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GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Free and open access to biodiversity data

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What is GBIF?

Chrysolina bicolor observed in Djerba, Tunisia by Mahdi Haj Dahmen. Photo via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Occurrence records

Datasets

Publishing institutions

Peer-reviewed papers using data

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

Call for applications for a systematic review of scientific literature

WhereNext wins 2019 GBIF Ebbe Nielsen Challenge

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

New species: Amilaps mayana

A new lapsiine jumping spider from North America, with a review of Simon’s Lapsias species (Araneae, Salticidae, Spartaeinae)

New dataset: Chechen Republic Carabidae

Composition of ground beetles of the Chechen Republic (photo by ed_shaw - CC BY-NC 4.0)

Tonga joins GBIF as voting participant

Award winner uses data mining and machine learning to identify collectors and duplicated herbarium specimens