ABOL BioBlitz 2021
within the Days of Biodiversity
Dear friends and biodiversity enthusiasts
The Days of Biodiversity (TdA), which take place in various federal states, have been among the most important events for years, on the one hand informing the public about the importance of biodiversity and, on the other hand, successively improving the data basis for the occurring species of various regions in Austria.
Last year, unfortunately, some of the events had to be canceled, but others could take place (see review!). For 2021 some Days of Biodiversity are planned and we are confident that they will take place.
ABOL will take part again this year. The aim of the ABOL BioBlitzes is to generate DNA barcode sequences from as many of the animals (and fungi) that are collected and determined by the experts as possible.
We hope that many of the experts will join the ABOL BioBlitz campaigns. With your taxonomic expertise you can make a valuable contribution to the genetic recording of Austrian biodiversity! A well-founded data basis is more important than ever to get the biodiversity crisis under control.
Your ABOL coordination team
In general, we would like to clarify the procedure in advance with you (e.g. labeling of the samples and the reference organism, photographing the reference organisms, deposit of the voucher copies, etc.)
This year we offer online workshops on the International Barcode Platform BOLD for the first time. The course is open to everyone – inexperienced as well as advanced DNA barcoders learn and practice handling sequence data on BOLD, performing the analyzes themselves and understanding them better. This is how your own BioBlitz data should offer its secrets! If you are interested, please send an email to oliver.macek@nhm-wien.ac.at.
Further information can be found here:
Unlike previous days of biodiversity, we ask you
Experts get from ABOL