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2019 - 2020 - LinBi - Linking Biodiversity and Culture Information

LinBi focuses upon Europe's biodiversity content. This content reflects the enormous variety of life on earth, as depicted in books, illustrations, specimen scans, photographs, sound recordings and video. LinBi is helping to bring together research and the general public. Our goal is to introduce research material to new users and re-users, such as journalists, students and nature enthusiasts, broadcasters, politicians, industry, SMEs and education providers. LinBi is an important step in providing access to biodiversity content for new user communities.

The Project

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    LinBi bridges the information gap by providing new ways of using biodiversity content. By linking information objects, the LinBi enrichment platform connects Europe's biodiversity material with existing content. All LinBi data items will be processed by the OpenUp! Natural History Aggregator and delivered to Europeana.

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    rbb is the leader of the LinBi consortium, ensuring high quality results and representing the interests of public service broadcasting in this broadening of access to cultural information and resources for both the general public and for media professionals

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    Agentschap Plantentuin Meise, Belgium | Webseite

    Angewandte Informationstechnik Forschungsgesellschaft, Austria | Website

    Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria | Website

    Royal Botanic Garden of Madrid, Spain | Website

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    Among other tasks, the EU-funded LinBi project created a research portal for journalists. This portal is aimed at supporting journalistic research by providing easy and efficient access to content from Europe's largest (and free) digital repository Europeana. rbb journalists used the portal to produce a number of short pieces on various bio-diversity themes.

    Filmed at the Botanische Garten in Berlin, and enriched by accompanying material from Europeana, the results covered the topics of how foxes have adapted to the urban environment, naturally-scented trees from Japan, the contribution to cultural stereotypes made by the so-called "mother-in-law's seat" cactus, tiny predators and carnivorous plants.

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    The Fox is Coming to Town

    In recent times, foxes have adapted to human behaviour. The omnivorous fox is now often to be found in urban settings, sniffing around for a tasty meal provided by its human neighbours.

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    Ein japanischer Kuchenbaum (Bild: rbb Innovationsprojekte)
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    The Gingerbread Tree

    This Japanese tree develops the scent of cinnamon and caramel as its leaves wilt and change to green-blue in autumn.

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    Mehrere Goldkugelkakteen (Bild: rbb Innovationsprojekte)
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    A Prickly Subject

    The dense hair-covering that this plant has developed protects it against the burning sun in its native Mexico. Beloved by Europeans, it's often referred to as "mother-in-law's chair", reflecting an innate and traditional prejudice against the mother of the loved one.

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    Tiny but Useful

    Nature is full of fierce but tiny predators who have no obvious means of defence or attack. They disguise themselves as plants or as other insects to trick their prey. This makes them a favourite among gardeners who don't want to use pesticides to control pests.

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    Eine flieischfressende Pflanze (Bild: rbb Innovationsprojekte)
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    Meat on the Menu

    These carnivorous plants show their metaphorical teeth as they attract insects with their beguiling smell or colour. They have a variety of methods of trapping the unfortunate visitors. The Venus Flytrap rapidly closes its toothed leaves, others lure insects into the depths of their flowers or are coated with a sticky glue from which there is no escape.

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