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GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Free and open access to biodiversity data

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What is GBIF?

Anatololacerta pelasgiana observed in Köyceğiz, Turkey by Mark Schellekens. Photo via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Occurrence records

Datasets

Publishing institutions

Peer-reviewed papers using data

DiSSCo joins GBIF

19 September 2019

Predicting the future of biodiversity using Essential Biodiversity Variables

12 September 2019

Five projects receive funding from 2019 Capacity Enhancement Support Programme

14 August 2019

Programme seeks Biodiversity Open Data Ambassadors to expand best practices

10 July 2019

Chiloglanis mongoensis sp. nov.

A new species of suckermouth catfish (Mochokidae: Chiloglanis) from the Rio Mongo in Equatorial Guinea

New dataset: Endoparasites of octocorals of the World

Records of 54 species of symbiotic copepods all over the world (photo by Guido Schmitz CC BY-NC 4.0)

Science Review 2019

Stay up to date on the latest research investigations enhanced and supported by free and open access to biodiversity data.

Establishing a national biodiversity information facility in Chile

Experiences of setting up and running a node in Latin America