GBIF European Nodes Meeting 2011
Andorran GBIF
Marta Domènech
GBIF Andorra
París, 5 April 2011
WHAT’S THE CENMA?
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
“Snow and Mountain Research Center of Andorra”
Andorran Studies Institute (IEA)
www.iea.ad www.cenma.ad
WHAT’S THE CENMA?
ANDORRA
Here we
are!!!!
A new research centre for advancing on the knowledge of
the mountain environment.
We are an interdisciplinary team, and part of the Andorran
Government.
Aims: research and outreach and dissemination
Background
Biodiversity items
Disseminate environmental information: SIGMA
project
Divulge biodiversity information: SIBA project
SIGMA: Geographic and Environmental Information System
www.sigma.ad
Collaboration with CREAF
SIBA: Andorran Biodiversity Information System
Collaboration with UB
SIBA: Biodiversity Information
System of Andorra
www.siba.ad
How it works...
GBIF-Spain
collaboration
SIBA
www.siba.ad
Record overview
Vertebrates,
243, 6%
Mollusks
1%
Fungi, 837,
20%
Lichens, 145,
4%
Bryophytes,
138, 3%
Artropods, 996,
24%
Taxons
4.200
Flora, 1825,
43%
Fungi, 1808,
2%
Lichens, 607,
1%
Citations
91.377
Vertebrates,
25133, 28%
Mollusks
1%
Artropods,
3119, 3%
Bryophytes
233
1%
Flora, 60351,
66%
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!