Citizen science observations from the former sand quarry (NGZG) by NATUBRABZB in Flanders, Belgium

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Description

This dataset contains biodiversity observations from a nature area of approximately five hectares known as the former sand quarry and landfill, also referred to as NGZG — Natuurgebied (ex-)Zandgroeve. The site is located in the municipality of Sint-Genesius-Rode, Flemish Brabant, near the municipal boundaries of Beersel and Braine-l’Alleud. As of 2026, the site is designated as a nature area in the regional land-use plan for Flanders.Following its former use as a sand quarry and landfill, the area has acquired a meaningful new ecological role. Natural processes are returning, native vegetation is developing, and new space is being created for wildlife. The site now represents a resilient open space with increasing value for biodiversity and the surrounding communities.In a context where open space is becoming increasingly scarce, the information contained in this dataset may contribute to biodiversity research, local nature management, ecological monitoring, environmental education, and public awareness. This inventory is particularly valuable because it brings together local field experience and scientific expertise. Contributors may include certified nature guides (natuurgidsen), local observers, researchers, and professors with expertise in forest ecology, landscape ecology, and nature management, including experts affiliated with KU Leuven. Their combined contributions help document the site’s current ecological value and provide a scientific basis for its long-term conservation, continuity, and potential future protection.The dataset contains observations from a wide range of taxonomic groups, including plants, moths, mammals, birds, beetles, fungi, other arthropods, butterflies, bees, wasps and ants, reptiles and amphibians, true bugs, aphids and cicadas, mosses and lichens, flies and gnats, molluscs, grasshoppers and crickets, dragonflies, other insects, and other invertebrates.The history of the former sand quarry and landfill has become part of the site’s ecological identity. Today, the area is developing into a resilient open space in which native habitats and biodiversity recover and thrive. Most of the data was collected in the Obsidentify and Waarnemingen.be app and then exported, mapped to Darwin Core and published.

Enregistrements de données

Les données de cette ressource occurrence ont été publiées sous forme dune Archive Darwin Core (Darwin Core Archive ou DwC-A), le format standard pour partager des données de biodiversité en tant quensemble dun ou plusieurs tableurs de données. Le tableur de données du cœur de standard (core) contient 1 682 enregistrements.

Cet IPT archive les données et sert donc de dépôt de données. Les données et métadonnées de la ressource sont disponibles pour téléchargement dans la section téléchargements. Le tableau des versions liste les autres versions de chaque ressource rendues disponibles de façon publique et permet de tracer les modifications apportées à la ressource au fil du temps.

Versions

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Comment citer

Les chercheurs doivent citer cette ressource comme suit:

Lancelot P, Marcelis R (2026). Citizen science observations from the former sand quarry (NGZG) by NATUBRABZB in Flanders, Belgium. Version 1.3. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=natubra-occurrences&v=1.3

Droits

Les chercheurs doivent respecter la déclaration de droits suivante:

L’éditeur et détenteur des droits de cette ressource est Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Ce travail est sous licence Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0.

Enregistrement GBIF

Cette ressource a été enregistrée sur le portail GBIF, et possède lUUID GBIF suivante : b264472b-e6ed-442a-a18e-4bdccdb70169. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) publie cette ressource, et est enregistré dans le GBIF comme éditeur de données avec lapprobation du Belgian Biodiversity Platform.

Mots-clé

Occurrence; Observation

Contacts

Philipe Lancelot

Fournisseur Des Métadonnées ●
Créateur ●
Personne De Contact

NATUBRABZB

Cali.lancelot@pm.me

Rene Marcelis

Créateur

NATUBRABZB

rene.marcelis@pm.me

NATUBRABZB

NATUBRABZB@PROTONMAIL.COM

Couverture géographique

Former sand quarry nature reserve (NGZG), province of Flemish Brabant, municipality of Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium.

Enveloppe géographique	Sud Ouest [-90, -180], Nord Est [90, 180]

Couverture taxonomique

Pas de description disponible

Kingdom	Fungi, Plantae, Animalia

Méthodes déchantillonnage

The observations were collected via a local application, ObsIdentify.be. They consist primarily of individual sightings, often accompanied by photographs. Validation of the observations does not always take place immediately; sometimes it takes longer for an observation to be validated, even when multiple photos are provided. Consequently, the validation status for every observation is sometimes missing.

Etendue de létude	Former sand quarry nature reserve (NGZG), province of Flemish Brabant, municipality of Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium.
Contrôle qualité	The validation process is done by observation.org. The validation status of an occurrence is visible in the dwc:term indentificationStatus

Description des étapes de la méthode:

Dat was collected withj obsidentify.be and mapped to Darwin Core

Métadonnées additionnelles

Description de la fréquence de mise à jour	Updates will be published when needed
Identifiants alternatifs	b264472b-e6ed-442a-a18e-4bdccdb70169
	https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=natubra-occurrences