Acronym: EDIT Period: 2006 till 2011 Status: Completed
National Natural History Museum Paris (MNHN), more, co-ordinator
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (IRScNB/KBIN), more, partner
Koninklijk Museum voor Midden Afrika (KMMA), more, partner
The overall objective of EDIT is to integrate European taxonomic effort within the ERA and to build a world leading capacity. EDIT will create a European virtual centre of excellence, which will increase both the scientific basis and capacity for biodiversity conservation.
This will provide better access to a more unified and better quality taxonomic research information base.
The operational and structural objectives of EDIT are:
To reduce fragmentation and to transform taxonomy into an integrated science.
To strengthen the scientific, technological and information capacities needed for Europe to understand how biodiversity is modified through Global change.
To progress toward a transnational entity by encouraging durable integration of the most important European taxonomic institutions, forming the nucleus of excellence around and from which institutions and taxonomists can integrate their activities.
To promote the undertaking of collaborative research developing, improving and utilising the bio-informatics technologies needed.
To create a forum for stakeholders and end-users for taxonomy in biodiversity and ecosystem research.
To promote the spreading of excellence to fulfil the needs of biodiversity and ecosystem research for taxonomy based information.
