Posts tagged with "OBIS training"
OBIS Training course, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico, 14-18 January 2019
18 researchers and students from Mexico participated in an OBIS training course in Mexico, 14-18 January 2019. This week long course has unlocked a lot of new data from Mexico and may also lead to the establishment of an OBIS node for the Gulf of Mexico.
OTGA/INIOAS/OBIS Training took place in Iran, 23-26 September 2018
A training course under the auspices of the Ocean Teacher Global Academy (OTGA) on Marine Biogeographic Data processing using OBIS was organized by the IOC of UNESCO and the Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science (INIOAS) at INIOAS, I.R.IRAN which also hosts the OBIS node for the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman (PEGO-OBIS node).
Report from the Pole-to-Pole MBON & GOOS & OBIS workshop "Marine Biodiversity - from the Sea to the Cloud"
The Pole to Pole Marine Biodiversity Observation Network of the Americas (P2P MBON) gathered researchers and managers from Canada to Patagonia and experts from other parts of the world, at the Centro de Biologia Marinha da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (CEBIMar/USP) during the 2018 AmeriGEOSS Week (August 6-10, 2018). The main objective of the workshop was to promote the convergence on strategies for biodiversity monitoring and conservation in rocky intertidal areas and sandy beaches. This process continues to build the foundations of the P2P MBON network in the GEO context, in a partnership between various GEO elements (GEO BON/MBON, AmeriGEOSS, Blue Planet) and OBIS.
OBIS present at Sustainable Ocean Initiative training workshop for the Coral Triangle Initiative (Jakarta 31/Jul – 3/Aug 2018)
More than 40 representatives from seven countries reviewed the national and regional plans for the conservation of marine biodiversity in the Coral Triangle Initiative area, their impact on the Aichi targets and Sustainable Development Goals. During the workshop a marine spatial planning exercise was used to understand the importance of multi-sectoral decision making and to train the participants on how to use biodiversity resources, including OBIS, in the decision making process. All the training materials are available on the OceanTeacher website.
The First U.S. IOOS Biological Data Training Workshop, 8-9 February 2018
The US Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) and the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) organized a training workshop to develop a community of practice around the management and analysis of biological ocean observing data. Outcomes from the workshop include a collection of software and scripts available on a GitHub repository to aid in the curation of biological data and an expanded network of IOOS, Canadian and OBIS collaborators that are all motivated to expand the global repository of marine biodiversity information. The training materials are also available on the OceanTeacher website.
FEPS/OBIS/OTGA/SEF Marine Species Distribution Modeling, Oostende, Belgium, 12 - 16 March 2018
26 participants from 15 countries were trained in all aspects of marine species distribution modelling from data collections to model evaluation and presentation were discussed. The training course was organized by FEPS, OBIS and SEF and funded through the IOC's OceanTeacher Global Academy and all the training material is available online.
African OBIS training course, 12-16 February, 2018 at KMFRI, Mombasa, Kenya
19 scientists and data managers from 8 African countries (Comoros, Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria and Tanzania) participated in the OBIS training course, 12-16 February 2018, hosted by the OceanTeacher regional training centre at the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) in collaboration with the European OBIS node (hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute, VLIZ, Belgium). The training course will help the region in publishing and accessing marine biodiversity data through the OBIS data platform. All the training materials are available on the OceanTeacher website.
Fellowships available - Training course in Marine Species Distribution Modelling, 12-16 March 2018, Belgium
The OceanTeacher Global Academy, in collaboration with OBIS, the Federation of European Phycological Societies (FEPS) and the Spanish phycological society (SEF), will organize a week-long training session on Marine Species Distribution Modelling, 12-16 March 2018, in Oostende, Belgium. The call for applications is open until 14 January 2018.
OBIS Nodes Training course, Oostende, Belgium, 27 Nov - 1 Dec 2017
22 OBIS nodes data managers from 17 countries were trained in the application of ratified Darwin Core terms, using the new OBIS-ENV-DATA standard, which combines sampling events and species occurrences with abiotic/biotic measurements as well as sampling facts. In addition, the new OBIS data access and QC tools (based on OBIS R packages and WoRMS/LifeWatch tools) were thaught. The training course was funded through the IOC's OceanTeacher Global Academy and all the training material is available online.
OBIS Training course Kuala Terrenganu, Malaysia, 22-26 October 2017
16 researchers from 8 countries in S-E Asia were trained in OBIS at UNESCO-IOC's OceanTeacher Regional Training Centre in Malaysia. This is one of eight OBIS training courses in 2017, making use of IOC's OceanTeacher Global Academy learning platform. New training material was developed (including many R scripts) and is available online.
Harmful Algal Bloom data training course, Belgium, 25-28 September 2017
16 harmful Algae experts from 13 countries are trained in data entry into the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) and the Harmful Algae Event Database (HAEDAT). The data will be used for the Global HAB Status Report.
OBIS Training course Dakar, Senegal, 17-20 July 2017
OBIS training course in Senegal completed successfully. This is one of eight OBIS training courses on marine biodiversity data management that will be organized in 2017, making use of IOC's Ocean Teacher Global Academy learning platform.
OBIS Training course Santa Marta, Colombia, 12-16 June 2017
OBIS training course in Colombia completed successfully. This is one of several training courses on marine biodiversity data management that will be organized in Latin America in 2017, making use of OceanTeacher learning platform.
Call for Applications, OBIS Training course, 17-20 July 2017, Dakar, Senegal
An OBIS training course will be organized in Senegal, preferably for French speaking scientists and data managers in Africa. The training course is organized by the Centre de Recherches Océanographiques de Dakar-Thiaroye, which is the OBIS node in Senegal and one of the Regional Training Centres of UNESCO-IOC's OceanTeacher Global Academy. This OBIS training course is funded through the Flanders UNESCO Trust Fund (FUST) for the support of UNESCO's activities in the field of Science.
OBIS Training course Mérida, Mexico, 27/2-3/3 2017
OBIS training course in Mexico completed successfully. This is one of several training courses on marine biodiversity data management that will be organized in Latin America in 2017, making use of OceanTeacher learning platform.