Addressing biodiversity loss

iBOL Europe

DNA barcoding for species identification and biomonitoring

  • A European framework

iBOL Europe is a European node of the International Barcode of Life consortium. A regional nexus for the DNA barcoding community.

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    Community Meeting Recording: the Role of Community Science in DNA-Based Biodiversity Monitoring

    Carolina Corrales (Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change) presents the paper "The Role of Community Science in DNA-Based Biodiversity Monitoring," which distinguishes between Contributory and Collaborative Citizen Science, provides related examples, and discusses the benefits and challenges of...

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    Community Meeting Recording: BGE reference library curation pipeline and tool

    Today, we are publishing the recording of the presentation in which Ben Price (Natural History Museum of London) and Stephan Kuehbandner (Bavarian State Collections of Natural History) presented the reference library curation pipeline and tool developed within the BGE project...

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    Community Meeting September 2026

    The next Community Meeting t0ook place on Monday, 28 September, between 15:30 and 16:45 CEST. We started the meeting with Nikolaus Szucsich (Natural History Museum of Vienna), who shared insights into the organisational, infrastructural, and scientific developments of ABOL –...

  • What is DNA barcoding?

DNA barcoding uses short segments of DNA to identify species. A scalable solution to provide biomonitoring data to address biodiversity loss.

  • Our vision

To support the DNA barcoding communities of European nations, to conduct impactful DNA-based biomonitoring, to sustain and improve planetary biodiversity.

Paul Herbert

“European researchers have played a central role in the iBOL consortium since its launch in 2010. iBOL Europe will amplify these impacts by coordinating a scientific community with the capacity to reverse the loss of biodiversity. It’s a model for the rest of our world.”

Paul Hebert

Canada Research Chair in Molecular Biodiversity, University of Guelph
Scientific Director and Board Chair, iBOL

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  • Who is doing what?

Explore the European DNA barcoding landscape from new initiatives through to established iBOL nodes.

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