ZOBODAT (Zoological Botanical Database, formerly ZOODAT) is a digitally organised biogeographical database including analysis, documentation and communication facilities. Founded by Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ernst Rudolf Reichl in 1972, ZOBODAT was taken over by the province of Upper Austria in 1999 and is located at the Biology Centre of the Upper Austrian Provincial Museums. The database contains data on the distribution of animal and plant species and diverse supporting digital libraries. Traditionally most of the data refers to insects and geographically to Austria. However, ZOBODAT can be used for all organism groups and worldwide. At this time some Biology Centre data records that already exist in digital form are not yet completely integrated into ZOBODAT. This applies to part of the entomology collection and part of the invertebrate collection not including insects. As newly set goals besides the traditional representation of distributions on maps, user-friendly analysis possibilities were developed, making rapid inquiries of information on species, geographical areas and area-specific nature protection questions possible. Gradated user access makes differentiated data security possible. ZOBODAT is to be expanded into a user-friendly information system for scientists, nature protection authorities and the public. ... [Information of the supplier]
For several years, together with various Austrian publishers of scientific journals in biology and earth sciences, there has been an attempt to make publications in the form of citations and PDF documents available. More than 400,000 pages already exist and another 200,000 will follow in 2009. The PDF documents are completely OCRed, or are produced directly from digital layouts, so their content can be copied to a text editor. ... [Information of the supplier, translated]
The "Austrian Collections and Databases on Species Diversity" is an interdisciplinary study for the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. The study (*) provides for the first time a nationwide overview covering Austrian collections and databases on species diversity in the fields of zoology, botany, microbiology and agriculture, (*) includes the public as well as the private sector, (*) is based on an interdisciplinary project approach and on the cooperation of the leading specialist institutions in Austria, and (*) constitutes Austria's thematic contribution to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). ... [Information of the supplier]
In accordance with Article 18 (3) of the Convention on Biological Diversity a clearing-house mechanism was established to promote and facilitate technical and scientific co-operation at all levels among Parties to the Convention. As well, it facilitates access to and the exchange of information on biodiversity around the world. ... [Information of the supplier]
In 2001, Austria and the other EU member states already belonged to the first nations that have declared to stop the loss of biodiversity. Even though Austria has already seen considerable progress and success, more than 33% of native vertebrate species and 40% of fern and flowering plant species are endangered. The loss of species diversity is recognised by the majority of Austrians as a "serious problem" but is seen as a global and not an “Austrian” development. With this in mind, the Ministry of Life (Lebensministerium) and others initiated the “vielfaltleben” (living diversity) campaign with the following goals: with strong partners, creative PR and awareness-raising activities as well as ongoing media coverage, reach the majority of the population and make biological diversity an open topic. Numerous vielfaltleben conservation projects covering all of Austria are providing a fundamental contribution to the conservation and preservation of over 100 threatened species and habitats. We operate in close cooperation with land owners and users, businesses and local authorities, NGOs as well as stakeholders. ... [Information of the supplier, translated and modified]
With its third international conference "GGBN 2018" taking place in Vienna from May 22nd to 25th, GGBN along with the accompanying organizing institutions will focus on topics related to the exploration of the wealth of diversity that is currently stored in biodiversity biobanks worldwide. Surrounding the main theme of "The International Day for Biological Diversity" proclaimed by the United Nations, sessions will cover agricultural, forest and environmental biodiversity and their characterization by state-of-the-art genomic, phenomic and molecular tools. This characterization process is a substantial part of any long-term strategy to ensure the preservation of biodiversity and thereby to secure the foundation for subsistence of mankind. ... [Information of the supplier]