A complete package of background information and guidance for the curators and managers of natural history collections and herbaria.

This document serves as a introduction to publishing biodiversity data through the GBIF network.

Improving EIA practice: Best Practice Guide for publishing primary biodiversity data, version 1

The GBIF “Best Practice Guide for Data Discovery & Publishing Strategy and Action Plans” has been developed by the GBIF network to compile best practices and provide guidance in addressing issues surrounding prioritisation of data discovery and publishing. This publication then is the first ...

A guide to principles of data quality by Arthur Chapman in English.

A guide to principles and methods of data cleaning for primary species and species-occurence data by Arthur Chapman.

A guide to the best practices for georeferencing biological species written by the BioGeomancer Consortium.

A guide to the best practices for generalising primary species-ocurrence data (sensitive species).

A booklet describing how to use the GBIF data portal in English.

The guide covers the practice of issuing and maintaining Persistent Identifiers for primary biodiversity data from a beginner's perspective. It also includes information explaining the costs and benefits of implementing Persistent Identifiers. It was commissioned by the GBIF Secretariat in response...

A booklet describing the uses of primary species-occurence data by Arthur D. Chapman. It is structured in chapters organised thematically, and it presents multiple online examples for the readers to consult.

The manual explains basic diversity and ecological analyses based on free and publically available software: DIVA-GIS and Maxent. It focuses on using these GIS tools to help answer common questions relating to the spatial analysis of biodiversity data. The training manual focuses on plants of intere...