The Horizon Europe project B-Cubed is organising a training series on turning biodiversity data into insights using tools developed by the project

Turning raw biodiversity records into policy-relevant indicators remains challenging, as the growing volume of data is often fragmented, inconsistent, and difficult to integrate effectively. To ease this process, B-Cubed is organising a training series showcasing emerging approaches that help make biodiversity data more actionable in practice. Registration for the sessions is already open.

The training will feature six live sessions, held on consecutive Fridays in February and March at 15:00 CET. The sessions are designed to empower researchers, policymakers, and conservation practitioners with emerging tools and workflows for biodiversity data analysis. They will allow participants to get knowledge directly from the experts who developed the tools and facilitate hands-on experience.

Programme Highlights

The series will open with a session guiding participants through the process of creating their own species occurrence cubes using GBIF. Subsequent sessions will explore in greater depth how these cubes can support the monitoring and reporting of biological invasions, equipping attendees with practical tools for decision-making.

The programme also features dedicated sessions on mapping biodiversity turnover and producing colourblind-friendly maps to ensure accessible and inclusive data visualisation. The series will conclude with an introduction to a comprehensive suite of R packages, enabling users to retrieve, process, and explore occurrence cubes, generating biodiversity indicators from them.

The full programme can be accessed here.

B-Cubed partners have already developed a website with guides and tutorials on some of the topics. Go to https://docs.b-cubed.eu/ to learn more.

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This project receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme (ID No 101059592). Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the EU nor the EC can be held responsible for them.