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ITC to implement sustainability resource center with AgriDrupal

02/04/2013

More than a year ago I wrote that, supported by the leading sustainability initiatives (FLO, IFOAM, UTZ, 4C Association, ISEAL, RA), we are preparing a resource center. The resource center should host an online library, forum and yellow pages. All to support producers, traders, and business service providers in daily ...

VIBRANT, e-infrastructure to connect the people, data and science of biodiversity

27/03/2013

The Virtual Biodiversity Research and Access Network for Taxonomy (ViBRANT) project supports the development of virtual research communities involved in biodiversity science. ViBRANT is funded by the European Union 7th Framework Programme within the Research Infrastructures group. Objectives "To set up the means, tools and infrastructure to produce a more ...

Open Data for Africa Launched by AfDB

27/03/2013

The African Development Bank Group has recently launched the 'Open Data for Africa' as part of the bank's goal to improve data management and dissemination in Africa. The Open Data for Africa is a user friendly tool for extracting data, creating and sharing own customized reports, and visualising data across ...

Open Access Interviews@AIMS: a new service on AIMS

27/03/2013

AIMS announces the introduction of 'Open Access Interviews@AIMS ' as a new quartely service. The objective is to publish use cases on various open access issues affecting access to agricultural research outputs and share experiences on the uptake of openness by institutions in the agricultural domain. This service will ...

BHL-Europe web portal opens up the world's knowledge on biological diversity

26/03/2013

The goal of the Biodiversity Heritage Library for Europe (BHL-Europe) project is to make published biodiversity literature accessible to anyone who’s interested. The project will provide a multilingual access point (12 languages) for biodiversity content through the BHL-Europe web portal with specific biological functionalities for search and retrieval and through ...