The first Community Meeting of the year took place on 27 January 2025.
This time, the meeting was chaired by Michał Grabowski (University of Łódź). Kasia Fantoni (Naturalis Biodiversity Center, NL) shared updates about iBOL Europe’s Working Groups and the next steps to set them up.
Rutger Vos (Naturalis Biodiversity Center, NL) presented the main features of BOLD v5, the latest version of the Barcode of Life Data Systems, that was launched in Autumn 2024. You can have a look at Rutger’s presentation here.
Maria J. Santos (University of Zurich, CH) and Meredith Christine Schuman (University of Zurich, CH) introduced us to OBSGESSION, the EU-funded project addressing the challenges of biodiversity decline by integrating methods and technologies to assess and predict biodiversity change and its drivers. Maria’s presentation is available here.
Rodolphe Rougerie (French National Museum of Natural History, FR) told us about the launch of FrBOL, the French iBOL National Node, from its beginning to its official launch in November 2024. Rodolphe’s presentation is available here.