Switzerland becomes voting member of GBIF
The signing of the GBIF Memorandum of Understanding as a full national member follows a decision of the Swiss Federal Council in July.
GBIF news about Europe
Three network projects awarded 2016 capacity enhancement support grants
A total of €23,300 in funding will support the work of GBIF nodes and partners in five countries while addressing priority areas of interest within the network.
Denmark’s Zoological Museum publishes 18 years of moth monitoring observations
The Zoological Museum in Copenhagen has published data from an 18-year roof-top monitoring programme that collects insects with light traps.
Six GBIF nodes meet on developing national biodiversity data portals
Software developers from the GBIF nodes in Argentina, Brazil, France, Portugal, Spain and Australia met at the Royal Botanical Garden in Madrid, Spain in October, to move forward on the development of national biodiversity portals.
Finland launches public test version of new national data portal
Laji.fi provides free access to 35 million occurrences for nearly 50,000 species recorded in Finland
GBIF France launches new national data portal for biodiversity
Atlas of Living France provides free access to over 17 million biodiversity records published globally by institutions in France.
GBIF awards six capacity enhancement grants for 2015
Projects in Africa, Latin America and Europe will engage 19 Participants.
Capacity project generates new guide on camera trapping
A new guide that helps generate data for conservation policy using camera trap images is among the major products of a three-year capacity-building project involving GBIF and partners in India and Norway.
Watch the GBIF Public Symposium 2014
Held in New Delhi in September, the GBIF Public Symposium featured speakers outlining recent developments in biodiversity informatics and highlighting innovative research uses of GBIF-mediated data. Watch on-demand videos of the live-stream coverage.
Naturalis and Canadensys now GBIF Participants
GBIF has welcomed two new organizations as Associate Participants: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, based in Leiden, The Netherlands, and Canadensys, based at the University of Montreal, Canada.