Call for participation in GEO BON work groups

Concerned URL	http://www.earthobservations.org/cop_bi_geobon.shtml
Source	GBIF
Release date	25/05/2009
Contributor	Lotte Endsleff

GEO BON stands for the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network. By facilitating and linking efforts of countries, international organizations, and individuals, GEO BON will contribute to the collection, management, sharing, and analysis of data on the status and trends of the world's biodiversity.

The establishment of the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) was approved by GEO members at the GEO V Plenary in Bucharest last November (http://www.gbif.org/Stories/geobon). This is a culmination of efforts by many organisations, including GBIF, who have devoted time to developing both a concept document and implementation overview document for GEO BON. As a worldwide initiative, GEO BON, a component of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), seeks to link and build on the work of countries, organisations and individuals to collect, manage, share and analyse data on the status of the world's biodiversity. For further information, visit the GEO BON home page: http://www.earthobservations.org/cop_bi_geobon.shtml

GEO BON is now entering its implementation phase, and to aid this, a number of topical working groups are being established. Work Group 8 "Data Integration and Inter-operability; Informatics and Portals" is being led by GBIF through co-chairs Hannu Saarenmaa (GBIF Finland) and Éamonn Ó Tuama (GBIF Secretariat). If you are interested in participating in a work group, please contact the chair of the group as listed in the document. In particular, for work group 8 (Data Integration and Interoperability), please contact the co-chairs below by Friday, 5th June.

Hannu Saarenmaa, GBIF Finland, hannu.saarenmaa@helsinki.fi, Telephone +358-9-191-28688, Mobile +358-50-3102689, http://www.gbif.fi/.
Éamonn Ó Tuama, GBIF Secretariat, eotuama@gbif.org, Telephone +45 3532 1494, http://www.gbif.org.

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