GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Free and open access to biodiversity data

Occurrences Species Datasets Publishers Resources

What is GBIF?

Himalayan goral (Naemorhedus goral) observed in Zhemgang, Bhutan by CheongWeei Gan. Photo via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Five projects receive funding from 2019 Capacity Enhancement Support Programme

14 August 2019

Data use

Predicting the future of biodiversity using Essential Biodiversity Variables

12 September 2019

News

Belarus extends GBIF’s European membership map eastward

16 July 2019

News

Programme seeks Biodiversity Open Data Ambassadors to expand best practices

10 July 2019

Taxonomy

Electrophorus voltai sp. nov.

Unexpected species diversity in electric eels with a description of the strongest living bioelectricity generator

Data

Flora of the Kurilsky Nature Reserve

Checklist of 1915 species, including 374 species of mosses, 271 species of algae, 91 species of mushrooms and 214 species of lichens (photo by jad_v, CC BY-NC 4.0)

Data use

Science Review 2019

Stay up to date on the latest research investigations enhanced and supported by free and open access to biodiversity data.

Guidance

Establishing a national biodiversity information facility in Chile

Experiences of setting up and running a node in Latin America

Free and open access to biodiversity data

Occurrence records

Datasets

Publishing institutions

Peer-reviewed papers using data