Useful Links

The given list is an extract of a market analysis of organizations and projects related to data management and/or biodiversity research in 2014 with focus on training, outreach and helpdesk activities. Simultaneously, we assessed material related to training, outreach and helpdesk of the listed organizations. The list is not exhaustive and should provide a short overview. We collected the primary data through an exploratory research design by snowball approach. The collected organizations were assigned to different categories regarding the main activity/ type of project. Furthermore, a comprehensive survey of the activities and provided materials in the area of training, outreach and helpdesk was performed. The type of collected information was in all cases categorical. (last update: 24.02.2016)

Name	URL	Type of Organization	Project Start	Project End	Country
ACB	http://www.aseanbiodiversity.org	Biodiversity Project	2005	ongoing	SouthEastAsia
AlgaTerra	http://www.algaterra.org/ATDB	Information System	2005	ongoing	Germany
ALTER Net	http://www.alter-net.info/	Network	2004	2009	International
Analysportalen	https://www.analysisportal.se	Tool/Workbench	N.A.	ongoing	Sweden
ANDS	http://ands.org.au/index.html	Network	N.A.	ongoing	Australia
AnnoSys	https://annosys.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/	Tool/Workbench	N.A.	ongoing	Germany
APARSEN	http://www.alliancepermanentaccess.org	Alliance	2011	ongoing	International
BACCARA	http://www.baccara-project.eu/	Biodiversity Project	2008	2012	International
BFB	http://barcoding-zsm.de/	Network	2009	ongoing	Germany
BEF-China	http://www.bef-china.de/index.php/en/	Biodiversity Project	2008	2016	China
BHL	http://www.bhl-europe.eu	Library	2007	2012	EU
BiNHum	http://www.binhum.net/	Network	2012	ongoing	Germany
BioCASE	http://www.biocase.org	Network	2001	ongoing	International
Biodiv. Inform. Train. Curricul.	http://biodiversity-informatics-training.org/	Education Project	N.A.	ongoing	International
Biodiversity Exploratories	http://www.biodiversity-exploratories.de	Biodiversity Project	2006	ongoing	Germany
BiodiversityCatalogue	http://www.biodiversitycatalogue.org	Registry	N.A.	ongoing	International
Biofresh	http://www2.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu	Repository	N.A.	ongoing	International
BioVel	https://www.biovel.eu/	Tool/Workbench	2011	2014	International
Biowikifarm	http://biowikifarm.net/meta/	Tool/Workbench	2010	ongoing	Germany
C3GridAWI	https://verc.enes.org/c3web	Registry	2005	2013	Germany
CAFF	http://www.caff.is	Biodiversity Project	N.A.	ongoing	International
Catalogue of life	http://www.catalogueoflife.org/	Registry	N.A.	ongoing	International
CBD	http://www.cbd.int/	Alliance	1993	ongoing	International
CBL	http://www.uni-goettingen.de	University Institution	2011	ongoing	International
CDL	http://www.cdlib.org	Library	1997	ongoing	USA
CETAF	http://www.cetaf.org/index.php	Network	1996	ongoing	International
Cichorieae Portal	http://wp6-cichorieae.e-taxonomy.eu	Repository	2007	2009	Germany
Cluster of Excellence Göttingen	http://www.uni-goettingen.de	Biodiversity Project	2008	2013	Germany
CoData	http://www.codata.org	Alliance	1966	ongoing	International
Data-Archive-UK	http://www.data-archive.ac.uk	Registry	1974	ongoing	UK
DataCite	http://www.datacite.org	Network	2009	ongoing	International
DataOne	http://www.dataone.org	Registry	2009	N.A.	USA
DCC	http://www.dcc.ac.uk/about-us	Education Project	2004	N.A.	UK
DFC	http://datafed.org	Network	N.A.	ongoing	USA
DFG PAK 823-825	http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org	Biodiversity Project	2007	ongoing	International
DigCurV	http://www.digcur-education.org	Education Project	N.A.	ongoing	International
DINI	http://dini.de/	Network	2002	ongoing	Germany
Diversitas	http://www.diversitas-international.org	Network	1991	2020	International
Diversity Workbench (DWB)	http://diversityworkbench.net/Portal	Tool/Workbench	1999	ongoing	Germany
Dryad	http://datadryad.org/pages/organization	Repository	N.A.	ongoing	International
Dyntaxa	http://www.dyntaxa.se	Repository	N.A.	ongoing	Sweden
EBONE	http://www.wageningenur.nl	Network	2008	2012	International
ECN Data Centre	http://data.ecn.ac.uk/index.asp	Repository	1992	ongoing	UK
EDIT	http://cybertaxonomy.eu/	Tool/Workbench	2006	2011	International
ENBI	http://www.libellenfunde.de/platform	Registry	2005	N.A.	International
ENVeurope	http://www.enveurope.eu	Biodiversity Project	2010	2014	International
EOL	http://eol.org	Registry	2007	ongoing	International
ePIC AWI	http://epic.awi.de/	Repository	N.A.	ongoing	Germany
ESIP	http://www.esipfed.org	Network	1998	ongoing	USA
EU BON	http://www.eubon.eu/	Network	2012	2017	International
EU-Brasil	http://www.eubrazilopenbio.eu	Network	2011	2013	Brazil
EUDAT	http://www.eudat.eu	Network	2011	ongoing	International
Euro+Med Plantbase	http://www.emplantbase.org	Repository	2006	ongoing	Germany
EWIG	http://ewig.gfz-potsdam.de	Data Management Project	2011	2014	Germany
Figshare	http://figshare.com/	Repository	2012	N.A.	International
Flora of Cuba database	http://archive.bgbm.org/BioDivInf	Repository	N.A.	ongoing	Cuba
FunDivEurope	http://www.fundiveurope.eu/	Biodiversity Project	2010	2014	EU
Future Earth	http://www.futureearth.info/	Alliance	2012	ongoing	International
GBIF	http://www.gbif.org/	Registry	2001	ongoing	International
GBIF-D	http://www.gbif.de	Registry	2002	ongoing	Germany
GBOL	http://www.bolgermany.de	Network	2012	2014	Germany
GEO-BON	https://www.earthobservations.org	Network	2008	N.A.	Switzerland
GFÖ	http://www.gfoe.org	Network	1970	ongoing	International
GGBN	http://www.ggbn.org/ggbn_portal/	Network	2011	ongoing	International
GIS Maps Portal AWI	http://maps.awi.de/awimaps/	Repository	N.A.	N.A.	Germany
Global Forest Watch	http://www.globalforestwatch.org	Network	1997	ongoing	International
Google Making Sense of data	https://datasense.withgoogle.com	Education Project	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.
IDES	http://ides.snsb.info	Tool/Workbench	2012	ongoing	Germany
iDigBio	https://www.idigbio.org	Registry	N.A.	ongoing	USA
ILTER	http://www.ilternet.edu	Network	1993	N.A.	International
iMarine	http://www.i-marine.eu	Data Management Project	2011	2014	International
INSDC	http://www.insdc.org/about	Registry	1992	N.A.	International
IOBIS	http://www.iobis.org	Registry	1997	ongoing	International
IPBES	http://www.ipbes.net/	Alliance	2012	ongoing	International
JRS	http://jrsbiodiversity.org	Foundation	2007	ongoing	USA
KNB	https://knb.ecoinformatics.org	Repository	N.A.	N.A.	USA
KomFOR	http://www.komfor.net	Registry	2004	ongoing	Germany
LIAS	http://www.lias.net	Information system	1996	ongoing	International
Liberation	http://www.fp7liberation.eu	Biodiversity Project	2013	2017	Netherlands
Lifewatch	http://www.lifewatch.eu	Network	2008	2011	International
LOD	http://linkeddata.org	Network	N.A.	N.A.	International
LTER	http://www.ufz.de/lter-d/	Network	2004	N.A.	Germany
LTER-Europe	http://www.lter-europe.net	Network	N.A.	N.A.	International
LTERNET	http://www.lternet.edu	Network	1980	N.A.	USA
MERIL	http://portal.meril.eu	Registry	2009	ongoing	International
MOL	http://www.mol.org	Registry	N.A.	ongoing	USA
MorphDBase	https://www.morphdbase.de/	Repository	2004	2013	Germany
Motive	http://www.motive-project.net/	Biodiversity Project	2009	2013	International
NBIC	http://www.biodiversity.no	Registry	N.A.	ongoing	Norway
NCEAS	http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu	University Institution	1995	ongoing	USA
NeFo	http://biodiversity.de	Network	2006	N.A.	Panama
NOK	http://www.biodiversityknowledge.eu	Network	N.A.	2014	International
OpenAire	https://www.openaire.eu	Registry	2009	ongoing	International
OpenUp	http://open-up.eu	Network	2011	ongoing	International
ORNL DAAC	http://daac.ornl.gov	Repository	N.A.	ongoing	USA
Pangaea	http://www.pangaea.de/	Repository	N.A.	ongoing	Germany
PESI	http://www.eu-nomen.eu/pesi/	Network	2008	2011	International
Planktonnet AWI	http://planktonnet.awi.de/	Repository	N.A.	N.A.	Germany
Pro-iBiosphere	http://www.pro-ibiosphere.eu	Data Management Project	2012	2014	EU
ProtectedPlanet	http://www.protectedplanet.net	Repository	2014	2015	International
RDA	https://rd-alliance.org/	Alliance	2012	N.A.	International
RDA-Europe	https://europe.rd-alliance.org	Alliance	2012	ongoing	International
RE3data.org	http://www.re3data.org	Registry	2012	ongoing	Germany
ReBiND	http://rebind.bgbm.org	Repository	2011	2015	Germany
RECODE	http://recodeproject.eu	Data Management Project	2013	ongoing	International
Research Group Kilimanjaro	https://www.kilimanjaro	Biodiversity Project	2010	N.A.	Germany
RIN	http://www.rin.ac.uk	Network	2005	ongoing	UK
SAHFOS	http://www.sahfos.ac.uk	Foundation	1931	ongoing	International
SCIDP-ES	http://www.scidip-es.eu	Data Management Project	2011	2014	International
SeaDataNet	http://www.seadatanet.org	Registry	N.A.	2015	International
SIB	http://www.sibcolombia.net	Registry	2000	ongoing	Colombia
SNSB	http://www.snsb.info	Repository	2006	ongoing	Germany
STEP	http://www.step-project.net	Biodiversity Project	N.A.	ongoing	International
TDWG	http://www.tdwg.org	Alliance	1985	ongoing	International
Terreco	http://www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de	Biodiversity Project	2009	N.A.	International
UK Environmental Change Network	http://www.ecn.ac.uk	Network	1992	ongoing	UK
Vegbank	http://vegbank.org/vegbank/index.jsp	Repository	1999	2002	USA
West African plants - A Photo Guide	http://www.westafricanplants	Information System	N.A.	N.A.	Germany
WissGrid	http://www.wissgrid.de/index.html	Data Management Project	2009	2012	Germany