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A global observatory to monitor Earth’s biodiversity

The Global Biodiversity Observing System (GBiOS) will combine technology, data, and knowledge from around the world to provide data to monitor biodiversity change and target action.

The ICTS-RBD participates in the National Biodiversity Information Node conference 2023

On April 18, the "GBIF conference 2023" of the National Biodiversity Information Node took place in the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid. GBIF (Global Biodiversity International Facility) is an open data scientific infrastructure which aims to make available information on biodiversity to generate new knowledge and respond to the needs of politicians, managers, educators or scientists

Greater land-use diversity leads to greater species richness

A study led by the Doñana Biological Station – CSIC shows that land-use diversity predicts bird species and functional richness worldwide
This relationship is independent of habitat quality and is a widespread pattern on all continents

The Scientific Collections of Doñana Biological Station will be part of the NN-DiSSCo-ES infrastructure

The staff of the Scientific Collections (ICTS-RBD) has participated in the 1st Meeting of the NN-DiSSCo-ES infrastructure, within the INFRA20012 Project (financed by the CSIC's GII Program). This event took place last Monday, December 12, at the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid (MNCN-CSIC).

Changes in the Common Agricultural Policy may sacrifice long term biodiversity and agricultural sutainability in Europe

Following the outbreak of war in Ukraine, the European Commision proposed a series of changes to offset expected shortages in grain imports

An European scientific group, led by the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) with the participation of the Doñana Biological Station (EBD) and other centres of the Spanish National Research Council, affirms that these changes will have a negative impact on biodiversity and intensify agricultural and livestock production
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