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LifeWatch ERIC

LifeWatch (LW) ERIC is the e-Science European Research Infrastructure for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research. It is a distributed Research e-Infrastructure to advance biodiversity research by addressing the big environmental challenges, such as the impact of Climate Change on Earth Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning. This mission is achieved by providing access to a multitude of data sets, services and tools enabling the construction and operation of Virtual Research Environments (VRE) which provide the environments for integrating data, software and computation as developed in pan European infrastructure cooperation, by making use of “state-of-art” ICT (Big Data, Deep Learning & AI, Blockchain, among others). This allows the accelerated capture of data with new innovative technologies and knowledge-based decision-making support for the management of biodiversity and ecosystems.

Role in the project

LifeWatch ERIC is leading the Establishing and installing the PATH2DEA Open Repository (OR) of digital agroecology tools (WP5) where all the data generated in the project will be integrated, notably technology and tool collections, identified gaps, solutions and assessments, results based on performance indicators as well as lessons learnt and best practice recommendations. The Open repository will have a robust data acquisition and integration layer that unifies access from the VRE tools to data from existing or new databases, regardless of their storage structure.

LifeWatch ERIC is also leading the co-creation of the PATH2DEA Virtual Research Environment (VRE) T1.4. The VRE will be a secured and trusted environment for data management and exchange for R&I in agroecology and digitalization. It will provide integrated access to e-Services in the cloud within all WPs, and will provide the technological platform of the OR (WP5). For the creation of the VRE, project users’ requirements are being collected through co-creation processes to define the specific functionalities established for PATH2DEA usage and data and information sharing. We are also contributors to the operationalization of the Digital Agroecology Cluster (T1.2) that will be linked with the VRE serving as methodological benchmark in the future European Network of Agroecology Living Labs in the framework of the European Partnership and for future research on digitalization in agroecological farming systems.

LifeWatch ERIC is contributing also to the mapping and integration of project assets (actors and stakeholders, technologies), the interoperability of agroecological farming systems with connected food systems and the Strategic R&I Agenda towards digital agroecology transition.

Key persons involved

  • Juan Miguel González-Aranda
  • Jose Manuel Avila-Castuela
  • Iria Soto-Embodas
  • Kety Caceres Falcón
  • Joaquín Lopez
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