News Archive

05-Apr-2013 In Memoriam Dr Richard Pankhurst

On behalf of TDWG we are  very sorry to inform you that Richard John Pankhurst passed away on Tuesday 26 March after fighting oesophageal cancer for many years.

He was a very important contributer and friend of TDWG, as...

01-Mar-2013 Audubon Core Public Review

Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) announces the Public Review of the proposed Audubon Core Multimedia Resources Metadata Standard. Audubon Core is designed to provide a controlled vocabulary to address the management,...

21-Feb-2013 TWO NEW BIODIVERSITY INFORMATICS TRAINING COURSES TO BE HELD IN SOUTH AFRICA

The Biodiversity Informatics Training Curriculum project is happy to announce the next pair of courses in its series of training events in aspects of biodiversity informatics. The courses will be held in Kirstenbosch, Cape...

04-Feb-2013 CABIN Call 2013:: Training course in Biodiversity information

Training course in Biodiversity information (including TDWG standards in the programme)

Training: 03/06/13 – 28/06/13, Deadline for applications: 15/03/13, Where: The Royal Museum for Central Africa

The training will be...

17-Dec-2012 TDWG 2013 Call for Symposia and Workshops

Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) will hold its annual conference in Florence, Italy on October 28 – November 1.  We are issuing a call for symposia or workshop proposals for the conference.  The theme of the...