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GBIF Science Review 2016
The GBIF Science Review provides an annual survey drawn from the Secretariat’s ongoing literature tracking programme.
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Report of the Task Group on GBIF Data Fitness for Use in Agrobiodiversity
Report of the task group established to help improve the fit of GBIF-mediated data related to agrobiodiversity.
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GBIF overview: PowerPoint slides
GBIF publishes a set of slides with key information on a bimonthly basis. The deck provides an overview of the network status, data use, access and publication, and the latest news and announcements.
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Guide to Best Practices for Generalising Sensitive Species Occurrence Data
A guide to the best practices for generalising primary species-ocurrence data (sensitive species).
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Using traditional remedies to inspire modern medicines
This interdisplinary study seeks inspiration for modern medicine by investigating how Amazonian populations of different culture perceive disease and how this affects the choice of treatment.
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Expanding OBIS beyond species occurrences
An OBIS workshop explored the options of biodiversity data standards to create new combined oceanic datasets.
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Building a network of Chagas vectors and hosts
Using co-occurrences of mammalian hosts and insect vectors to understand transmission patterns of the Chagas parasite.
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Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) Programme - Baseline Report
The Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) Programme of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), funded by the European Union, is a multi-year programme with the aim of increasing the amount of biodiversity data and information available in the African, Caribbean and Pacific regions. The funding supports capacity enhancement and biodiversity data mobilization activities.
BID focuses on data that supports policy needs in the ACP regions, particularly in connection with invasive alien species, protected areas and threatened species.
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Fire-resistance in a hotter future
Fire-resistant traits may help tree communities survive a warmer climate in which wildfires are expected to increase in frequency.
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GBIF Science Review Sourcebook 2017
The Science Review Sourcebook contains the complete annual bibliography of more than 400 individual articles that made substantive use of GBIF-mediated data in research in 2016. For a summary of the year's highlights, see the Science Review 2017.