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GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Free and open access to biodiversity data

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What is GBIF?

Trumpet lichen (Cladonia fimbriata) observed near Rudnia, Lithuania by Arūnas Juknevičius. Photo via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Occurrence records

Datasets

Publishing institutions

Peer-reviewed papers using data

2020 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge seeks open-data innovations for biodiversity

BID call for proposals: Sub-Saharan Africa 2020

Assessing the functional impact on ecosystems of Sundaland freshwater species loss

Call for data papers from European Russia

Cambodia joins GBIF as associate participant

eBird Observation Dataset updated

140+ million records added in annual update (photo by David Bradford - CC BY-NC 4.0)

Newly described species: Taiwanoshaira tsoui

Taiwanoshaira Lee & Beenen, a new genus and first record of moss-inhabiting Galerucinae sensu stricto (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Taiwan

Twenty years of GBIF: Independent review charts successes and challenges