Data management and best practices

Biodiversity Monitoring Best Practices

Join U.S. Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) partners as they deliver insightful discussions on how to conserve biodiversity and work toward global best practices for biodiversity monitoring and data sharing. Read more here.

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Essential Ocean Variables and Standards

One priority for MBON is to advance global interoperability and use of standards for a minimum set of observations (Essential Ocean Variables and Essential Biodiversity Variables) through broad partnerships. On June 19, Frank Muller-Karger and Gabrielle Canonico spoke about this effort during a “Monitoring Essential Variables” panel during the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Virtual Symposium 2020. A video of the session is posted here.

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Ocean Best Practices Workshop

MBON, Marine Life 2030, GOOS and the AIR Centre will host two special sessions at the VIII Ocean Best Practices (OBPS) workshop ranging in different time zones. These sessions we will bring together the communities contributing to Biology and Ecosystem (BioEco) ocean observation and forecasting to foster collaboration and the exchange of ideas and best practices, build capacity and promote synergies with ocean observation initiatives and projects, as well as with the overall biodiversity monitoring community, supporting common solutions for collective impact.

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