From: Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment <GMBA@unibas.ch>

Date: May 10, 2010 12:29:51 PM GMT+02:00

To: gmba@unibas.ch

Subject: Mountain Biodiversity Portal online!

Dear colleagues,

we are very happy to announce that the GMBA/GBIF Mountain Biodiversity Portal is now online!

You can now explore and download GBIFs biodiversity data (http://www.gbif.org) for the mountains of the world, and search mountain areas from region to globe, or select by mountain life zones (such as the treeless alpine zone) on an interactive map.

You are welcome to visit the Mountain Biodiversity Portal at http://www.mountainbiodiversity.org
See the demo video on how to use it: (http://vimeo.com/11552863).

The Mountain Biodiversity Portal is a contribution to the Mountain Programme of the Convention on Biological Diversity disussed today in Nairobi (http://www.cbd.int/sbstta14/) and is GMBA/DIVERSITAS contribution the the International Year of Biodiversity 2010.

We are looking forward to receive your feedback on this new tool.

With kind regards,
Eva Spehn
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Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA)
Dr. Eva Spehn, GMBA office

Institute of Botany, University of Basel
Schoenbeinstr.6, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
Tel: ++41 (0)61 267 35 11, Fax: ++41 (0)61 267 35 04

email:  gmba@unibas.ch
GMBA network: http://www.gmba.unibas.ch/
GMBA Mountain Portal: http://www.mountainbiodiversity.org