European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)
(project completed 2011)
Developing integration between European Taxonomic institutes focussing on the Internet.
EDIT – The European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy – was a 5-year Network of Excellence project funded by the European Union to promote integration between the taxonomic institutes of Europe. The goal was to move the fragmented but nevertheless very significant taxonomic capability of the European region towards a level of integration that would enable European taxonomic resources to be brought to bear in a more integrated and efficient way and contribute in important ways to the solution of major environmental and biodiversity problems in the world.
Project duration: 2004-2011
Project Team
Project Leader: Baker, William J. [Bill]
Herbarium, Library, Art & Archives
William Baker, Simon Mayo (retired 2009), Alan Paton, Eimear Nic Lughadha
Project Partners and Collaborators
European Union, 29 institutes from European nations, the USA and the Russian Federation.
Belgium
National Botanic Garden of Belgium
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren
Denmark
Natural History Museum of Denmark - University of Copenhagen
France
Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations
Institut national de la Recherche Agronomique
Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle
Germany
Freie Universitaet Berlin - Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Hungary
Hungarian Museum of Natural History
Ireland
Society for Management of European Biodiversity Data
Netherlands
Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures
Nationaal Herbarium Nederland
Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis
Universiteit Van Amsterdam
Poland
Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences
Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences
Slovakia
Institute of Botany, Slovakian Academy of Sciences
Univerzita Komenskeho V Bratislave
Spain
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
USA
Missouri Botanical Garden
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
UK
Natural History Museum, London
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Species 2000
Funders
EU
European Union Framework 6.
Annex Material
EDIT (http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/)
