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Funded by the Belgian Science Policy Office, biodiversity.aq is building an innovative
Antarctic biodiversity information system, giving access to a distributed network
of contributing database, according to the principles of the Global Biodiversity Information
Facility. It is building a new data discovery tool using two complementary networks
and will expand these by using an advanced technical architecture, capable of linking
with many potential data resources. Biodiversity.aq is recognised as an official SCAR
Product and integrates SCAR-MarBIN (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research - Marine
Biodiversity Information Network), with the biodiversity databases managed by the
Australian Antarctic Division, bringing together data from marine and terrestrial
realms. biodiversity.aq is the data management tool and repository for the biodiversity-related
research conducted at the Princess Elisabeth Station. Biodiversity.aq will use the
best available technology to integrate, share and disseminate all available information
on Antarctic Biodiversity. Its implementation by the Belgian Biodiversity Platform
ascertains that biodiversity.aq can take advantage of the relevant experience of the
Belgian GBIF node. biodiversity.aq is steered by an International Steering Committee
composed of selected experts in the field of Polar biodiversity.
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