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Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) observed by zigzagger near McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Photo via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

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Call for proposals for the 2020 Capacity Enhancement Support Programme

Call for nominations to the 2020 GBIF Young Researchers Award

Global analysis of potential marginal land resources of cassava

The Equator Principles encourage open access to environmental impact data through the GBIF network

80+ new national checklists of introduced and invasive species

Big update from the Invasive Species Specialist Group ISSG (photo Lantana camara by Sandy - CC BY-NC 4.0)

How to choose the right dataset class

If you are a (first-time) GBIF publisher and you are trying to decide which type of dataset would best fit your data, this blog post is for you.

New species: Alseodaphnopsis putaoensis

Two new species of Alseodaphnopsis (Lauraceae) from southwestern China and northern Myanmar…

New dataset: National River Water Quality Network Database (Macro-invertebrates) 2009-2018

Results from 66 sites throughout New Zealand for the purpose of monitoring long-term trends (photo by golden_plover - CC BY-NC 4.0)