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What are data spaces? Systematic survey and future outlook Data spaces, a novel concept pushing data sharing and exchange, are experiencing momentum because of recent developments motivated by the increasing n…

🌐Have you ever wondered what a data space actually is?

➡️ Check out this publication explaining the concept of data spaces and how they are used:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DataSpaces #BiodiversityData

🌍It’s World Nature Conservation Day!
🌲 In the EU, over 27 000 sites are protected and form the Natura 2000 network. They encompass 1/5 of the land and 1/10 of the surrounding seas, showing Europe’s rich variety of wildlife and habitats.
👉Learn more: environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/natur...

💡 Are you looking for a way to improve your data skills?
🟢 Data Camp 2025 is open to all GBIF: The Global Biodiversity Information Facility users who wish to develop their data literacy skills.
👉 Learn how to apply below:

🌐 Over the past three years @ad4gd.eu, B-Cubed, FAIRiCUBE and #USAGE have explored and documented the requirements for successfully building the #GreenDealDataSpace and published a joint policy brief.
➡️ Read the joint press release on the topic: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
#dataspaces #GDDS

🪴 @gbif.org has released the Guide for Publishing Biological Survey Data to GBIF.
🦩 The Guide is a tool aimed at supporting data holders in structuring and making their biological survey data openly accessible.
🌐 Become part of the Community review of the guide until 20 July 2025.

🌍 Join @bioagora.eu in establishing the Science Service for Biodiversity (SSBD), the scientific pillar of the European Commission's Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity.

👉 Learn how to participate: bioagora.eu/news/bioagor...

🌏Save the date! Register for a technical session on integrating remotely sensed data with GBIF data tomorrow
📍9 July 2025 15:00-16:30 CEST
👉Register: www.gbif.org/event/5QJrfA...

🚀Last week of June was marked by the ESA Living Planet Symposium in Vienna.
Couldn't make it?
👉Check out B-Cubed’s highlights from the event: b-cubed.eu/news/b-cubed...

#LivingPlanetSymposium #ESA #EarthObservation #LPS2025 #Biodiversity #DataCubes

Hey 👋 That’s great to hear! Currently, there’s a thread on species occurrence cubes here: discourse.gbif.org/t/data-use-c...

You can also create new threads in the Data Use category of the forum: discourse.gbif.org/c/data-use/7

Does that help?

📢B-Cubed is featured in Open Access Government’s July edition!
👉Read the feature: lnkd.in/d36YfrG8
#BiodiversityData #DataCube @cabbageleek.bsky.social
@egu.eu @gbif.org

💡 Curious about the latest tech in biodiversity monitoring?
Check out the highlights of the Biodiversity Monitoring Science Fair in Barcelona ⬇️
#Biodiversity #BiodiversityMonitoring

📢 Prepare for the NetworkNature Annual Event 2025: "Choose Nature" in September!
Learn more about how to attend and contribute to the event ⬇️
#NetworkNature#ChooseNature #NatureBasedSolutions #Biodiversity #GreenEconomy #NaturePositive

🌐 All #EarthObservation latest developments under one roof at #LPS25 during this week in Vienna 🚀

@esa.int @esaearth.esa.int @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social

Updates from our joint event in Vienna, continuing today - actiongroup.greendealdata.space/gdds_event.htm

🚀On 22 June 2025, B-Cubed hosted a hands-on session on “Biodiversity Data Cubes for Earth Science: From SQL Queries to Standardized Geospatial Output” at the Living Planet Symposium 2025.
@esa.int @cabbageleek.bsky.social @idiv-research.bsky.social @egu.eu
#DataCubes #BiodiversityData
#LPS25

GDDS: Three Years of Experience in EuroGEO Join the event in Vienna on innovative data governance and tools for the Green Deal Data Space.

💡 Happening tomorrow: joint event organised by @ad4gd.eu, B-Cubed, #FAIRiCUBE and #USAGE!

📆 Join us on 24 and 25 June in Vienna Research for Visual Computing (VRVis) and learn about the Green Deal Data Space.

👉 Learn more on: actiongroup.greendealdata.space/gdds_event.htm

#GreenDealDataSpace #LPS

📅 Join our hands-on training on biodiversity data cubes – Sunday 22 June, 17:00 (Room 1.14).

Learn how to use @gbif.org data to build #speciescubes, model ecological change & generate standard maps for conservation work

#BiodiversityData #DataCube @esa.int @geobon.org
lps25.esa.int/programme/pr...

💡 The National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences Mini-school online lecture series continues with its 3rd training session.

🕰️ Join at 14h00 TODAY
👉 Register here: mailchi.mp/nithecs/mini...

#OpenScience #DataCube #BiodiversityData
@suhealthsci.bsky.social @nithecs.bsky.social

A 🆕 guide to help publish biological survey data to @gbif.org is now open for community review.
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It’s designed to support ecologists, environmental assessors and data managers in sharing structured, accessible data.

🗓️ Share your feedback by 20 July 2025.

Join experts from 4 Horizon Europe projects to explore the tools, insights, and recommendations from years of work on biodiversity, climate, and environmental data spaces. 📊

📍 Vienna Research for Visual Computing

🗓️ 24 & 25 June

✍ Register: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
#LPS25 @geobon.org

💥 Exciting start of the week as @gbif.org just announced their newly released version of the #rgbif 🤩

#DataCubes #BiodiversityData

📫 The fourth edition of B-Cubed’s Newsletter is here! Explore our key achievements from the first half of 2025.
👉Read it now: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/4574...

The designed version of the @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Report Summary for Policymakers is now available in English.
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Explore key findings on biodiversity loss and discover practical pathways toward fair and sustainable change.

🚨 In case you missed last week's webinar training by the National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (@nithecs.bsky.social).

Registration for the second part of the lecture series, held tomorrow at 2PM (SAST), is still open! 📌

#OpenScience #DataCubes #BiodiversityData

🌐 Learn the ropes and contribute to @gbif.org - Darwin Core Data Package. Send your feedback by mapping original datasets part of a community pre-review 📊

#Data #BiodiversityData #DataCubes

🪸 Yesterday we celebrated #WorldOceanDay 🌊
Reminder that healthy oceans mean a healthy planet. Let’s support efforts to restore marine ecosystems and protect biodiversity.

What our seas need now: Expert perspectives on marine restoration | Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme

#MarineRestoration is gaining ground in #Europe!

The 7 new projects supported by the @endangeredlands.bsky.social now span 3M hectares. Experts reflect on urgent needs in the Baltic, Northeast Atlantic & Mediterranean.
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Read more: www.endangeredlandscapes.org/news/what-ou...

🌎 On #WorldEnvironmentDay 2025, B-Cubed stands with the global community to #BeatPlasticPollution. Through better biodiversity data, we aim to support actions that lead to a more sustainable planet ♻️

🔗 Learn more: tinyurl.com/52vbupmz

#EUGreenWeek

@unep.org @unbiodiversity.bsky.social

Upcoming online training on biodiversity data through open science Following high interest in last year’s mini-school lectures in October, which enabled the development of practical skills in biodiversity monitoring and ecological analysis, Sandra MacFadyen and Maart...

📢 Free online training: Monitoring Biodiversity using Data Cubes

Join Sandra MacFadyen & Maarten Trekels for a 4-part series this June:

🗓️ Wednesdays, 4–25 June 2025
⏰ 14:00–15:00 SAST

Register here: b-cubed.eu/news/upcomin... @nithecs.bsky.social @suhealthsci.bsky.social

Happy #50YearsOfESA 🎉

Today @esa.int celebrates its 50th anniversary since signing the Convention for the creation of a single European Space Agency ☄️