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GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility

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Larus michahellis J.F.Naumann, 1840 observed in Monaco by bernardjulien06000 (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Occurrence records

1.000,000,000

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1,300

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Call for data papers describing datasets from Northern Eurasia

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First thematic help desk to support mobilization of biodiversity data related to disease vectors

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Call for nominations to the 2022 GBIF Young Researchers Award

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2022 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge seeks open-data innovations for biodiversity

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Tajikistan joins GBIF as associate participant

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Megadiverse country of Guatemala joins GBIF

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