News and events
Technicians from the Government of Catalonia trained in using GBIF data portals
Two sessions of the workshop Use and management of GBIF international and national data portals taught by Katia Cezón and Miguel Vega (GBIF Spain) took place on 21-22 November, in the headquarters of the Territory and Sustainability Department of Barcelona, and gathered 31 environmental technicians from the Government of Catalonia. This workshop was mainly focused on […]
2018 Meeting on Biodiversity Information and Environmental Administrations in Andorra La Vella
The 10th Meeting on Biodiversity Information and Environmental Administrations took place on 24-25 October 2018 in Andorra La Vella. The event was organized by the Centre d’Estudis de la Neu i de la Muntanya d’Andorra de l’Institut d’Estudis Andorrans (CENMA-IEA), GBIF Andorra and GBIF Spain and its main goal was to create a meeting point for public officers related […]
GBIF Spain at the 25th meeting of the GBIF Governing Board (GB25)
The 25th meeting of the GBIF Governing Board (GB25) took place on 16-17 October 2018, and it was hosted by the National Biodiversity Data Centre in Kilkenny (Ireland). The Spanish Delegation attending the meeting was integrated by Benjamín Sánchez Gimeno (Head of Delegation of GBIF.ES, General Vice-director of Internationalization of Science and Innovation, from the Ministry for […]
The first activity of the LiquenCity project has been developed with Zazuar school, form Villa de Vallecas (Madrid)
Last Tuesday, October 16th we developed the first activity of the LiquenCity project for high school students from Zazuar school, in Villa de Vallecas (Madrid). This first activity involved two staff members from the project, who made a presentation for 32 students under the supervision of their Science teacher. The project objectives were explained highlighting the importance […]
Open call for: I GBIF.ES Online Workshop on the Management, Visualization and Analysis of Ecological Data by using R software (beginner level)
Registration period for the I GBIF.ES online Workshop on the Management, Visualization and Analysis of Ecological Data by using R software (beginner level) is already opened. This workshop will take place on September 4-7, 2018 in the computer room at the Royal Botanic Garden of Madrid (CSIC). This training event aims to give a glimpse into using and developing […]
Open call for GBIF.ES Workshop on Georeferencing Natural History Collections
Registration period for the GBIF.ES Workshop on Georeferencing Natural History Collections is already opened. This workshop will take place on November 13-15, 2018 in the computer room at the Royal Botanic Garden of Madrid (CSIC). The three-day hands-on workshop will be led by Nelson Rios (Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History), GEOLocate tool developer and David Draper (Lisbon University), one […]