The catalogue of life : biodiversity resource and e-science gateway

Project Information

EUROCAT

Grant agreement ID: EVR1-CT-2002-20011

Project closed

Start date 1 February 2003

End date 31 January 2006

Funded under

• Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002"

Total cost € 2 455 000,00

EU contribution € 2 455 000,00

Coordinated by

N/A

Objective

EuroCat will establish the infrastructure to collate and sustain a comprehensive catalogue of organisms, the EuroCat Catalogue of Life, using existing databases from taxonomic experts around Europe. EuroCat will display a uniform and validated synonymic checklist for those groups of plants, animals, fungi and microorganisms currently available, including indigenous and non-indigenous species in Europe. In this project it will reach critical mass, and go on to become complete for known organisms over six years. It will operate as a desktop biodiversity resource on the Internet and GRID, as an e-science gateway, serving professionals and members of the public, and serving national, European and global biodiversity agencies including GBIF. The gateway will access biodiversity data in other systems around the world. It will be a distributed infrastructure, building on existing European databases and expertise.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › internet
• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › databases
• natural sciences › biological sciences › microbiology › mycology
• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › ecosystems

Programme(s)

• FP5-EESD - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.1.4.-9. - Support for research infrastructures

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

THN - Thematic network contracts

Coordinator

N/A

• EU contribution: No data
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Participants (36)

BOTANISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜENCHEN

Germany

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• Address: Menziger Strasse 67 ; 80638 MUENCHEN
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CAB INTERNATIONAL

United Kingdom

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• Address: Bakeham Lane ; TW20 9TY EGHAM,SURREY
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CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: José Gutiérrez Abascal 2 ; 28006 MADRID
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DR. JOHN BUCKINGHAM, CONSULTANT

United Kingdom

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• Address: Alwyne Villas 21 ; N1 2HG LONDON
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DSMZ-DEUTSCHE SAMMLUNG VON MIKROORGANISMEN UND ZELLKULTUREN GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Mascheroder Weg 1B ; 38124 BRAUNSCHWEIG
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ECOLOGICAL CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD.

Ireland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 7,Rathfarnham Road 17 Terenure ; 6 DUBLIN
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EXPERT CENTER FOR TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION

Netherlands

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: MAURITSKADE 61 ; 1090 GT AMSTERDAM
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FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM KARLSRUHE GMBH - TECHNIK UND UMWELT

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Hermann von Helmholtz Platz 1 ; 76021 KARLSRUHE
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FREIE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN

Germany

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• Address: 6-8,Koenigin-Luise-Strasse 6-8 ; 14191 BERLIN
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INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Rue La Fayette 213 ; 97492 SAINTE-CLOTILDE
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INTERNATIONAL PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES INSTITUTE

Italy

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• Address: Via dei Tre Denari 472/a ; 00057 MACCARESE
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INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Switzerland

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• Address: Rue Mauverney 28 ; 1196 GLAND
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MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY - POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Poland

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• Address: Wilcza 64 ; 00679 WARSZAWA
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MUSEUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE

France

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• Address: Rue Cuvier 43 ; 75005 PARIS
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NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDEN OF BELGIUM

Belgium

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• Address: Domein Van Bouchout ; 1860 MEISE
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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Netherlands

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• Address: Darwinweg ; 2300 RA LEIDEN
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NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES OF WALES

United Kingdom

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• Address: Cathays Park ; CF10 3NP CARDIFF
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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY

Ireland

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• Address: University Road ; GALWAY
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OBEROESTERREICHISCHES LANDESMUSEUM

Austria

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• Address: Johann Wilhelm Klein Strasse 73 ; 4040 LINZ
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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW

United Kingdom

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• Address: Kew ; TW9 3AE RICHMOND
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ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE

Netherlands

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• Address: 1,Uppsalalaan 8 ; 3508 AD UTRECHT
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SOCIETY FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF EUROPEAN BIODIVERSITY DATA LTD

Ireland

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• Address: University Road ; GALWAY
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SPECIES 2000

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Micklegate 54 ; YO1 6WF YORK
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STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE STUTTGART

Germany

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• Address: Rosenstein 1 ; 70191 STUTTGART
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THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

United Kingdom

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• Address: Cromwell Road The Natural History Museum ; SW7 5BD LONDON
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THOMSON ZOOLOGICAL LIMITED

United Kingdom

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• Address: 14 Great Queen Street ; WC2B 5DF LONDON
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UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI BARI

Italy

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• Address: Via E. Orabona 4 ; 70125 BARI
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UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE - PARIS VI

France

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• Address: Rue Cuvier 12 ; 75005 PARIS
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UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM

Netherlands

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• Address: Mauritskade 61 ; 1090 GT AMSTERDAM
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UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN

Denmark

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• Address: 15,Universitetsparken 15 ; 2100 KOEPENHAGEN
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UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI

Finland

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• Address: Pohjoinen rautatienkatu 13 ; 00014 HELSINKI
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

United Kingdom

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• Address: Bassett Crescent East ; SO16 17PX SOUTHAMPTON
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UNIVERSITY OF WALES CARDIFF

United Kingdom

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• Address: Newport Road ; CF24 3XF CARDIFF
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UTRECHT UNIVERSITY

Netherlands

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• Address: Yalelaan 1 ; 3584 CL UTRECHT
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VERLAG FUER INTERAKTIVE MEDIEN, NORBERT HIRNEISEN & DR. CHRISTIAN KOEPPEL GBR

Germany

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• Address: Orchideenweg 12 ; 76571 GAGGENAU
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WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY

Netherlands

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• Address: Generaal Foulkesweg 37 ; 6703 BL WAGENINGEN
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