SwissBIF (swissbif.ch) : Swiss Biodiversity Information Facility [Daten Biodiversität Schweiz – Données Biodiversité Suisse]

The Swiss Biodiversity Information Facility (SwissBIF) operates a network of partners who contribute at responding to the Swiss Federal Council’s commitment of sharing standardized biodiversity data with the global initiative (Global Biodiversity Information Facility). Under the auspices of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, SwissBIF brings together active actors that strengthen the international exchange of primary information on biodiversity, assists the mobilization and reuse of relevant data that support conservation activities and increase biodiversity-based knowledge. This collaborative network associates national centers of biodiversity records, scientific collections, research contributions, cantonal agencies for conservation, administrations of protected areas, federal offices. Participants to the network work under common procedures, an agreed ethical framework and coordinated data flow that ease providing access to multidimensional and coherent data.