Dr Leonard Hirsch: a great loss to GBIF
It is with great sadness that the GBIF community has learned of the death of Dr Leonard Hirsch, one of its founders and most influential supporters.
GBIF news
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
Major increase in Brazilian plant and fungus data shared through GBIF
The volume of data covering Brazil’s rich variety of flora and fungi has seen a massive boost in recent weeks as datasets from around 100 of the country’s herbaria, totalling some three million occurrence records, have begun flowing through GBIF.org
Registration open for delegates to 2015 GBIF Governing Board meeting
GB22 and the 2015 GBIF Public Symposium will take place on 8-10 October 2015 in Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Job opening at GBIF: system administrator
GBIF is seeking to recruit a talented system administrator to join its informatics team.
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.
Africa Rising celebrates International Day for Biological Diversity with programme launch, joint declaration
Release of ‘Declaration on biodiversity information for sustainable development in Africa’ closes international conference and first regional meeting for new BID programme
GBIF awards six capacity enhancement grants for 2015
Projects in Africa, Latin America and Europe will engage 19 Participants.
Surveys seek to understand biodiversity data needs and resources in Africa
Surveys in English, French, and Portuguese seek input from data holders and decision makers in Africa to support and refine the EU-funded BID programme.
Six finalists selected for GBIF Ebbe Nielsen Challenge
The submissions chosen by an expert jury as the most innovative will compete for €25,000 during the innovation prize’s second and final round.