EU BON - Building the European Biodiversity Observation Network

EU BON is a collaborative project funded under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme. 30 partners, including Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC) from 18 different countries are involved in the project.

EU BON aims to advance biodiversity knowledge by building a European gateway for bioidiversity information, which will integrate a wide range of biodiversity data. The main objective of the project is to build a substantial part of the Group on Earth Observation's Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON). In light of the new Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), such a network and approach are imperative for attaining efficient processes of data collation, analysis and provisioning to stakeholders.

More specific objectives are:

• advancing the technological/informatics infrastructures for GEO BON, by moving existing biodiversity networks towards standards-based, service-oriented approaches and cloud computing, enabling full interoperability through the GEOSS Common Infrastructure;
• improving the range and quality of the methods and tools for assessment, analysis, and visualization of biodiversity and ecosystem information, particularly focussing on predictive modelling, identification of drivers of change, and biodiversity indicators, and to support priority setting