDF 295 KB)
- Schindel: Linking GBIF data to gene sequences (PDF 503 KB)
- Edwards: Future of biodiversity informatics (PDF 96 KB)
2006: The role of GBIF and other new technologies in conservation and monitoring biodiversity change
PowerPoint presentations
- Mduma: Ecological baselines and monitoring ecological change
- Midgley: Projecting and monitoring climate change impacts on terrestrial biodiversity: Roles for GBIF
- Obura: Applying new technologies to the monitoring of coral reefs
- Archer: Biodiversity conservation and sustainable rural livelihoods in a marginal environment: A case study
- Simiyu: Implementing the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation in Africa: The role of GBIF
- Sharman: Biodiversity data acquisition and assessment after the MEA: How GBIF and GEOSS will benefit Africa
- Maneveldt and Knight: Biodiversity conservation: Its current status in South Africa
- February: The role of GBIF in developing management policies in African National Parks
2005: Tropical Biodiversity: Science, Data, Conservation
- Abstracts
- PowerPoint Shows of Symposium Presentations
- Gopal: Conserving Inland Aquatic Biodiversity in the Tropics: The Needs for Databases and Information Network
- Olivieri: On-line access to conservation data: challenges and opportunities
- Raven: What Should We Try to Learn About Tropical Biodiversity, and How Can We Use the Knowledge for Conservation?
- Proceedings of the Symposium
2004: Biodiversity Data Users Serving Science and Society
- Programme
- Symposium Presentations
- Howarth: Forests, Farms and Weeds: Applying Biodiversity Information to Natural Resources and Protected Area Management Issues
- Canhos: The Brazilian Biota/Fapesp Virtual Institute of Biodiversity
- Nakamura: Presence-only Data in the Determination of Ecological Niches
- Lange: The Importance of Biodiversity Data to Discovery and Technical Applications
- Peterson: Using Biodiversity Data for Fine-Scale Analysis of Risk of Disease Transmission
