April 2009

The NBII is hosting a protected areas database for the United States. For more information, and access to this national inventory of protected lands, see http://gapanalysis.nbii.gov/PADUS.

The NBII is helping to sponsor the e-Biosphere 09 International Conference on Biodiversity Informatics, which will held in London, United Kingdom, from June 1-3, 2009. For more information, see http://e-biosphere09.org.

The search has ended for the new NBII search engine, with Vivísimo as the vendor of choice. Stories describing these developments can be found in resource shelf and EarthTimes .

March 2009

The NBII Bird Conservation Node has helped make the Breeding Bird Atlas Explorer and its new mapping tool a reality.
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bba/

The NBII is helping meet information needs for the conservation of threatened and endangered species. Read about it in the USGS-dedicated edition of the Endangered Species Bulletin.
http://www.fws.gov/Endangered/bulletin/2008/bulletin_fall2008.pdf

The NBII is moving toward Web 2.0 technologies to improve access to biological content. One of the best examples comes from the NBII Southern Appalachian Information Node and their species mashup.
http://sain.nbii.gov/RareEcology

An article about the Invasive Plant Atlas of New England (IPANE) and its work is now available. IPANE is a partner of both the NBII Northeast and Invasive Species Information nodes. Read all about this important organization at the web site.
http://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/aboutus/silva/fall_2008/silva_fall_08.pdf