. "We pooled data from 10 case-control studies participating in the International Lymphoma Epidemiology Consortium, including 9229 cases and 9626 controls from North America, the European Union and Australia" . "Quote mentions the 3 broad regions where cases were taken." . . 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"North America, European Union and Australia" . . "University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands" . "Amsterdam hosts the Virtual Laboratory and Innovations Centre (VLab), one of the LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities focused on innovation and virtual research environments." . . . . "Amsterdam, Netherlands" . "POINT(4.9041 52.3676)"^^ . . "Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, HERAKLION, Greece" . "Heraklion is the location of one of the author affiliations, representing the Greek contribution to LifeWatch ERIC through the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research." . . . . "Heraklion, Greece" . "POINT(25.1442 35.3387)"^^ . . "LifeWatch ERIC, Lecce, Italy" . "Lecce hosts the LifeWatch ERIC Service Centre, one of the Common Facilities contributing to infrastructure operations and thematic services." . . . . "Lecce, Italy" . "POINT(18.1714 40.3516)"^^ . . "LifeWatch ERIC, Seville, Spain" . "Seville is the location of the LifeWatch ERIC Statutory Seat and headquarters where strategic coordination and management activities are conducted." . . . . "Seville, Spain" . "POINT(-5.9845 37.3891)"^^ . . "DiSSCo represents the largest ever formal agreement between natural history museums, botanic gardens and collection-holding universities in the world." . "DiSSCo covers 23 European countries with 115+ organizations, focusing on digitization of natural history collections." . . . "DiSSCo European Coverage" . . "eLTER's physical network consists of ~250 research sites and platforms operated by institutions across ~20 countries." . "eLTER RI covers 26 European member countries with approximately 250 long-term ecosystem research sites across various biogeographical regions." . . . "eLTER European Coverage" . . "European Biodiversity Research Infrastructures (BioRIs) play a central role in addressing the complex challenges in biodiversity research, scientific collaboration across disciplines and national boundaries, as well as informing the public and policy-makers about the status and challenges of the European biodiversity." . "The study focuses on four key European BioRIs: DiSSCo (23 European countries), eLTER (26 European countries), GBIF (global but with European focus), and LifeWatch ERIC (8 European countries). The geographic scope emphasizes the European Research Area and its distributed research infrastructure landscape." . . . "Europe" . . "Data compiled from invaded lotic and lentic freshwater habitats across 10 countries" . "Geographic extent of compiled isotopic data spanning Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa. Demonstrates near-global invasion range of P. clarkii." . . . "Global sampling extent (10 countries)" . "{'north': 50.0, 'south': -2.0, 'east': 155.0, 'west': -156.0}" . . "one location each in Kenya, Portugal, Hungary, and the Netherlands" . "Kenyan population representing African invasion front, demonstrating P. clarkii's ability to establish in tropical freshwater ecosystems." . . . . "Kenya sampling location" . "POINT(36.8 -1.3)"^^ . . "Spain: 2 locations" . "Spanish populations in Iberian freshwater ecosystems, where P. clarkii is well-established since introduction in the 1970s." . . . . "Spain sampling locations" . "POINT(-3.7 40.4)"^^ . . "Italy: 4 locations" . "Italian populations representing Mediterranean invasion context with implications for native Austropotamobius crayfish conservation." . . . . "Italy sampling locations" . "POINT(12.5 42.5)"^^ . . "China: 4 locations" . "Chinese populations where P. clarkii is both farmed commercially and invasive in wild freshwater habitats." . . . . "China sampling locations" . "POINT(118.0 32.0)"^^ . . "Japan: 7 locations" . "Japanese populations where P. clarkii was introduced for aquaculture and subsequently invaded natural freshwater ecosystems." . . . . "Japan sampling locations" . "POINT(136.0 35.0)"^^ . . "USA: 9 locations in Hawaii, Nevada, Washington" . "Hawaiian populations represent isolated Pacific island invasions with distinct food web contexts." . . "POINT(-155.5 19.9)"^^ . . . "Hawaii, USA" . . "France: 27 locations, primarily Garonne River floodplain" . "Primary sampling region with highest location density. The Garonne floodplain represents a major P. clarkii invasion front in southwestern France." . . . . "Garonne River Floodplain, France" . "POINT(0.6 44.0)"^^ . . "In 2005, France organised an international meeting on biodiversity governance where Jacques Chirac, the then French president, expressed his view" . "France's 2005 international meeting on biodiversity governance, addressed by President Chirac, provided an opportunity for European scientists to discuss the ESFRI opportunity for LifeWatch, demonstrating the intersection of science policy and research infrastructure planning." . . . "France" . . "This suggestion was submitted by the Netherlands to ESFRI and subsequently adopted" . "The Netherlands submitted the initial LifeWatch proposal to ESFRI, demonstrating Dutch leadership in European biodiversity research infrastructure development. The Netherlands now hosts the LifeWatch ERIC Virtual Laboratory and Innovation Centre." . . . "Netherlands" . . "Prof. Carlo Heip, professor at the University of Ghent" . "The University of Ghent's involvement through Carlo Heip represents the strong Belgian contribution to LifeWatch's early development, which continues today with Belgium as a LifeWatch ERIC member." . . . . "Ghent" . "POINT(3.7250 51.0500)"^^ . . "In its meeting of November 2006 in Finland, the EPBRS adopted the so-called Hanasaari Declaration on Biodiversity Research" . "The Hanasaari Declaration adopted in Finland provided crucial political endorsement for LifeWatch by explicitly naming it as the European research infrastructure for biodiversity data integration." . . . . "Finland" . "POINT(24.9384 60.1699)"^^ . . "Prof. Carlo Heip, professor at the University of Ghent and Director of the marine institute of the Netherlands Instititute of Ecology NIOO in Yerseke" . "Yerseke, home to the Netherlands Institute of Ecology's marine institute (NIOO-CEME), was where Carlo Heip, who chaired crucial early LifeWatch planning meetings, served as director." . . . . "Yerseke" . "POINT(4.0511 51.4928)"^^ . . "Two follow-up meetings of these networks in Amsterdam and in Paris were chaired by Prof. Carlo Heip" . "Paris hosted key meetings that brought together European biodiversity research networks (MARBEF, MGE, EUR-OCEANS, AlterNET, EDIT, SYNTHESYS, ENBI, BioCASE) to discuss the ESFRI opportunity and develop the BIODOBS design study." . . . . "Paris" . "POINT(2.3522 48.8566)"^^ . . "the ESF-funded 'European Network on Systematic Biology' organised at the University of Amsterdam an international conference on 'Processing biodiversity information'" . "Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam played a central role in LifeWatch's emergence. The 1996 conference and later the University's role in preparing the FP7 preparatory project proposal established Amsterdam as a key hub for biodiversity informatics in Europe." . . . . "Amsterdam" . "POINT(4.9041 52.3676)"^^ . . "LifeWatch ERIC is a distributed Research Infrastructure Consortium on biodiversity, from genes to ecosystems, composed of eight European Union Member States: Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain." . "Slovenia is one of the eight founding member states of LifeWatch ERIC" . . . "Slovenia" . . "LifeWatch ERIC is a distributed Research Infrastructure Consortium on biodiversity, from genes to ecosystems, composed of eight European Union Member States: Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain." . "Spain is a founding member state and hosts the Statutory Seat Office and ICT-Core Common Facility in Seville" . . . "Spain" . . "LifeWatch ERIC is a distributed Research Infrastructure Consortium on biodiversity, from genes to ecosystems, composed of eight European Union Member States: Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain." . "The Netherlands is a founding member state and hosts the Virtual Laboratories and Innovations Centre" . . . "Netherlands" . . "LifeWatch ERIC is a distributed Research Infrastructure Consortium on biodiversity, from genes to ecosystems, composed of eight European Union Member States: Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain." . "Portugal is one of the eight founding member states of LifeWatch ERIC" . . . "Portugal" . . "LifeWatch ERIC is a distributed Research Infrastructure Consortium on biodiversity, from genes to ecosystems, composed of eight European Union Member States: Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain." . "Italy is a founding member state and hosts the Service Centre Common Facility" . . . "Italy" . . "LifeWatch ERIC is a distributed Research Infrastructure Consortium on biodiversity, from genes to ecosystems, composed of eight European Union Member States: Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain." . "Greece is one of the eight founding member states of LifeWatch ERIC; the Greek node is coordinated by the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research" . . . "Greece" . . "LifeWatch ERIC is a distributed Research Infrastructure Consortium on biodiversity, from genes to ecosystems, composed of eight European Union Member States: Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain." . "Bulgaria is one of the eight founding member states of LifeWatch ERIC" . . . "Bulgaria" . . "the Netherlands (Virtual Laboratories and Innovations Centre)" . "Amsterdam hosts the LifeWatch ERIC Virtual Laboratories and Innovations Centre at the University of Amsterdam" . . . . "Amsterdam, Netherlands" . "POINT(4.9041 52.3676)"^^ . . "LifeWatch ERIC is a distributed Research Infrastructure Consortium on biodiversity, from genes to ecosystems, composed of eight European Union Member States: Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain." . "Belgium is one of the eight founding member states of LifeWatch ERIC" . . . "Belgium" . . "Italy (Service Centre)" . "Lecce hosts the LifeWatch ERIC Service Centre, as indicated by author affiliations" . . . . "Lecce, Italy" . "POINT(18.1718 40.3516)"^^ . . "its Common Facilities are located in three Member States: Spain (Statutory Seat Office and ICT-Core)" . "Seville hosts the LifeWatch ERIC Statutory Seat Office and ICT-Core infrastructure" . . . . "Seville, Spain" . "POINT(-5.9845 37.3891)"^^ . . "Heraklion Bay (Crete, Greece) has been the focus of research for several decades." . "Largest Greek island, located in the eastern Mediterranean. The study area is on its northern coast." . . . . "Crete" . "POINT(24.8936 35.2401)"^^ . . "H2-200: 35.418194° N 25.113139° E at 200m depth" . "Deepest sampling station on H2 transect at the outer continental shelf." . . . . "Station H2-200 (200m depth)" . "POINT(25.113139 35.418194)"^^ . . "Samples were collected from a specific transect of stations, named H2 (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 100 and 200 m depth), located in the wider marine area of the wastewater treatment plant of Heraklion City." . "Main sampling transect with 7 stations from 10m to 200m depth, adjacent to the Heraklion wastewater treatment plant." . . . . "H2 Transect, Heraklion Bay" . "LINESTRING(25.114750 35.346472, 25.114194 35.351667, 25.113722 35.357306, 25.110639 35.359806, 25.109556 35.363306, 25.108306 35.382556, 25.113139 35.418194)"^^ . . "H2-10: 35.346472° N 25.114750° E at 10m depth" . "Shallowest sampling station on H2 transect, near the wastewater treatment plant outfall area." . . . . "Station H2-10 (10m depth)" . "POINT(25.114750 35.346472)"^^ . . "The Gulf of Heraklion is one of the most well-studied coastal marine ecosystems in the eastern Mediterranean." . "Study area for macrobenthic community research, located on the northern coast of Crete, Greece. An oligotrophic area exposed to wave action with muddy sediments." . . . "Gulf of Heraklion" . . "An ad-hoc committee for each common facility in collaboration with the P&C Manager analyses if there is a more suitable distribution of hours along the year rather than 40 hours a week in Italy or Spain and 38 in the Netherlands." . "The Netherlands is one of the LifeWatch ERIC common facility locations with different standard working hours (38 vs 40 hours) addressed in the working calendar review." . . . "Netherlands" . . "Where time recording is mandatory, such as Italy and Spain, a digital time recording system is utilised" . "Italy is one of the LifeWatch ERIC common facility locations with specific labour law requirements addressed in the GEP's work-life balance measures." . . . "Italy" . . "Where time recording is mandatory, such as Italy and Spain, a digital time recording system is utilised" . "Spain is one of the LifeWatch ERIC common facility locations with specific labour law requirements for time recording that the GEP addresses." . . . "Spain" . . "LifeWatch ERIC, Seville, Spain" . "LifeWatch ERIC headquarters location where the Gender Equality Plan is implemented and coordinated by the People & Culture department." . . . . "Seville" . "POINT(-5.9845 37.3891)"^^ . . "The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 has facilitated the arrival of new species" . "Major pathway for Lessepsian migration of species from the Red Sea and Indo-Pacific into the Mediterranean, contributing to the invasion patterns observed in Italy." . . . . "Suez Canal" . "POINT(32.3 30.5)"^^ . . "The occurrence records included in the datasets are widely distributed along the coast of Italy, encompassing the Ligurian, Tyrrhenian, Ionian and Adriatic Seas" . "One of four Italian sea areas covered, including southern Italy and Sicily sampling locations." . . . "Ionian Sea" . . "The occurrence records included in the datasets are widely distributed along the coast of Italy, encompassing the Ligurian, Tyrrhenian, Ionian and Adriatic Seas" . "One of four Italian sea areas covered. Includes important transitional water ecosystems like the Venice Lagoon and numerous coastal sites from Friuli Venezia Giulia to Apulia." . . . "Adriatic Sea" . . "The occurrence records included in the datasets are widely distributed along the coast of Italy, encompassing the Ligurian, Tyrrhenian, Ionian and Adriatic Seas" . "One of four Italian sea areas covered by the marine dataset, including sampling sites along Sardinia and western Italy." . . . "Tyrrhenian Sea" . . "The occurrence records included in the datasets are widely distributed along the coast of Italy, encompassing the Ligurian, Tyrrhenian, Ionian and Adriatic Seas" . "One of four Italian sea areas covered by the marine dataset sampling locations." . . . . "Ligurian Sea" . "POLYGON((7.5 44.5, 10.0 44.5, 10.0 43.0, 7.5 43.0, 7.5 44.5))"^^ . . "The Mediterranean Sea is considered a hotspot of biological invasions." . "Regional context for the study. The Mediterranean has experienced the highest rate of biological introductions over the last five decades." . . . "Mediterranean Sea" . . "The Italian peninsula is located at the intersection of large trade routes within the Mediterranean Sea." . "Primary study area covering marine (91 sites) and transitional waters (23 sites) along 7,000 km of Italian coastline. Encompasses Ligurian, Tyrrhenian, Ionian and Adriatic Seas." . . . "Italy" . . "the easternmost in Turkey (40.157275; 25.96473)" . "Easternmost sampling site in the dataset, located on the Turkish Aegean coast. Sampled in 2017, extending the geographical coverage to the eastern Mediterranean." . . "POINT(25.96473 40.157275)"^^ . . . "Gökçeada Lagoon, Turkey" . . "two study sites in Greece" . "Coastal ecosystem in northern Greece (Thermaikos Gulf region), representing the only non-lagoon coastal sampling site in the dataset. Sampled in 2016." . . "POINT(22.65 40.60)"^^ . . . "Loudias Coastal Area, Greece" . . "Coordinates: 38.96175 and 43.02742 Latitude; -0.1486 and 25.96473 Longitude." . "Overall geographical extent of the blue crab isotopic dataset, spanning from Spain in the west to Turkey in the east, covering coastal and transitional ecosystems where established populations of Callinectes sapidus were investigated between 2014-2019." . . . "Mediterranean Sea - Blue crab isotopic study area" . "POLYGON((-0.1486 38.96175, 25.96473 38.96175, 25.96473 43.02742, -0.1486 43.02742, -0.1486 38.96175))" . . "the northernmost in Croatia (43.027423; 17.436056)" . "Northernmost sampling site in the dataset, located in the South Eastern Adriatic. Represents the northern extent of blue crab invasion documented in this study. Sampled in 2015." . . . . "Parila Lagoon, Croatia" . "POINT(17.436056 43.027423)"^^ . . "the southernmost in Greece (38.961748; 20.815487)" . "Southernmost sampling site in the dataset, located on the western coast of Greece. Sampled in 2016." . . "POINT(20.815487 38.961748)"^^ . . . "Pogonitsa Lagoon, Greece" . . "The dataset gathers isotopic values of different Mediterranean areas colonised by C. sapidus including seven study sites in Italy" . "Coastal lagoon near Lecce, Italy, sampled in 2016. Part of the intensive sampling effort in the Apulia region." . . "POINT(18.13 40.45)"^^ . . . "Acquatina Lagoon, Italy" . . "The dataset gathers isotopic values of different Mediterranean areas colonised by C. sapidus including seven study sites in Italy" . "Coastal lagoon ecosystem in the Salento peninsula, Italy, sampled in 2014." . . "POINT(18.45 40.20)"^^ . . . "Alimini Lagoon, Italy" . . "The dataset gathers isotopic values of different Mediterranean areas colonised by C. sapidus including seven study sites in Italy" . "Semi-enclosed lagoon near Taranto, Italy, representing one of the earliest sampling sites (2014) in the dataset." . . . . "Mar Piccolo Lagoon, Italy" . "POINT(17.25 40.48)"^^ . . "The dataset gathers isotopic values of different Mediterranean areas colonised by C. sapidus including seven study sites in Italy" . "Seventh Italian sampling site, completing the comprehensive coverage of Italian coastal ecosystems invaded by blue crab." . . "POINT(18.25 40.35)"^^ . . . "Spunderati Lagoon, Italy" . . "The dataset gathers isotopic values of different Mediterranean areas colonised by C. sapidus including seven study sites in Italy" . "Coastal lagoon in the Apulia region sampled in 2014, part of a cluster of Italian sites providing detailed spatial coverage." . . "POINT(17.77 40.30)"^^ . . . "Torre Colimena Lagoon, Italy" . . "The dataset gathers isotopic values of different Mediterranean areas colonised by C. sapidus including seven study sites in Italy" . "Coastal lagoon in the Apulia region of Italy where established blue crab populations were sampled in 2016." . . "POINT(15.35 41.88)"^^ . . . "Lesina Lagoon, Italy" . . "The dataset gathers isotopic values of different Mediterranean areas colonised by C. sapidus including seven study sites in Italy" . "Italian estuary site on the Tyrrhenian coast where blue crab populations were sampled in 2019, representing the most recent sampling event in the dataset." . . "POINT(15.05 40.25)"^^ . . . "Alento Estuary, Italy" . . "The westernmost records are located in Spain (39.00494; -0.148602)" . "Westernmost sampling site in the dataset. This Spanish estuary represents the western extent of blue crab invasion in the Mediterranean, sampled in 2016." . . "POINT(-0.148602 39.00494)"^^ . . . "Gandia Estuary, Spain" . . "Europe's large-scale Research (e-)Infrastructures, organisations and collaborative projects" . "The Declaration's scope is European, involving research infrastructures, organizations, and projects across Europe committed to One Health collaboration." . . . "Europe" . . "hosted by the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research" . "IMBBC-HCMR in Heraklion is the host institution where the Crete Declaration assembly took place. The HCMR is a major Greek marine research center." . . . . "Heraklion, Crete, Greece" . "POINT(25.1314 35.3404)"^^ . . "This Declaration was developed during a special assembly held in Crete in June 2025, hosted by the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research." . "Crete is the location where the One Health Declaration was developed and signed. The assembly was hosted by IMBBC-HCMR, a key research institute in marine biology." . . . . "Crete, Greece" . "POINT(24.9 35.2)"^^ . . "as part of the Science Summit 2024 at the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA79)" . "The workshop was held as part of the official UN General Assembly proceedings, specifically targeting the integration of biodiversity conservation into global policy agendas." . . . . "United Nations Headquarters" . "POINT(-73.9681 40.7489)"^^ . . "A network of European organisations is coordinating a workshop in New York (USA) on September 26, 2024, as part of the Science Summit 2024 at the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA79)." . "Location of the Science Summit 2024 workshop where the European network presented their collective contribution to the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework." . . . . "New York City" . "POINT(-74.006 40.7128)"^^ . . "The K-M GBF was adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, held in Montreal, Canada, from 7 to 19 December" . "Location where the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework was adopted at COP15 in December 2022." . . . . "Montreal, Canada" . "POINT(-73.5673 45.5017)"^^ . . "This European network speaks on behalf of active scientific communities... coordinating a workshop in New York (USA) on September 26, 2024" . "Location of the 79th United Nations General Assembly Science Summit where the network presented its workshop." . . . . "New York City, USA" . "POINT(-73.9681 40.7678)"^^ . . "LifeWatch ERIC, Seville, Spain" . "LifeWatch ERIC statutory seat and ICT e-Infrastructure Technical Office location, coordinating the network described in the paper." . . . . "Seville, Spain" . "POINT(-5.9844 37.3891)"^^ . . "This white paper represents the collective perspectives of a network of legal entities based in Europe and with global interests" . "The paper originates from a European network of Research Infrastructures coordinated by LifeWatch ERIC with headquarters in Seville, Spain." . . . "Europe" . . "Regarding its distribution, A. europaeum is primarily found in the south-eastern region of the Iberian Peninsula, in the Province of Almería, as well as in western Morocco." . "Western Morocco represents the African portion of the Ibero-Maghreb distribution range of A. europaeum, complementing the Spanish populations." . . . . "Morocco" . "POINT(-6.0 32.0)"^^ . . "Regarding its distribution, A. europaeum is primarily found in the south-eastern region of the Iberian Peninsula, in the Province of Almería" . "Almería Province is the primary distribution area for A. europaeum in Spain, containing the study site and multiple populations of this endangered species." . . . . "Almería Province" . "POINT(-2.45 36.84)"^^ . . "The study area belongs to the Integral Reserve of Las Marinas-Amoladeras, one of the main steppe zones of the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park, located in Almería (southern Spain)." . "Study site is within Amoladeras Nature Reserve, a hunting refuge and zoological reserve within Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park. The area has limestone soils, belongs to the Murcian-Almerian chorological province, thermo-Mediterranean semi-arid-arid belt, with 200mm annual precipitation and 19°C mean annual temperature." . . . "Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park" . . "currently Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain" . "Portugal is one of the eight member countries of LifeWatch ERIC, contributing through in-kind contributions to the distributed research infrastructure." . . . . "Portugal" . "POINT(-8.2245 39.3999)"^^ . . "currently Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain" . "Slovenia is one of the eight member countries of LifeWatch ERIC, contributing through in-kind contributions to the distributed research infrastructure." . . . . "Slovenia" . "POINT(14.9955 46.1512)"^^ . . "currently Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain" . "Spain is one of the eight member countries of LifeWatch ERIC. Spain hosts the Statutory Seat and ICT e-Infrastructure Technical Offices, which are Common Facilities." . . . . "Spain" . "POINT(-3.7492 40.4637)"^^ . . "currently Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain" . "The Netherlands is one of the eight member countries of LifeWatch ERIC. The Netherlands hosts the Virtual Laboratory and Innovation Centre, one of the Common Facilities." . . . . "Netherlands" . "POINT(5.2913 52.1326)"^^ . . "currently Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain" . "Bulgaria is one of the eight member countries of LifeWatch ERIC, contributing through in-kind contributions to the distributed research infrastructure." . . . . "Bulgaria" . "POINT(25.4858 42.7339)"^^ . . "currently Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain" . "Greece is one of the eight member countries of LifeWatch ERIC, contributing through in-kind contributions to the distributed research infrastructure." . . . . "Greece" . "POINT(21.8243 39.0742)"^^ . . "currently Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain" . "Italy is one of the eight member countries of LifeWatch ERIC. Italy hosts the LifeWatch ERIC Service Centre, one of the Common Facilities." . . . . "Italy" . "POINT(12.5674 41.8719)"^^ . . "currently Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain" . "Belgium is one of the eight member countries of LifeWatch ERIC, contributing through in-kind contributions to the distributed research infrastructure." . . . . "Belgium" . "POINT(4.469936 50.503887)"^^ . . "currently Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain" . "The paper identifies the eight current member countries of LifeWatch ERIC, all located in Europe. This represents the geographic scope of the distributed research infrastructure for biodiversity and ecosystem research." . . . "Europe - LifeWatch ERIC Coverage" . . "We applied these ideas when developing a land-use map for Northland, a region of New Zealand of 12,500 km² and 200,000 people" . "The paper presents a case study of land-use classification for the Northland region of New Zealand. This region was chosen as the demonstration area for the DGGS-based land-use mapping approach, integrating 48 different geospatial layers using the H3 DGGS at resolution 13. Northland is located in the northern part of New Zealand's North Island, bounded approximately by 172.0-174.5°E longitude and 34.4-36.2°S latitude." . . . . "Northland, New Zealand" . "POLYGON((172.0 -34.4, 174.5 -34.4, 174.5 -36.2, 172.0 -36.2, 172.0 -34.4))"^^ . . "In terms of assumptions, the scenarios suggest that by 2050, there will be 7.77 billion tourist trips (domestic plus international) in the 'Economic slowdown' and 15.45 billion in the 'Global growth' scenario. The BAU scenario considers 13.6 billion trips." . "This paper models tourism's environmental impact globally, analyzing worldwide tourism trips (both domestic and international) across all countries. The quoted passage references global tourism scenarios with trip projections covering the entire planet, demonstrating the study's worldwide geographic scope." . . . "Global / worldwide" . "POLYGON((-180 -90, 180 -90, 180 90, -180 90, -180 -90))" . . "Located in the western tip of the Mediterranean basin, Portugal has been identified as a climate change “hotspot”, exposing human and natural systems to new sources of risk" . "This passage highlights Portugal’s geographic vulnerability to climate change, emphasizing its position in a recognized “hotspot” where both human and natural systems face heightened risk." . . . . "Portugal" . "POLYGON((-9.5 42.1,-6.2 42.1,-6.2 36.9,-9.5 36.9,-9.5 42.1))"^^ . . "MAI has expanded to the north-western part of the country (Lake Zone) with the admission of more PSOs and NSAs." . "These are major local economic zones with great potential for enhancing agri-business, tourism and manufacturing." . "The Lake Zone represents the north-western region of Tanzania where the Multi-Actor Integration (MAI) network expanded its operations. This geographical area encompasses six administrative regions: Geita, Kagera, Mara, Mwanza, Shinyanga, and Simiyu, located approximately between 1°-4°45'S latitude and 30°25'-35°15'E longitude. The zone is characterized by its proximity to Lake Victoria and represents the research study's broader geographical scope beyond the initial Southern Highlands focus area." . . "POLYGON((30.25 -1.0, 35.15 -1.0, 35.15 -4.75, 30.25 -4.75, 30.25 -1.0))"^^ . . . "Lake Zone, Tanzania" . . "The article aims to investigate how the business model in tourism that is used in Italy's Langhe region is aligned to the promotion of a \"sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work.\"" . "The territory of Langhe—along with Roero and Monferrato—was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2014: this acknowledgment helped food tourism." . "The Langhe region serves as the primary case study area for investigating sustainable tourism development through stakeholder analysis. Located in Piedmont, northern Italy, this UNESCO World Heritage Site region is renowned for wine production (Barolo, Barbaresco), food specialties, and tourism. The study examines how various stakeholders contribute to sustainable economic growth in this specific geographical area, which received over 330,000 tourists in 2018." . . "POLYGON((7.5 44.3, 8.5 44.3, 8.5 44.9, 7.5 44.9, 7.5 44.3))"^^ . . . "Langhe region, Italy" . . "Italy is a world-renowned wine-producing country, and the Piedmont region\r\nof northwest Italy, where the Langhe territory is, is known for producing red\r\nwines" . "Piedmont serves as the broader regional context for the Langhe case study. This administrative region in northwest Italy contains the Langhe territory and provides the geographical and cultural framework for understanding wine production and tourism development. Piedmont's position at the foot of the Alps and its wine-making traditions create the larger context for sustainable tourism stakeholder analysis." . . "POLYGON((6.5 44.0, 9.0 44.0, 9.0 46.5, 6.5 46.5, 6.5 44.0))"^^ . . . "Piedmont region, northwest Italy" . . "How persistent and hazardous will extreme temperature events become in a warming Portugal?" . "This paper focuses on extreme temperature events specifically in Portugal as the study area." . . . . "Portugal" . "POLYGON((-9.5 36.8, -6.2 36.8, -6.2 42.2, -9.5 42.2, -9.5 36.8))"^^ . . "This initiative aims to build first-of-its-kind ensemble climate experiments of convection permitting models to investigate present and future convective processes and related extremes over Europe and the Mediterranean." . "The test cases covered a summertime extreme precipitation event over Austria, a fall Foehn event over the Swiss Alps and an intensively documented fall event along the Mediterranean coast." . "Europe is one of the primary study regions for convective phenomena research." . . . . "Europe" . "POLYGON((-10.0 35.0, 40.0 35.0, 40.0 72.0, -10.0 72.0, -10.0 35.0))"^^ . . "This work aims to study how the productivity of Mediterranean vegetation is affected by hot and dry events, examining a set of severe episodes that occurred in three different regions (Iberian Peninsula, Eastern Mediterranean and Western Europe) between 2001 and 2019." . "The Mediterranean region is the study area for vegetation productivity analysis." . . . . "Mediterranean Region" . "POLYGON((-6.0 30.0, 42.0 30.0, 42.0 47.0, -6.0 47.0, -6.0 30.0))"^^ . . "To contribute to the understanding of these compound events, we propose to assess the probability of extremely hot summer days in the Iberian Peninsula (IP) being preceded by drought events in spring and early summer, based on their joint probability distribution through copula theory." . "The Iberian Peninsula is the region for joint probability analysis of drought and heat." . . . . "Iberian Peninsula" . "POLYGON((-10.0 35.5, 4.0 35.5, 4.0 44.0, -10.0 44.0, -10.0 35.5))"^^ . . "Here, several different heat and ozone wave definitions were applied to characterize the wave-type extremes for two climatically different regions, i.e., Portugal (South Europe) and Bavaria (Central Europe), and their impacts were evaluated considering each type of hazard independently but also when they occur simultaneously." . "Central and South Europe is the study region for heat and ozone pollution analysis." . . . . "Central and South Europe" . "POLYGON((5.0 35.0, 30.0 35.0, 30.0 55.0, 5.0 55.0, 5.0 35.0))"^^ . . "Extensive, long-standing dry and wet episodes are two of the most frequent climatic extreme events in the Iberian Peninsula." . "Here, a method for ranking regional extremes of persistent, widespread drought and wet events is presented, considering different timescales. The method is based on the multi-scalar Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) gridded dataset for the Iberian Peninsula." . "The Iberian Peninsula is the study area for historical extreme weather event analysis." . . . . "Iberian Peninsula" . "POLYGON((-10.0 35.5, 4.0 35.5, 4.0 44.0, -10.0 44.0, -10.0 35.5))"^^ . . "This work aims at expanding previous ones by assessing how climate change may affect both wheat and barley yields in the Iberian Peninsula. This is achieved by using a wide range of EURO-CORDEX RCMs simulated meteorological variables (such as maximum and minimum air temperatures and precipitation) representative of present and future climates, according to the Representative Concentration Pathways RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 greenhouse gas emission scenarios" . "The Iberian Peninsula is the geographical focus for crop yield climate impact studies." . . . . "Iberian Peninsula" . "POLYGON((-10.0 35.5, 4.0 35.5, 4.0 44.0, -10.0 44.0, -10.0 35.5))"^^ . . "In the case over Mediterranean the effects of local-scale interactions between flow and orography and land–ocean contrasts are readily apparent" . "The Mediterranean is a co-primary study region for convective phenomena research." . . . . "Mediterranean Region" . "POLYGON((-6.0 30.0, 42.0 30.0, 42.0 47.0, -6.0 47.0, -6.0 30.0))" . . "Co-occurrence of marine and atmospheric heatwaves with drought conditions and fire activity in the Mediterranean region" . "The Mediterranean region is the study area for compound extreme events analysis." . . . . "Mediterranean Region" . "POLYGON((-6.0 30.0, 42.0 30.0, 42.0 47.0, -6.0 47.0, -6.0 30.0))" . . "Identifying Local-Scale Weather Forcing Conditions Favorable to Generating Iberia’s Largest Fires" . "The Iberian Peninsula is the geographical scope for fire weather analysis." . . . . "Iberian Peninsula" . "POLYGON((-10.0 35.5, 4.0 35.5, 4.0 44.0, -10.0 44.0, -10.0 35.5))" .