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🚨REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for #LivingData2025, the conference bringing together Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG), GBIF: The Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Ocean Biodiversity Information System and GEO BON in Bogotá. Join us at this event dedicated to advancing data standards, community engagement, and biodiversity monitoring. Early bird registration ➡️ https://lnkd.in/exwSdRKh

🚨Registration is OPEN AGAIN! Don't miss this webinar 👉https://lnkd.in/ejhHawRg

🌏 NEW ASIA-PACIFIC TIME 🌏 📦 Join Our BON in a Box Workshop! BON in a Box, developed by GEO BON, is an open tool for biodiversity modeling and indicator calculation, making biodiversity data more accessible, automated, and actionable. It connects individual analyses into pipelines that generate Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) and indicators—helping scientists and policymakers track biodiversity trends and support conservation decisions. 💻 Bring Your Own Pipelines Workshop Join us for a hands-on session where you’ll learn how to integrate your scripts and workflows into BON in a Box. Bring a biodiversity metric workflow (EBV, indicator, etc.), and we’ll guide you in adapting it into a BON in a Box pipeline—a first step toward sharing it with the scientific community! 📅 April 1, 2025 ⏰ 8PM – 9:30PM (GMT-4) 🔗 Register now: https://lnkd.in/ekTktJuR Have questions or want to contribute? Contact us at 📧 boninabox@geobon.org #BiodiversityMonitoring #BONinaBox #BiaB

Edit: Due to high demand, we have exceeded our registration limit, and we are currently exploring options to accommodate more attendees. We’re working on potential solutions to ensure you don’t miss out. Stay tuned for an update soon! 🚨 NEW WEBINAR SERIES in collaboration with MoSTFun and Biodiversa+: Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs)—Introductory Webinar Biodiversity is changing at an unprecedented rate, and monitoring these changes effectively is crucial for science, policy, and action. Essential Biodiversity Variables (#EBVs) serve as a bridge between raw biodiversity data and high-level indicators, enabling us to track biodiversity change at multiple scales. Join us for a webinar on EBVs, where experts will discuss: ✅ The relationship between EBVs, Essential Climate Variables (ECCs), Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs), and Essential Ecosystem Service Variables (EESVs) ✅ The strengths and knowledge base of EBVs ✅ How different organismal groups and ecosystem characteristics are covered - do they all have EBVs? ✅ How to use EBV data in workflows: from in-situ and remote sensing data collection to integration, modeling, and application 🔎 Why attend? Gain a deeper understanding of how EBVs support biodiversity monitoring, conservation planning, and policy development, including their role in global frameworks like the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (#KMGBF). 📅 Wednesday, April 9, 2025 ⏰ 2PM – 3PM (CEST) 🔗 Register now:  https://lnkd.in/ejhHawRg 🎤 Speakers: Katie Millette, Andrew Gonzalez, Néstor Fernández, Simon Ferrier, Melodie A. McGeoch, Alice Hughes

🌍📦 Join Our BON in a Box Workshop!  BON in a Box, developed by GEO BON, is an open tool for biodiversity modeling and indicator calculation, making biodiversity data more accessible, automated, and actionable. It connects individual analyses into pipelines that generate Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) and indicators—helping scientists and policymakers track biodiversity trends and support conservation decisions. 💻 Bring Your Own Pipelines Workshop Join us for a hands-on session where you’ll learn how to integrate your scripts and workflows into BON in a Box. Bring a biodiversity metric workflow (EBV, indicator, etc.), and we’ll guide you in adapting it into a BON in a Box pipeline—a first step toward sharing it with the scientific community! 📅 Wednesday, March 12, 2025 ⏰ 9 AM – 12 PM (GMT-4) 🔗 Register now: https://lnkd.in/eet2p9Tx Have questions or want to contribute? Contact us at 📧 boninabox@geobon.org #BiodiversityMonitoring #BONinaBox #BiaB

📣 Tune in this Friday, March 14, 1-2 pm UTC and join us in a special session focusing on the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, a Marine Life 2030-affiliated project. 🗣 Kate Rose, moderator: Deirdre Brannigan 📌 More info and registration 👇 https://lnkd.in/dEPTcysJ   GEO BON AIR Centre - Atlantic International Research Centre UN Ocean Decade Mississippi State University The Northern Gulf Institute ProtectedSeas

The resumed 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (#COP16Resumed) has concluded with a historic agreement to enhance global biodiversity monitoring 🌍 Muchas gracias Colombia for your leadership in this crucial meeting! 🇨🇴 With the adoption of the monitoring framework, countries are poised to make significant strides in tracking progress towards the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (#KMGBF) and living in harmony with nature 🌱 At GEO BON, we’re committed to supporting countries in meeting their biodiversity monitoring needs. With tools like BON in a Box (#BiaB), we’re helping nations calculate and report on biodiversity indicators of the KMGBF—ensuring that data is accessible, consistent, and impactful 🌏📦 We’re also excited to bring together the global community at the #LivingData2025 Conference, where we’ll dive into the importance of data standardization, the challenges countries face in biodiversity reporting, and innovative solutions to enhance collaboration across networks 📊 As a global network, GEO BON is dedicated to supporting the global community in advancing biodiversity monitoring efforts and ensuring that data drives action in the protection of our planet’s biodiversity. Become a GEO BON member 👉 https://lnkd.in/dnuS4VCV Join us at the Living Data Conference 👉 https://lnkd.in/dgScJm6s Learn more about BON in a Box 👉 https://lnkd.in/ecwFbAeS UN Biodiversity GBIF: The Global Biodiversity Information Facility Ocean Biodiversity Information System Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) #PieceWithNature #BiodiversityMonitoring

🔄 How do we turn raw biodiversity data into actionable insights for policy and conservation? Our Biodiversity Data Scientist Jory Griffith shows how Bon in a Box #BiaB can be used to support the calculation of biodiversity indicators 📊 Watch her speak at the WILDLABS Community series: https://lnkd.in/e7rMCCZr #KMGBF #BiodiversityData #BiodiversityMonitoring

🌍 Après les engagements, le passage à l’action : Perspectives sur la préservation de la biodiversité 🌿 Les engagements en faveur de la biodiversité se multiplient, mais comment assurer leur mise en œuvre concrète ? Americana 2025 vous donne rendez-vous le 13 mars pour une session essentielle dédiée aux stratégies et outils pour accélérer la transition vers un avenir plus durable. 🎙️ Modération par Daniel Normandin, Directeur du CERIEC et du RRECQ - Réseau de recherche en économie circulaire du Québec. 💡 Au programme, trois conférences clés : 🔹 Du risque à l'opportunité : Comment le TNFD peut favoriser la durabilité des entreprises (conférence en anglais) 🎤 Karim Halwaji (WSP) présentera comment le Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) peut aider les entreprises à gérer les risques et opportunités liés à la nature, en s’appuyant sur le TNFD Essentials Guide. 🔹 L’impact de l’économie circulaire sur la préservation de la biodiversité 🎤 Zahra Hosseini (RRECQ - Réseau de recherche en économie circulaire du Québec) analysera la relation entre économie circulaire et biodiversité, et proposera des outils concrets pour mesurer leur impact mutuel. 🔹 La science de la biodiversité à l’horizon 2030 - Les connaissances nécessaires à la mise en œuvre du Cadre mondial pour la biodiversité 🎤 Andrew Gonzalez (McGill University, GEO BON, QCBS, Habitat) expliquera comment le réseau GEO BON soutient la mise en œuvre du Cadre de suivi du GBF à travers des outils scientifiques et des indicateurs de suivi. 📅 Rendez-vous le 13 mars à Americana 2025 ! 🔗 Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant : https://lnkd.in/d8H35KA6 #Americana2025 #Biodiversité #ÉconomieCirculaire #TransitionÉcologique #ScienceEtBiodiversité

GEO BON WELCOMES TWO NEW CO-CHAIRS We are delighted to welcome Alice Hughes and Haigen Xu as the new co-chairs of GEO BON! They join Maria Cecilia Londoño Murcia and Andrew Gonzalez in leading our mission to strengthen global biodiversity monitoring, enhance global biodiversity data accessibility, and foster impactful collaborations & partnerships. About our new co-chairs: 🔹 Alice Hughes (Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong) brings over 16 years of experience in the Asia-Pacific region, focusing on biodiversity patterns, data representativeness, and conservation priorities. As an active member of Asia-Pacific BON, she is dedicated to mobilizing data and translating biodiversity science into action. Alice is committed to making science matter—ensuring biodiversity data is available where and when it’s needed for conservation impact. 🔹 Haigen Xu (Professor, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, affiliated to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China) has played a key role in developing China BON and serves on the GEO BON Implementation Committee. He is eager to strengthen GEO BON’s global impact, enhance collaboration among biodiversity networks, and support the the development of the global biodiversity observing system #GBiOS as well as the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework #KMGBF This marks an exciting step for GEO BON as we expand our leadership to better serve our growing network. Alice and Haigen’s expertise will be invaluable in fostering innovation and collaboration in global biodiversity observation. Please join us in welcoming Alice Hughes and Haigen Xu! 👏 We look forward to their leadership and vision in strengthening global biodiversity observation efforts.