Free and open access to biodiversity data

News

Call for proposals for the 2020 Capacity Enhancement Support Programme

News

The Equator Principles encourage open access to environmental impact data through the GBIF network

News

Call for proposals promoting the mobilization and use of biodiversity data in Asia

Event

AGU Fall Meeting 2019

9 - 13 December 2019

Data

New dataset: 79,000 bat records from the lower valley of River Sabor, Portugal

Acoustic bat monitoring from Ecological Monitoring Program of the Baixo Sabor Hydroelectric Dams. (photo by ruimvs - CC BY-NC 4.0)

Taxonomy

New species: Crematogaster gryllsi Sharaf & Hita Garcia

Review of the Arabian Crematogaster Lund (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), synoptic list, distribution, and description of two new species from Oman and Saudi Arabia

Blog

How to choose the right dataset class

If you are a (first-time) GBIF publisher and you are trying to decide which type of dataset would best fit your data, this blog post is for you.

Data use

Using open data to indicate progress toward targets on conserving genetic diversity