Belgian Node

Overview

Teaching: 30 min
Exercises: min

Questions

• How is the Belgian node organized?

• Belgium in the world of Biodiversity data

Objectives

• History of the Belgian Node

• How the Belgian node is organized.

Presentation Belgium in the world of Biodiversity data

Excercise:

1. How many data publishers are active in Belgium?
2. How many datasets do contain records about Belgium?
3. How many datasets are published by Belgium?
4. Navigate to the INBO (Research Institute for Nature and Forest) IPT and check how many publishers are making use of this IPT instance
5. Navigate to www.biodiversity.be and find GBIF info

SOLUTION

1. 27
2. 1274
3. 536
4. 8 (Check here)

Presentation : Engaging research communities for data mobilization and use: The GBIF node in Belgium

Key Points

• The GBIF portal is the place to find biodiversity data