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Finland

A GBIF Voting participant from Europe and Central Asia

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Mission

The aim of FinBIF is to coordinate the collection, analysis, reporting and archival of all kinds of biodiversity related information in Finland. Participation will include both governmental and non-governmental organizations producing or using such data.

Funding

The Finnish node is integrated into the Finnish Museum of Natural History.

The basic financial contribution to GBIF is covered by Academy of Finland, which is an agency within the administrative branch of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.

History

The GBIF Participant node for Finland is currently integrated into the Finnish Museum of Natural History. All technical development is executed by the ICT-team at the museum. The cross-governmental Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (FinBIF) species gateway was established during a meeting in 2012.

For the years 2015–2017 FinBIF acquired project funding from the Ministry of Finance as part of a wider project called Envibase. The goal of Envibase was to promote the opening, harmonization and open use of information on the environment and natural resources.

Structure

The node has a minimal formal organizational structure. The Head of Delegation for Finland is the director of the Finnish Museum of Natural History and the node manager is a member of the ICT-team of the museum, with affiliation as ICT-specialist. The node does not have a separate board or steering committee, but is under the guidance of the board of the Finnish Museum of Natural History with core funding coming from the museum budget. Some external GBIF activities have been developed with EU-funded projects and projects funded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

Contacts

Aino Juslén
Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS
University of Helsinki P.O. Box 17 FI-00014 University of Helsinki
Finland
Eija-Leena Laiho
Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS
University of Helsinki P.O. Box 7 (Unioninkatu 44) FI-00014 University of Helsinki
Finland
Leif Schulman
Finnish Environment Institute SYKE
Latokartanonkaari 11 00790 Helsinki
Finland
Kari Lahti
Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS
University of Helsinki P.O.Box 17 FI-00014 Helsinki
Finland
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