5 Aug 2010

Horticulture & Fresh Produce News - National Biodiversity Data Centre’s Annual Report for 2009

National Biodiversity Data Centre’s Annual Report for 2009 

The National Biodiversity Data Centre’s Annual Report for 2009 is now available as a download from the Centre's website. This report highlights the main achievements of the Centre in 2009 and provides information on many of the projects undertaken during that time.

 
The National Biodiversity Data Centre would like to draw your attention to the online mapping system, Biodiversity Maps, which the Centre has developed.

Since its establishment, the Data Centre has been working on putting in place the biodiversity information infrastructure needed to bring Ireland’s biodiversity data management firmly into the 21st Century. Part of this infrastructure involved the development of a state of the art web-based mapping system, Biodiversity Maps, through which data from different sources are brought together and made freely available to recorders, researchers and decision-makers. Most of the Centre’s key partners, including state and non-governmental agencies, have already provided databases to populate the system, with the result that 1.25 million records from 8,885 species are now stored securely and made available as a resource for data users.

This resource is available to use at http://www.biodiversityireland.ie andhttp://maps.biodiversityireland.ie.

The National Biodiversity Data Centre welcomes any feedback on the Annual Report 2009 and the work that the Centre is involved in.

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