• All resources,General overviews,Resources

    Species identification, discovery, and biomonitoring: Strategic priorities for DNA barcoding in Europe, set in a global context

    The paper proposes a mission and related strategic priorities for the iBOL Europe community from a trans-European perspective to produce, curate and provide access to a DNA barcode reference library of eukaryotic species.

  • European iBOL national nodes,General overviews

    Empowering national capacity for DNA-based approach to species identification and biodiversity monitoring

    This paper provides advice on the setup and implementation of International Barcode of Life (iBOL) national nodes.

  • General overviews

    DNA metabarcoding for biodiversity monitoring video from iBOL

    This video presents one workflow for DNA metabarcoding bulk insect samples collected with malaise traps. The video was produced by iBOL with the support of the United Nations Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Government of Japan’s...

  • General overviews

    A step-by-step guide for DNA barcoding from CBD

    The Step-by-step Guide for DNA Barcoding provides background information on the principles underpinning DNA barcoding, discusses the equipment and workflows used to gather and interpret DNA barcode and describes both current applications of DNA barcoding and future prospects. to the...

  • General overviews

    DNA Barcoding: a step by step guide video from iBOL

    This video presents a simple DNA barcoding 12-step workflow that can be performed with basic laboratory infrastructure. The video was produced by the iBOL consortium. https://youtu.be/zcd3QYngHX0

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