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Participation

Review and selection

What is GBIF?

GBIF—the Global Biodiversity Information Facility—is an international network and data infrastructure funded by the world's governments and aimed at providing anyone, anywhere, open access to data about all types of life on Earth.

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Sources

Universities

Business

Citizen Science

Field Science

Agencies & Ministries

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DNA

Sensor-based

Literature

Observations

Specimens

Standards

Open licences

Access

IPT

GBIF Global Index

Cloud services

Living Atlases

API

GBIF.org

Hosted Portals

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Number of citations 2022

DOI citation

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Citation metrics

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The number of peer-reviewed journal articles citing GBIF-mediated data has been steadily growing over the past 10 years. This graph illustrates the growth, also indicating the manner in which papers cite GBIF.

The gold standard and recommended practice for data citations includes a persistent identifier (a digital object identifier or DOI), which a narrow majority of GBIF users follow. GBIF works with authors, editors and publishers to improve the quality of data citations, enhancing reproducibility of scientific analyses and ensuring credit for data publishers.

Programmes and projects

Mediterranean violet aeolid Flabellina affinis (Gmelin, 1791), Observed in Spain. Photo 2021 Adrie Rolloos via iNaturalist Research-grade Observations, licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.

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Hosted portals

GBIF hosted portals offer simple, customizable websites that support biodiversity data use and engagement at national, institutional, regional and thematic scales. This service, which Participant nodes and their partners can apply to anytime, lowers the technical demands for delivering relevant biodiversity data to communities around the world.

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Team consultation at the BID Capacity Enhancement Workshop: Data use for decision-making, Cape Town, South Africa, 11 April 2018. Participants (left to right): Ernest Lamptey, Raymond Owusu-Achiaw, Donald Mpalika, Elizabeth Mwafongo, Jacqueline Sapoama Kumadoh, Hannah Owen. Photo Maheva Bagard Laursen | GBIF, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

BID: Biodiversity Information for Development

 

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Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) is a multi-year programme funded by the European Union and led by GBIF with the aim of enhancing capacity for effective mobilization and use of biodiversity data in research and policy in the ‘ACP’ nations of sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.

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Group photo by Dina Setyaningrum licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0

BIFA: Biodiversity Information Fund for Asia

 

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BIFA—the Biodiversity Information Fund for Asia—provides supplementary support for existing activities within the GBIF network, addressing the needs of regional researchers and policymakers through mobilization and use of biodiversity data. The programme is the outcome of a contribution from the Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan, earmarked for activities in Asia.

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Bellyache bush (Jatropha gossypiifolia), Amansi East district, Ghana. Photo 2019 Steven Schulting via iNaturalist Research-grade Observations, licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.

Capacity Enhancement Support Programme

 

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This programme aims to address specific capacity needs identified by GBIF Participants by facilitating collaboration at regional and global levels, providing co-funding for capacity enhancement projects based on combinations of mentoring activities, regional training workshops and documentation.

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Malacosoma castrense by Robin Bad via iNaturalist. Photo licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.

Northern Eurasia

 

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Starting in 2018, the Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (FinBIF), the GBIF national node for Finland, has provided funding directed toward support of projects that mobilize biodiversity data and promote national training and capacity-building activities around data publishing in the region.

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Inside the GBIF valuation report

GBIF expands the scope of what is possible

In a new report by Deloitte Access Economics, almost half of our users (47 per cent) reported they could not have achieved the same research outcomes without GBIF.

Learn about the report: Economic valuation and assessment of the impact of the GBIF network

For every €1 invested in GBIF, users gain €3 of benefits while society reaps up to €12

Sources of value include the perceived value of access to open data, time savings, and the impact of research.

Learn about the report: Economic valuation and assessment of the impact of the GBIF network

Supporting the UN SDGs

Nearly all surveyed GBIF users (92 per cent) reported that their uses of GBIF-mediated data contributes toward achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Learn about the report: Economic valuation and assessment of the impact of the GBIF network

2017-2022 Multiyear report

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