Greece

Contacts

LifeWatch Greece

 www.lifewatchgreece.eu

 LifeWatchGreece

 arvanitidis[at]hcmr.gr

 +30 69 47 85 43 11


Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology & Aquaculture,
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Thalassokosmos,
Former US Base at Gournes, 71003, Crete, Greece

LifeWatchGreece fulfills the vision to establish the biodiversity Centre of Excellence for South-eastern Europe, by: (a) Allying all the Greek scientific human potential working on biodiversity data and data observatories; (b) Paving the way for the development of complex virtual domains through a number of background e-Services; (c) Developing a number of virtual labs (vLabs) as contribution to LifeWatch-ERIC; (d) Building capacity at the national level through a network of activities; (e) Disseminating information, scientific knowledge and experience gained to the public.

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Organisation

Activities

All of the past and current activities are published as peer-reviewed articles in the Biodiversity Data Journal:

https://bdj.pensoft.net/browse_user_collection_documents.php?collection_id=10&journal_id=1

Projects

MEDCIS
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The key objectives of this project are: 1) to facilitate and provide the methodological standards for the next phase of MSFD, towards coordinated approaches between MSs, by reviewing, comparing, selecting and adapting appropriate existing methodologies; 2) to focus on Mediterranean regional/subregional cooperation and standardization, taking in consideration its specificities and therefore recommend suitable approaches for this region.

EMBRC-ERIC
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EMBRC-ERIC: The European Marine Biological Resource Centre ERIC is a RI on marine biology and ecology, a driver for the development of blue biotechnologies, supporting sustainability research in food, health and environment. LifeWatch Belgium and LifeWatchGreece support the e-infrastructure working group. Funded by EMBRC-ERIC member states.

SYNTHESYS_Plus: Synthesis of systematic resources
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SYNTHESYS+ brings together the European branches of the global natural science organisations (GBIF, TDWG, GGBN and CETAF) with an unprecedented number of collections, to integrate, innovate and internationalise our efforts. LifeWatchGreece is involved in the WP7. Funding: EC, H2020

RECONNEC
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RECONNECT develops strategies for sustainable management of MPAs and Natura 2000 sites. It promotes efficient management of natural systems, enhancing the competence of local management authorities. LifeWatchGreece is assisting the data management and analysis. Funding: Interreg Balkan-Mediterranean

MOdern UNifying Trends in marine biology – MOUNT
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The project focuses on three levels of the biological organization: Model species populations for the understanding of the adaptations to climate change; Experimental manipulations of ocean acidification on individuals; Macro-systems. LifeWatchGreece is involved in data management. Funding: Funding: Greek Operational Programme (MIS 5002470)

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