The map below aims to provide a geographic overview of ongoing LifeWatch related activities. For now the map only displays the current position of the RV Simon Stevin in real-time (red arrow) on the Belgian part of the North Sea (red line). Below the map a real-time list of activities is provided. The list is continuously updated as new operations are registered. For now the list includes: research activities on board the RV Simon Stevin, new or updated taxa in the World Register of Marine Species, content added to the coastal wiki articles, etc.

Realtime operations

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Project news


Installation of a GPS tracking network for large birds
2013-06-18 12:41:52
On the 18th of June 2013, a press conference was held at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) about the installation of a GPS tracking network for large birds in Flanders.


Flanders gets first 'drone'
2013-03-24 10:55:21
UFO observers are warned: from next year onwards at least one unmanned aircraft will fly over Flanders. "The device will be used to determine the ecological value of each piece of land in Flanders," said Jurgen Tack of The Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO).


First meeting expert group on the LifeWatch marine observatory and data archaeology
2013-03-05 12:11:08
On Friday the 1st of March, the expert group for the LifeWatch marine observatory and data archaeology met for the first time at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in Ostend, Belgium.


Demo LifeWatch Flanders portal at YSD 2013
2013-02-15 10:45:45
The LifeWatch Flanders data portal is demoed at the VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day 2013 (Bruges, Belgium)


Taxon match being presented at the 4th iMarine Technical Committee Meeting
2013-01-24 11:43:13
in Ostend, Belgium (23 - 25 January 2013)


Launch of the regional LifeWatch.be prototype portal
2012-11-08 14:59:54
The new website of the Flemish LifeWatch project went live on 12 November, 2012.