GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Free and open access to biodiversity data

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What is GBIF? About GBIF

Black maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris) by Robby Deans via iNaturalist. Photo licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.

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

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University of Helsinki

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

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