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A society aiming to make biodiversity data available for the benefit of science and environmental management.

The Society for the Management of Electronic Biodiversity Data (SMEBD) is a professional society of scientists, authors of biodiversity databases that are published on the internet, through collaborative initiatives such as Euro+Med Plantbase, FADA, Fauna Europaea, ERMS and WoRMS. Membership is free and open to all contributors to these initiatives.

SMEBD holds the copyright, intellectual property rights and, where appropriate, ownership of the contributing databases. It acts on behalf of its members to defend their interests, manage the databases and to provide a legal basis for their protection. It promotes the publication, dissemation and use of data and information, and development of new biodiversity data-related initiatives and projects.

The Society itself is governed by a Council elected by its members. The council appoints committees that manage the data generated by SMEBD’s activities and selects the host institutes or publishers of the databases.

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SMEBD Annual General and Council Meeting, 8 June 2012, Brussels
Added on: 2012-04-16 11:35:18 by Appeltans, Ward

This time, the annual meeting will be held in Brussels on 8 June. The programme and a call for nominations to the council will be provided soon. Contact Hendrik Segers for more info.

New WoRMS Steering Committee (SC) 2012 approved
Added on: 2012-03-06 13:19:28 by Appeltans, Ward & Costello, Mark

A new WoRMS Steering Committee (SC) has been approved by the WoRMS Editors. Many of the editors said it is a well-balanced representation of expertise. [Read more]

NEW: Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)
Added on: 2012-03-05 14:16:06 by Appeltans, Ward

We are pleased to launch a new regional species database for the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS), that grew out of the World Register of Marine Species database. [Read more]

In Memoriam Frank A Bisby (1945 - 2011)
Added on: 2011-11-08 09:27:18 by Segers, Hendrik

Dear Colleagues

It's with great sadness that I must announce you of the recent and very unexpected demise of our colleague and treasurer Frank Bisby. Undoubtedly, Frank was one of the most influential persons active in our field, and he will be sorely missed. [Read more]

The European Species Portal (PESI) has been launched!
Added on: 2011-05-10 09:36:27 by De Hauwere, Nathalie

The portal of PESI (Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) has been launched: www.eu-nomen.eu/portal and is available in 21 European languages. With time, it will be possible to find and search through the information of all species appearing in Europe. Not only the species living in seas and oceans, but also of all terrestrial and aquatic species. Currently, there are already nearly half a million scientific and non-scientific names in 88 languages for over 210 000 species and over 6 million distribution records. ... [Read more]

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