PESI brings together the three largest species databases in Europe - Fauna Europaea, European Register of Marine Species and Euro+Med PlantBase - together with European-based Global Species Databases (e.g. World Register of Marine Species) and their associated expert(ise) networks. It is a standardsbased, quality-controlled, expert-validated, open-access infrastructure for research, education and data & resource management. It builds the network of taxonomic experts as well as developing the information systems.
All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy