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Bioinformatics for migratory animals – future possibilities of data integration
Workshop at Bonn, 6 th of May 2002
The "Global Register of Migratory Species" has now been published as a book with the database on CD-ROM. From 2003 on, the database will be handed over to the Bonn secretariat of the "Convention on Migratory Species", and hopefully be maintained by a consortium consisting of Bonn University, The German Centre for Documentation and Information in Agriculture (ZADI), and the UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (access the respective UNEP-cop7 documents available at the Groms news section.
To avoid duplication of efforts, and to ensure an optimal data exchange, the GROMS plans to liaise with all other bioinformatics projects relevant for migratory species, either by direct data exchange, or connecting resources using web technologies.
The results are published here as Powerpoint Files for download
Bioinformatics for migratory animals – future possibilities of data integration
Workshop at Bonn, 6 th of May 2002
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Program :
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Monday 6th, 9 am
Welcome address and introduction
Gerardo Fragoso, UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK:
CMS Information Management Plan - background and developments
Klaus Riede, Bonn University, Bonn, Germany:
JensFitzke, latlon/Bonn University, Bonn, Germany
Geodata infrastructure: OpenGIS and OpenSource
Coffee break
Lincoln Fishpool, BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK:
An introduction to BirdLife's Important Bird Areas programme
Lieuwe Haanstra, Wetlands International, Wageningen
Recent developments within Wetlands International databases
Christian Köppel, V.I.M.- Verlag für interaktive Medien GbR
Migration of insects and threat assessment
Lunch
Elena Kreuzberg & Elena Bykova
Database on the Threatened Biodiversity in Central (Middle) Asia with example of vertebrate animals
Discussion I (chairperson: Gerardo Fragoso)
Improving data integration: Examples, visions and problems.
Coffee break
Discussion II (chairperson: Klaus Riede)
Ongoing projects using or developing for monitoring migratory species,
and future possibilities for fund raising
End of session : 5 p.m.