A Marine Biodiversity Observation Network for Europe

Juan J. Vergara, Director of the Institute of Marine Research of the University of Cadiz and Member of the Euromarine Network, illustrates to us the challenges for studying marine biodiversity while presenting MBON Europe, the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network for Europe. More information here: https://www.lifewatch.eu/bees-2023/

Understanding the drivers of biodiversity loss

“Biodiversity lives in cities, biodiversity lives in industrial areas. How to understand all this biodiversity is one challenge. We need to know how biodiversity changes, what are those drivers which influence biodiversity”, says Meelis Pärtel, University of Tartu, during this interview realized during BEeS 2023, the LifeWatch ERIC Biodiversity and Ecosystem eScience Conference.
“LifeWatch ERIC is a very useful network to bring together scientists who have common interests, common fears about the future. We need to bring our knowledge to wider audiences. It’s extremely important to come together and learn from each other. Together we are united and we are stronger”, he states.
More information here: https://www.lifewatch.eu/bees-2023/

Biodiversity and ecosystem conservation from an eScience perspective | Highlights BEeS 2023

The conference “BEeS – Threats and challenges to biodiversity and ecosystem conservation from an eScience perspective”, the LifeWatch ERIC Biodiversity & Ecosystem eScience Conference, guided us through the advanced, transdisciplinary and challenging frontiers of biodiversity and ecosystem research. This is a highlights video from the occasion; for further information, please visit the following page: https://www.lifewatch.eu/bees-2023/

Insights and perspectives from:

• Alberto Basset, Director of the Service Centre, LifeWatch ERIC
• Meelis Pärtel, University of Tartu
• Peter van Tienderen, Director of the Virtual Laboratory and Innovations Centre, LifeWatch ERIC
• Elena Tena López, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC
• Carl Beierkuhnlein, University of Bayreuth
• Fernando Rodríguez, University of Salamanca, USAL
• Monserrat Vilà, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC
• Ron Dekker, Project Leader EOSC Future, Technopolis Group Belgium
• Juan J. Vergara, University of Cadiz
• Magdalena Aljančič, LifeWatch Slovenia
• Christos Arvanitidis, Chief Executive Officer, LifeWatch ERIC

Credits: LifeWatching WebTV

BEeS Conference 2023 – Seville, 24 May 2023 – Session 3

Watch the video recordings of the Session 3 “Closing” of the BEeS 2023 conference, held in Seville on 24 May 2023.

• Manuel Felipe Rosa Iglesias, Vice-Dean of Technological Transference of University of Seville
• Christos Arvanitidis, LifeWatch ERIC CEO
• Alberto Basset, LifeWatch ERIC Service Centre Director
• Peter van Tienderen, LifeWatch ERIC Virtual Laboratory & Innovations Centre Director
• Lucas De Moncuit, LifeWatch ERIC Chief Financial Officer

For more information, visit the event webpage

Credits: LifeWatching WebTV

BEeS Conference 2023 – Seville, 24 May 2023 – Session 2

Watch the video recordings of the Session 2 “Ecosystem and habitat mapping / Natural capital and the “One Health” approach” of the BEeS 2023 conference, held in Seville on 24 May 2023.

Chair: Andrea Tarallo

• AI applications developed in the context of Smart EcoMountains | Presenter: Rohaifa Khaldi, LifeWatch ERIC
• Agroecology Virtual Research Environment: a tool to enhance biodiversity in agricultural systems based on collaboration between Living Labs and Research Infrastructures | Presenter: José Manuel Ávila-Castuera, LifeWatch ERIC
• Towards the implementation of a certification system for the monetary valuation of agroecological practices based on innovative uses of EBV´s and Species Traits | Presenter: Jesus Gallardo, LifeWatch ERIC

For more information, visit the event webpage

Credits: LifeWatching WebTV

BEeS Conference – Seville, 24 May 2023 – Session 1

Watch the video recordings of the Session1 “Biodiversity observation ‘system of systems'” of the BEeS 2023 conference, held in Seville on 24 May 2023.

Chair: Julien Radoux

• The European Research Infrastructure LifeWatch ERIC and its support to the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research Community | Presenter: Christos Arvanitidis, LifeWatch ERIC
• The European Open Science Cloud as a Service | Presenter: Ron Dekker, Technopolis Group
• The LifeWatch Species Information Backbone: an update and perspectives | Presenter: Stefanie Dekeyzer, Flanders Marine Institute, VLIZ
• EOSC, FAIR data, Open science: what, why, how | Presenter: Katrina Exter, Flanders Marine Institute, VLIZ
• How Belgian fish tracking research benefits from the LifeWatch Virtual Research Environment of ETN | Presenter: Jan Reubens, Flanders Marine Institute, VLIZ
• Bio-Oracle Version 3: Enhancing High-Resolution Marine Datasets for Ecological Modelling and Climate Change Predictions | Presenter: Salvador Fernández Bejarano, Flanders Marine Institute, VLIZ
• MBON Europe: Marine Biodiversity Monitoring for Europe | Presenter: Juan J. Vergara, University of Cadiz

Chair: Magdalena Aljančič

• Functional Traits Thesauri: sharing and reusing knowledge through semantic resources | Presenter: Jessica Titocci, National Research Council of Italy, CNR
• Building up collective knowledge through semantics | Presenter: Martina Pulieri, University of Salento
• Data mobilisation in the COST Action ParAqua | Presenter: Andrea Tarallo, National Research Council of Italy, CNR
• Towards a network of Operational Marine Biology: the ANERIS project | Presenter: Jaume Piera, Institut de Ciències del Mar, ICM-CSIC
• Long-term ecological research on marine hard-bottom communities using a network of genetic observatories, and introduction to the new LifeWatch workflow for data analysis | Presenter: Justine Pagnier, LifeWatch ERIC/University of Gothenburg
• Remote nevadensis: a tool for monitoring changes in Essential Biodiversity Variables in mountain ecosystems by means of remote sensing | Presenter: Javier Martínez-López, Andalusian Inter-University Institute for Earth System Research, IISTA-CEAMA
• Essential Ecosystem Service Variables and Models in Mountain Areas: A case study in Sierra Nevada (Spain) | Presenter: Javier Martínez-López, Andalusian Inter-University Institute for Earth System Research, IISTA-CEAMA
• Automatic Bat Counting and Reporting Based on Artificial Vision and an IoT Data Management Platform | Presenter: Delia Velasco-Montero, Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla, CSIC-US
• Low-Power Low-Cost Reconfigurable IoT Device for Remote Wildlife Monitoring | Presenter: Víctor Galvín-Coronil, Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla, CSIC-US
• Leveraging Remote Sensing Services to Introduce Autonomous Robots in the Wild | Presenter: Julio Paneque, LifeWatch ERIC

Chair: Iria Soto

• Environmental DNA metabarcoding as a tool for diversity monitoring in freshwater ecosystems: a case study on aquatic microorganism communities in western Andalusia | Presenter: Carmen Ruiz Delgado, University Pablo de Olavide
• Camera trapping, artificial intelligence, citizen science, and hierarchical models for biodiversity monitoring: a promising journey | Presenter: Simone Santoro, University of Huelva
• Challenges and preliminary results in building virtual laboratories to monitor Proteus anguinus and its karst groundwater habitat | Presenter: Gregor Aljančič, Institute Tular Cave Laboratory

Credits: LifeWatching WebTV

More information here: https://www.lifewatch.eu/bees-2023/

BEeS Conference 2023 – Seville, 23 May 2023 – Session 3

The video recording of the Session 3 “Ecosystem and habitat mapping / Natural capital and the ‘One Health’ approach” of the BEeS 2023 conference, held in Seville on 23 May 2023.

Chair: Ana Mellado

• Affinity factors and adjustment parameters for the economic valuation of vineyard ecosystems by benefit transfer | Presenter: Fernando Rodriguez, University of Salamanca
• An approach of application of unmanned and remote-controlled multi-sensor platforms together with space-based assets in the Spanish and Bulgarian Antarctica bases for ecosystem and habitat monitoring and mapping | Presenter: Miroslav Tsvetkov, Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy
• Pan-European data prism for ecopatch mapping | Presenter: Julien Radoux, Université catholique de Louvain
• Herb stratum biomass estimation through ultra-high resolution UAS remote sensing | Presenter: Manuel de Figueiredo Meyer, University of Porto
• A review of volunteered geographic information projects for ecosystem and habitat mapping | Presenter: Joaquín Osorio Arjona, University of Seville
• Biodiversity monitoring through ecological interaction networks: plant canopy-recruit and plant-mycorrhizal fungi interactions in the Andalusian
• Red Natura 2000 | Presenter: Jorge Prieto-Rubio, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC-EEZ

Credits: LifeWatching WebTV

More information here: https://www.lifewatch.eu/bees-2023/

BEeS Conference 2023 – Seville, 23 May 2023 – Session 2

The video recording of the Session 2 “Biodiversity and ecosystem responses to climate change” of the BEeS 2023 conference, held in Seville on 23 May 2023.

Chair: Cristina Di Muri

• The ITINERIS project e-services for deepening current understanding on biodiversity and ecosystem responses to climate changes | Presenter: Alberto Basset, University of Salento/LifeWatch ERIC
• Toward the adaptive co-management of Andalusian ecosystems: linking historical information with innovative science-policy processes at the Doñana National Park | Presenter: Luis Santamaria, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC
• Decadal variability 2010-2023 of zooplankton community at the Guadalquivir estuary (Southern Spain) | Presenter: César Vilas, Andalusian Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training, IFAPA El Toruño
• Wind Energy and Bats: A Match Made in Hell | Presenter: Sonia Sánchez-Navarro, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC
• Upscaling phenology, water and CO2 fluxes with remote sensing for the validation of Earth Observation products | Presenter: Ricardo Díaz-Delgado, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC
• Evaluation of Aerosol over Sierra Nevada High-Mountain Protected Area using Ground-Based and Satellite Measurements | Presenter: Ana del Águila, LifeWatch ERIC / Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research, IISTA-CEAMA
• Environmental and Biodiversity Climate Change Lab (EnBiC2-Lab) | Presenter: María Luisa Antequera Gómez, University of Málaga
• Functional and biotechnological potential of The Tabernas Desert soil Microbiome | Presenter: María del Carmen Montero-Calasanz, Andalusian Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training, IFAPA Las Torres
• Tracking livestock movements to aid in the environmental management of the territory. Case studies from SUMHAL Project in Andalusia (Spain) | Presenter: Antonio J. Pérez-Luque, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC-EEZ

Credits: LifeWatching WebTV

More information here: https://www.lifewatch.eu/bees-2023/