TABLE 1.
International, national and regional projects or initiatives with broadly shared goals with the proposed spatially led Genomic Observatories (GO) network and generating site‐based biodiversity (terrestrial nonmicrobial) data using the metabarcoding approach. These initiatives were identified in the symposium with high relevance for building up the framework for harmonized data generation within the GO network
| Project/initiative | Website | Institution/entity main holder | Spatial scope | Genomic approach | Target biodiversity fraction | Funding source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIOSCAN | https://ibol.org/programs/bioscan/ | University of Guelph | Global | Community metabarcoding—specimens microbiome metabarcoding | Terrestrial arthropods collected by Malaise traps | University of Guelph |
| SITE100 | https://www.site100.org/ | NHM London | Global | Community metabarcoding—mito metagenomics | Terrestrial arthropods collected by interception, pitfall and Malaise traps, soil arthropods extracted by FBF protocol | NHM Biodiversity Initiative |
| IceCommunities | https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/772284 | Universita degli studi di Milano | Global | eDNA metabarcoding | eDNA (bacteria, fungi, protists, plants, animals) from soil samples | European Research Council |
| GlobNet | https://leca.osug.fr/ANR‐2021‐2017‐GlobNets | LECA | Global | eDNA metabarcoding | eDNA (bacteria, fungi, protists, plants, animals) from soil samples | ANR (2017–2021) |
| VIGILIFE | https://beauvalnature.org/en/conservation/programme/spygen‐vigilife | SPYGEN | Global | eDNA metabarcoding | eDNA filtered water samples | WWF, CNRS, Bonneval Nature, Nat Geo, and others |
| GSSP | https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/spatial‐food‐web‐ecology/research/gssp/about‐gssp | University of Helsinki | Global | eDNA metabarcoding | eDNA (fungi) filtered air samples | Academy of Finland |
| LIFEPLAN | https://www.helsinki.fi/en/projects/lifeplan | University of Helsinki | Global | Community metabarcoding—eDNA metabarcoding | eDNA (bacteria, fungi, protists, plants, animals) from soil samples, eDNA (fungi) filtered air samples, terrestrial arthropods collected by Malaise traps | European Research Council |
| LUCAS | https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/projects/lucas | EC Joint Research Centre | Europe | eDNA metabarcoding | eDNA (bacteria, fungi, protists, plants, animals) from soil samples | EC Joint Research Centre |
| DNAqua‐Net | http://dnaqua.net/ | University of Duisburg‐Essen | Europe | Community metabarcoding—eDNA metabarcoding | Aquatic arthropods collected by mesh, eDNA (bacteria, fungi, protists, plants, animals) filtered water samples | COST |
| 1000rivers | https://1000rivers.net/ | NatureMetrics | Europe | eDNA metabarcoding—specimens microbiome metabarcoding | eDNA (fish) filtered water samples | NatureMetrics, Citizen groups |
| Pacific Scanner | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology | Pacific archipelagos | Community metabarcoding, gut content metabarcoding of individual specimens | Terrestrial arthropods collected by vegetation beating and leaf litter sifting | Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology (OIST) Kick‐start fund | |
| Insect Biome Atlas | https://insectbiomeatlas.org | Swedish Museum of Natural History | Sweden, Madagascar | Community metabarcoding | Terrestrial arthropods collected by Malaise traps and leaf litter sifting, eDNA (arthropods) from soil samples, insect‐associated microbiomes | Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation |
| SCANDNAnet | https://www.syke.fi/en‐US/Research__Development/Research_and_development_projects/Projects/SCANDANnet/SCANDNAnet(47361) | Finnish Environment Institute SYKE | Europe | Community metabarcoding—eDNA metabarcoding | Aquatic arthropods collected by mesh, eDNA (bacteria, fungi, protists, plants, animals) filtered water samples | Nordic Council of Ministers |
| CALeDNA | https://ucedna.com/ | University of California | California | eDNA metabarcoding | eDNA (bacteria, fungi, protists, plants, animals) from soil samples | Catalyst Grant Program |
| SOILmesoDiv | IPNA‐CSIC, NHM London | Spain, France, Canary Islands, Madeira, Madagascar | Community metabarcoding | Soil arthropods extracted by FBF protocol | The Royal Society, MINECO | |
| BioWide | https://www.gbif.org/es/dataset/3b8c5ed8‐b6c2‐4264‐ac52‐a9d772d69e9f#description | Århus University | Denmark | eDNA metabarcoding | eDNA (bacteria, fungi, protists, plants, animals) from soil samples | Villum Foundation |
| Dimensions | University of California | Hawaii | Community metabarcoding | Terrestrial arthropods collected by active searching |