GBIF European Nodes Meeting 2011

Andorran GBIF

Marta DomènechGBIF AndorraParís, 5 April 2011

The beginnings...

Copenhagen, 28 September 2010: on this day the Principality of Andorra became the Global Biodiversity Information Facility’s participant-further entrenching the network’s position as the world’s largest initiative for enabling free access to biodiversity data via the internet”

CENMA-IEA became the node manager of Andorra

WHAT’S THE CENMA?

www.iea.ad www.cenma.ad

“Snow and Mountain Research Center of Andorra”

Andorran Studies Institute (IEA)

WHAT’S THE CENMA?

A new research centre for advancing on the knowledge of the mountain environment.

We are an interdisciplinary team, and part of the Andorran Government.

ANDORRA

Here we are!!!!

Aims: research and outreach and dissemination

BackgroundBiodiversity items

Disseminate environmental information: SIGMA project

Divulge biodiversity information: SIBA project

SIGMA: Geographic and Environmental Information System

SIBA: Andorran Biodiversity Information System

Collaboration with UB

www.sigma.adCollaboration with CREAF

SIBA: Biodiversity Information System of Andorra

www.siba.ad

How it works...

SIBA

www.siba.ad

GBIF-Spain collaboration

Record overview

Citations91.377

Taxons4.200

Andorran node

Connected to ONG, Environment Department, Universities, naturals parks.. And we also host some collections

Keep vigil to respect authorship

Improving efficient of the processes

Avoiding the duplication of projects

Some doubts and weak points: quality data, trainings..

You can help us!

Thank you!

Thank you!