Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities International non-profit Organisation (AISBL) About 40 Natural History Institutions across Europe Billions of specimens, observational and habitat information Multidisciplinary expertise: (Research, Biodiversity Informatics, Geographic Information systems, collection management, species distribution, modeling, ICT, education, Communication, PR, Legal Framework , ABS … ) Long term experience in participating to large scale EU projects. http://www.cetaf.org Chair : christoph.haeuser@mfn-berlin.de Secretariat : Christiane.Quaisser@mfn-berlin.de Patricia.Mergen@africamuseum.be Legal address : Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvensesteenweg 13 3080, Tervuren, Belgium
Interests in Work Programme 2012: Challenges 6.1 : Coping with Climate change CETAF or CETAF members to provide content and expertise - Challenge 6.2 Sustainable use and management of land and seas : ENV.2012.6.2-2 Assessing global biological resources: the European contribution to the Global Earth Observation Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) CETAF and CETAF members willing to play a leading role together with its partners (European GBIF nodes, GTI, CBD, LifeWatch, BioCASE ….) - 6.5 Mobilising environmental knowledge for policy, industry and society: ENV.2012.6.5-2 Demonstration and exploitation of most promising prototypes and tools derived from European research activities ENV.2012.6.5-3 Exploring opportunities for open access to primary environmental data Results from previous EU projects like the EDIT platform for Cybertaxonomy, e-flora, Geospatial components …