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GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Free and open access to biodiversity data

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What is GBIF?

Hycleus versutus observed in Klein Windhoek, Namibia by Peter Erb. Photo via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Occurrence records

Datasets

Publishing institutions

Peer-reviewed papers using data

Angola becomes the newest member of the GBIF network

20 May 2019

On the evolution of food customs

4 June 2019

2019 GBIF Ebbe Nielsen Challenge seeks open-data innovations for biodiversity

Deadline: 1 August 2019

Data mobilization and capacity building essential to address global biodiversity crisis

6 May 2019

Establishing a national biodiversity information facility in Chile

Experiences of setting up and running a node in Latin America

Blog post: What you need to know before analyzing sequenced-based data on GBIF

26 April 2019

Hyphessobrycon caru sp. nov.

A new cryptic species of Hyphessobrycon Durbin, 1908 (Characiformes, Characidae) from the Eastern Amazon, revealed by integrative taxonomy

The GBIF network

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