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Finnish Barcode of Life (FinBOL): progress and challenges

Finnish Barcode of Life (FinBOL): progress and challenges. History : FinBOL launched late 2011 About 150 experts have joined the network National steering committee established 2011 . Mission:

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Finnish Barcode of Life (FinBOL): progress and challenges

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  1. FinnishBarcode of Life (FinBOL): progress and challenges

  2. History: • FinBOL launchedlate 2011 • About 150 expertshavejoined the network • National steeringcommitteeestablished 2011 • Mission: • To establish a comprehensivebarcodelibrary for Finnishspecies (27 000 known, 40 000-50 000 estimated) • Short-termtarget: • To barcode 15 000 Finnishspeciesby the end of 2014

  3. Fundingsituation: • Severalfunders with followingmajorgrants: • University of Oulu 2011: ~100 000 € • Kone Foundation 2011: 40 000 € • FinnishCulturalFoundation 2012: 40 000 € • FinnishMinistry of Environment 2012: 30 000 € • Kone Foundation 2012: 80 000 € • FinnishCulturalFoundation 2013: 40 000 € • FinnishMinistry of Environment 2012: 23 000 € Fundinganticipated to becontinueduntil 2014 – early 2015

  4. Progress: • Close to 10 000 speciesbarcoded, over 10 000 withsamplesavaitingbarcoding • Mostinsectgroups+ spidersunder barcoding • Plants (incl. Bryophytes) in progress • Relativelymuchactivity with Fungi • Vertebrate barcoding hasbeenminimal

  5. Lepidoptera (2600 spp.) nearlycompleted • Trichoptera (218 spp.) nearlycompleted • Coleptera: ~2000 spp. barcoded (of 3600) • Diptera: ~2000 spp. barcoded (of 6400) • Hymenoptera: muchrecentprogress, hundredsbarcoded (of 7100), roughly 2000 spp. awaitingsequencing

  6. National strengths: • Alot of speciesexpertize • Generallypositiveattitudetowardsbarcoding, evenamongmorpho-taxonomists! • Manyactivecollectors = collectionswith a plenty of freshsamples • Barcodingselected as one of the centralactivities of the BiodiversityUnit of the University of Oulu > technical labour and supportavailable • Severalpotentialfunders (butseebelow)

  7. National challenges: • Mostfundingspent on sequencingcosts> toolittle money to hiretechnicians to dosampling, photographing etc. • Attempts to havebarcodingfundedbylargeinfrastuctureprogrammeshavefailed • Attempts to havebarcodingincluded in national infrastructureroadmaphavefailed • Barcoding alsonotperfectlyfit with EU fundingprograms, such as EU Life (ongoingattempts) and 7th frameworkprogramme. • In somegroupslittleor no expertizeavailable, manyexpertsover-employed • EU-widecollaboration (concerningfunding) shouldbemoreintensive • Sequencingsuccessnotsatisfactory in somegroups (eg. mites) despitefreshsamples

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