Topic: international

On 9 March, an international workshop entitled „Animal Ethics at the Boundaries of the Human: Moral Status and Normative Authority“ will take place at the University of Tartu (Jakobi 2–336, Tartu). The workshop will focus on current issues in animal ethics and will be conducted in English.

Starting from February, the DNA collections from the University of Tartu Natural History Museum will be accessible through the Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) portal.

The exhibition Mire by Kristina Popov opens at the University of Tartu Botanical Garden on 4 September at 5 p.m. The exhibition, focusing on mires, will be on view until 21 November.

The exhibition Mire by Kristina Popov opens at the University of Tartu Botanical Garden on 4 September at 5 p.m. The exhibition, focusing on mires, will be on view until 21 November.

The conference takes place 5–7 June 2024 at the Oecologicum of the University of Tartu, Juhan Liivi 2, Tartu. The sixth mass species extinction is one of the greatest ecological threats of our time. This conference focuses on cultural, subjective and semiotic approaches to extinction.

A winter workshop for children of Ukrainian families will be held at the University of Tartu Botanical Garden on Epiphany Day, 6 January. Participation is free, but pre-registration is required.

eBiodiversity is a portal for the taxa found in Estonia. There is already data on 32 003 species and more than 6.3 million records.

PlutoF platvorm võimaldab loodusteaduslike andmete veebipõhist sisestamist, vaatamist ja täiendamist.

The Estonian research infrastructures roadmap „Natural history archives and information network“ develops services related to hosting and computing of scientific repositories and data archives.

University of Tartu Natural History Museum and Faculty of Science and Technology are celebrating their 220th anniversary this year.