Scientists and water managers have collected vast amounts of data on freshwater biodiversity. Nonetheless it is often impossible to be certain of the geographic range of a species. Why is this? The existing data from all of these studies are widely dispersed, gathered in locally-managed databases, many of which are not publicly available. In summary, the pieces of the global freshwater biodiversity puzzle are scattered, and it is difficult even to find them. What a story they could they tell if all of the pieces were combined and easily accessible to scientists, policy makers and planners? Such an integrated and accessible dataset will be used to improve and establish effective plans for conservation and for a better understanding of the services provided by aquatic ecosystems. BioFresh will improve the capacity to protect and manage freshwater biodiversity by building an information platform as a gateway for scientific research on freshwater biodiversity, by raising awareness of the importance of freshwater biodiversity and its role in providing ecosystem services, and by predicting the future responses of freshwater biodiversity to multiple stressors in the face of global change. ... [Information of the supplier]
The ANEBO [Aquatische Neozoen im Bodensee (aquatic neozoa in Lake Constance)], as part of the INTERREG-project of the Institut für Seenforschung (ISF) (institute of lake research), should improve the knowledge of neozoa and develop concepts for biomanagement options at Lake Constance. [Information of the supplier, translated and modified]
BiodivERsA is a network composed of national organisations funding or managing research programmes on biodiversity across Europe. The objectives of this ERA-Net are to promote the cooperation between funding agencies in the field of biodiversity research and to coordinate research programmes at strategic and management levels to eventually develop and implement joint activities. The European partners in the BiodivERsA network have joined efforts to organize and fund a Pan-European call for international research projects on biodiversity and ecosystem services. ... [Information of the supplier]
The Nutrient Network (NutNet) is a grassroots research effort within a coordinated research network comprised of more than 40 grassland sites worldwide. NutNet goals:a) To collect data from a broad range of sites in a consistent manner to allow direct comparisons of environment-productivity-diversity relationships among systems around the world. This is currently occurring at each site in the network and, when these data are compiled, will allow us to provide new insights into several important, unanswered questions in ecology. b) To implement a cross-site experiment requiring only nominal investment of time and resources by each investigator, but quantifying community and ecosystem responses in a wide range of herbaceous-dominated ecosystems (i.e., desert grasslands to arctic tundra). ... [Information of the supplier]
The Network of Knowledge BiodiversityKnowledge is being developed and communicated by the EU-project KNEU - Developing a Knowledge Network for EUropean expertise on biodiversity and ecosystem services to inform policy making economic sectors, funded under FP7 as coordination action (Grant No.265299). The project comprises a consortium of 18 leading institutions in Europe on biodiversity and ecosystem services research and governance. The consortium understands itself as a facilitator in developing the Network of Knowledge, aiming at a broad involvement from partners across the biodiversity knowledge landscape. ... [Information of the supplier]
Nach den Bakterien sind Pilze die am weitesten verbreitete Lebensform der Erde. Sie finden sich in der Tiefsee und im Hochgebirge, in Gesteinen und im Wasser, auf und in anderen Lebewesen, in Wüsten, Regenwäldern und an den Polen. Sie sind artenreicher als Pflanzen, Fische und Säugetiere zusammen, und Schätzungen zufolge sind mindestens 90 % ihrer Arten noch unentdeckt. Doch bereits mit dem kleinen Anteil der Arten, der derzeit wirtschaftlich genutzt wird, werden Hunderte von Milliarden Euro erwirtschaftet, sowohl in der Lebensmittelproduktion als auch in der Pharmaindustrie. Auch zahlreiche zelluläre Prozesse wurden erstmals an Pilzen entdeckt. Allerdings ist die grundlagen- und anwendungsorientierte Forschung auf nur wenige Organismen beschränkt und lässt das große Potenzial der Diversität bekannter und noch unbekannter Pilze ungenutzt. Ziel des LOEWE Schwerpunktes für Integrative Pilzforschung (IPF) ist es daher, die Expertise im Bereich der Diversitätsforschung und Modellorganismen-basierter Forschung in synergistischer Weise zusammenzuführen, so dass es zu einer nachhaltigen Stärkung der hessischen Wirtschaft und Forschung in einem expandierenden Forschungsfeld mit großem wissenschaftlichem und wirtschaftlichem Potenzial kommt. ... [Information des Anbieters]