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GBits Newsletter no. 33 out of 5 stars 240 downloads
GBits Science Supplement no. 7 out of 5 stars 240 downloads
NPT Startup review document out of 5 stars 175 downloads
Report on the GBIF Training Survey 2012 out of 5 stars 151 downloads
Best practice guide for compiling, maintaining, disseminating national species checklists out of 5 stars 961 downloads
Brochure: The Global Biodiversity Informatics Outlook: A framework for biodiversity intelligence out of 5 stars 377 downloads
GBIF brochure, 2012 edition out of 5 stars 1223 downloads
Best practice guidelines in the development and maintenance of regional marine species checklists out of 5 stars 327 downloads
Guidelines for the capture and management of digital zoological names information out of 5 stars 529 downloads
GBIF-ICLEI Best Practice Guide for Biodiversity Data Publishing by Local Governments 2,5 out of 5 stars 1844 downloads
Improving EIA practice: Best Practice Guide for publishing primary biodiversity data out of 5 stars 1714 downloads
Training Manual on Spatial Analysis of Plant Diversity and Distribution out of 5 stars 861 downloads

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GBIF Welcome Box (50 resources)
- Becoming familiar with GBIF (12 resources)
  - Key documents (3 resources)
  - Governance (9 resources)
    - Governing Board and Standing Committees (7 resources)
    - Governing Board meetings (1 resources)
      - Governing Board Meetings Overview Section of GBIF Website
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    - Role of Head of Delegation and the Node Manager
    - Participant Node Managers Committee (1 resources)
      - Terms of Reference for the Participant Node Managers Committee (NODES)
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- Establishing a Node and building a BIF (6 resources)
- Information & engagement (13 resources)
  - The GBIF Online Resource Centre (3 resources)
  - GBIF Community Site (3 resources)
  - Staying updated (7 resources)
- Collaboration and capacity building (10 resources)
  - Regional Nodes activities (2 resources)
    - Regional Activites Section of the GBIF Website
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    - Call for GBIF Support for Regional Training
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  - Training (2 resources)
    - Training events section of the GBIF website
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    - Call for GBIF Support for Regional Training
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  - Helpdesk (1 resources)
    - Helpdesk section of the GBIF website
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  - Capacity Building (5 resources)
    - Mentoring programme (1 resources)
      - Mentoring Section of the GBIF Website
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    - CEPDEC (3 resources)
    - Poster: Capacity Enhancement accross the GBIF Community
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- GBIF data policies (5 resources)
- Promotion & outreach materials (3 resources)
- CD Version of the GBIF Welcome Box
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BIF Start Up Kit (under development) (33 resources)
- Initial steps towards the establishment of a BIF
  - Policies and links to relevant MEAs
  - Initial assessment of biodiversity data needs
  - Bringing the biodiversity community together
    - Biodiversity data holders and institutional landscape
    - Setting up a BIF committee
  - BIF mandate, plans and budget
- Key considerations for the setting up of a GBIF Participant Node (1 resources)
  - Where to locate the GBIF Participant Node
  - Node staffing requirements (1 resources)
    - Setting up a Participant Node coordinating unit: suggestions on structure and staff requirements
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  - Participant Node Plans
- Initial deployment of a Biodiversity Informatics Infrastructure (4 resources)
  - Overview to the GBIF informatics infrastructure and architecture
  - Data types
  - Standards and protocols
  - Data publishing software (2 resources)
    - GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit v 2.0 - IPT
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    - GBIF IPT v. 2 User Manual
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  - Deploying biodiversity data portals (1 resources)
    - GBIF Nodes Portal Toolkit - NPT
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  - Persistent identifiers (1 resources)
    - A Beginner’s Guide to Persistent Identifiers
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- Mobilising & Publishing Biodiversity Data (28 resources)
  - Strategy and action plans (1 resources)
    - Implementing a biodiversity data publishing framework (1 resources)
      - Best practice guide for Data Discovery and Publishing Strategy and Action Plans
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    - National data sharing agreements/mandates
    - Engaging citizen science
    - Environmental Impact Assessments
  - National level outreach to data holders and users (4 resources)
  - Data digitisation (2 resources)
    - Initiating a Collection Digitisation Project
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    - Digital Imaging of Biological Type Specimens. A Manual of Best Practice
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  - Handling sensitive data (1 resources)
    - Guide to Best Practices for Generalising Sensitive Species Occurence Data
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  - Georeferencing (1 resources)
    - Biogeomancer, Guide to Best Practices in Georeferencing
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  - Data cleaning (5 resources)
  - Publishing data on the internet (12 resources)
  - Biodiversity data access and use (2 resources)
    - GBIF Data Portal (2 resources)
      - GBIF Data Portal
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      - GBIF Data Portal: A Practical "Hands-on" Tutorial
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    - Geospatial web services
    - Integrating with other systems
BIF Advanced Kit (under development) (1 resources)
- Consolidating and expanding the informatics infrastructure
  - Persistent identifiers
  - Mobilising other data types
  - Data hosting centres
- Addressing end-user needs (1 resources)
  - Uses of primary species-occurrence data (1 resources)
    - Uses of Primary Species-Occurence Data
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  - Information products & services
  - Data analysis and interpretation
  - Ecological Niche Modelling
Training resources (27 resources)
- Biodiversity data digitisation and publishing (16 resources)
- Biodiversity Data retrieval and use (3 resources)
  - Data retrieval (2 resources)
    - GBIF Data Portal: A Practical "Hands-on" Tutorial
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    - GBIF Data Portal Tutorial CD
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  - Data analysis and interpretation (1 resources)
    - Uses of Primary Species-Occurence Data
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- GBIF Participant Node management (2 resources)
  - GBIF Participant Node Management Course v. 1 CD image
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  - GBIF Participant Node Management Course v. 2 CD image
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- GBIF Data architecture (5 resources)
  - Metadata management (2 resources)
    - GBIF Metadata Profile, How-to guide
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    - GBIF Metadata Profile, Reference Guide
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  - Global Names Architecture (1 resources)
    - GBIF GNA Profile Reference Guide for Darwin Core Archive, Core Terms and Extensions
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  - Controlled vocabularies, thesauri and onthologies (1 resources)
    - Terms Used in Bionomenclature. The naming of organisms (and plant communities)
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  - Persistent identifiers (1 resources)
    - A Beginner’s Guide to Persistent Identifiers
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- Other topics of the interest of the GBIF Communtiy (1 resources)
  - Database management
  - GIS software use
  - Composition of project proposals (1 resources)
    - Aid Delivery Methods - Project Cycle Management Guidelines
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Tools (12 resources)
- Data capture and digitisation (3 resources)
- Data transformation (4 resources)
- Data publishing (1 resources)
  - GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit v 2.0 - IPT
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- Data access (2 resources)
  - GBIF Data Portal
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  - GBIF Nodes Portal Toolkit - NPT
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- Data analysis and use (1 resources)
  - Maxent software for species habitat modeling
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- Web services
- Engagement and networking (1 resources)
  - GBIF Community Site
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- Other tools
Strategic documents (4 resources)
- Strategic plans and annual programmes (2 resources)
  - GBIF Strategic Plan 2012-2016 - Seizing the Future
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  - GBIF Work Programme 2012-2013
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- Governing Board statements and declarations (2 resources)
  - Suwon Declaration
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  - GBIF Statements on Open Access to Biodiversity Data and Mobilising and Sharing Biodiversity Data with Countries of Origin
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