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GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility

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Common sunburst lichen (Xanthoria parietina) observed in Preska, Slovenia by Ahmed Mujčinović. Photo via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0).

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Peer-reviewed papers using data

5,000th paper citing GBIF use: climate change threatens endangered wood turtle

September newsletter: New phase of BID draws attention

BID call for proposals: Caribbean 2020

BID call for proposals: Pacific 2020

Georeferencing documents released for GBIF community review

Newly described species: Orientocardiochiles joeburrowi

Orientocardiochiles, a new genus of Cardiochilinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with descriptions of two new species from Malaysia and Vietnam

Armenia joins GBIF as an associate participant

Ocean Biodiversity Information System and GBIF update and expand cooperation agreement