Francis Oguya elected 2nd Vice Chair of the Nodes Committee
The GBIF Governing Board elected Francis Oguya, Node Manager of KenBIF, 2nd Vice Chair of the Nodes Committee at their recent GB17 meeting in Suwon, Korea. Francis Oguya replaces Dag Endresen, Node Manager for NORDGEN, who had...
GBIF - India Pilot Project Workshop Proceedings Available
The proceedings and key recommendations of the workshop on ‘Developing an EIA Biodiversity Data Publishing Framework: India Pilot Project’ held at the Wildlife Institute of India in Dehradun, during 23-25 June 2010 can now be...
GBIF Network Generates High Profile at CBD CoP10
The wider GBIF community generated a conspicuous profile amongst the large number of events and participants at the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD CoP 10), held in Nagoya, Japan,...
Report on State-of-the-Network 2010 released
Discovery of and access to Primary Biodiversity Data are critical components in ensuring informed decision-making on sustainable use of biological resources and the conservation of biodiversity at all levels. Whilst the GBIF...
ICLEI becomes GBIF's 101st Participant
Nagoya, Friday, 23 October 2010: ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability - today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), the world’s largest multilateral initiative for...
