Flora and fauna on our doorstep – a search for clues in the data

Time

18:00 - 22:00 o'clock

Organizer

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Deutsches Zentrum für integrative Biodiversitäts-Forschung (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig and Institut für Ökologie und Evolution

Place

Campus, 2. OG, SR 223 + SR 224

Adresse

Carl-Zeiss-Straße 3

Invasive Japanese knotweed in the city park, busy wild bees on campus, rare butterflies in the garden next door – the nature around us is well documented, if you know where to look. Come along and become a data detective!

Data is essential for the protection and study of our fascinating flora and fauna. Under the umbrella of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI), NFDI4Biodiversity brings together around 50 organisations that work collaboratively on usable biodiversity and environmental data – including scientific institutions, museums, natural history societies and environmental agencies. The University of Jena is one of them. At our stand, you’ll become nature detectives yourselves: Using the ‘Living Atlas of Nature in Germany’ (LAND, https://land.gbif.de/), you’ll search live for species in your own neighbourhood, solve little puzzles based on real observational data, and discover what this data can reveal about the state of our natural world.

Location

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