GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Free and open access to biodiversity data

Occurrences Species Datasets Publishers Resources

What is GBIF? About GBIF

Sap-sucking slug (Elysia viridis) by v_s_ via iNaturalist. Photo licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.

Learn more about the number of species covered by data in GBIF.org.

9 May 2018

4 May 2018

18 April 2018

Deadline: 15 June 2018

Dozens of countries and organizations working together to make species data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable.

A data paper is a peer reviewed document describing a dataset, published in a peer reviewed journal.

Current priorities for guiding investment and effort to digitize and mobilize biodiversity data

What is sampling-event data and why is it important?