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Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Want to be the first to learn about new datasets and use of data in GBIF? Check out @gbifmorpho.bsky.social 🦋
Want to be the first to learn about new datasets and use of data in GBIF? Check out @gbifmorpho.bsky.social 🦋
Do you find yourself wishing you had a few more technical skills in your data toolkit? 🧰
📊 Through our partnership with DataCamp, hundreds of users have enhanced their skills in areas such as SQL, R, Python, and data visualization.
Want to learn more? 👀 gbif.link/datacampdo...
#DCDonates
📊 Through our partnership with DataCamp, hundreds of users have enhanced their skills in areas such as SQL, R, Python, and data visualization.
Want to learn more? 👀 gbif.link/datacampdo...
#DCDonates
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Do you find yourself wishing you had a few more technical skills in your data toolkit? 🧰
📊 Through our partnership with DataCamp, hundreds of users have enhanced their skills in areas such as SQL, R, Python, and data visualization.
Want to learn more? 👀 gbif.link/datacampdo...
#DCDonates
📊 Through our partnership with DataCamp, hundreds of users have enhanced their skills in areas such as SQL, R, Python, and data visualization.
Want to learn more? 👀 gbif.link/datacampdo...
#DCDonates
📣 Don't miss our next GBIF #DataUseClub!
Hear about the incredible research of the two 2025 Graduate Researchers Award winners - PhD student Kumdet Panshak Solomon (Nigeria) and Master's student Esteban Marentes Herrera (Colombia)! 🤩
📍 11 December 2025, 15:00-16:30 CET
🔗 gbif.link/DUC_GRA
Hear about the incredible research of the two 2025 Graduate Researchers Award winners - PhD student Kumdet Panshak Solomon (Nigeria) and Master's student Esteban Marentes Herrera (Colombia)! 🤩
📍 11 December 2025, 15:00-16:30 CET
🔗 gbif.link/DUC_GRA
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
📣 Don't miss our next GBIF #DataUseClub!
Hear about the incredible research of the two 2025 Graduate Researchers Award winners - PhD student Kumdet Panshak Solomon (Nigeria) and Master's student Esteban Marentes Herrera (Colombia)! 🤩
📍 11 December 2025, 15:00-16:30 CET
🔗 gbif.link/DUC_GRA
Hear about the incredible research of the two 2025 Graduate Researchers Award winners - PhD student Kumdet Panshak Solomon (Nigeria) and Master's student Esteban Marentes Herrera (Colombia)! 🤩
📍 11 December 2025, 15:00-16:30 CET
🔗 gbif.link/DUC_GRA
Reposted by GBIF
Happy, with Marie Grosjean, to present @gbif.org to 23rd meeting of the @efsa.europa.eu Scientific Network for Risk Assessment in Plant Health; excellent discussions and perspectives! www.efsa.europa.eu/en/events/23rd-meeting-efsa-scientific-network-risk-assessment-plant-health-plh-risk-assessment
November 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Happy, with Marie Grosjean, to present @gbif.org to 23rd meeting of the @efsa.europa.eu Scientific Network for Risk Assessment in Plant Health; excellent discussions and perspectives! www.efsa.europa.eu/en/events/23rd-meeting-efsa-scientific-network-risk-assessment-plant-health-plh-risk-assessment
🎨 New research reveals that New Zealand's truffle-like fungi (TLF) are uniquely vibrant compared to their global counterparts. 🍄
While most TLF are dull-coloured, many NZ species are vibrant and grow above ground, 🌈 suggesting adaptations for bird-mediated dispersal.🐦
🔗gbif.link/data-use-t...
While most TLF are dull-coloured, many NZ species are vibrant and grow above ground, 🌈 suggesting adaptations for bird-mediated dispersal.🐦
🔗gbif.link/data-use-t...
November 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🎨 New research reveals that New Zealand's truffle-like fungi (TLF) are uniquely vibrant compared to their global counterparts. 🍄
While most TLF are dull-coloured, many NZ species are vibrant and grow above ground, 🌈 suggesting adaptations for bird-mediated dispersal.🐦
🔗gbif.link/data-use-t...
While most TLF are dull-coloured, many NZ species are vibrant and grow above ground, 🌈 suggesting adaptations for bird-mediated dispersal.🐦
🔗gbif.link/data-use-t...
🌍 #MiCoDa hosts >30,000 processed 16S rRNA amplicon samples from aquatic, host-associated and mineral environments globally, making it the largest available human-curated microbiome database! 🤯
It was made available on GBIF using the Metabarcoding Data Toolkit! !🧬
gbif.link/MiCoDa
It was made available on GBIF using the Metabarcoding Data Toolkit! !🧬
gbif.link/MiCoDa
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🌍 #MiCoDa hosts >30,000 processed 16S rRNA amplicon samples from aquatic, host-associated and mineral environments globally, making it the largest available human-curated microbiome database! 🤯
It was made available on GBIF using the Metabarcoding Data Toolkit! !🧬
gbif.link/MiCoDa
It was made available on GBIF using the Metabarcoding Data Toolkit! !🧬
gbif.link/MiCoDa
Last days to get your concept notes submitted for the 2025 round of the #EuropeanUnion-funded Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) programme for Sub-Saharan African countries.
⏰Deadline: 3 November 2025, 15:59 CET (UTC+1)
Read more:🔗 gbif.link/BID-Africa
#BIDAfrica #Biodiversity
⏰Deadline: 3 November 2025, 15:59 CET (UTC+1)
Read more:🔗 gbif.link/BID-Africa
#BIDAfrica #Biodiversity
November 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Last days to get your concept notes submitted for the 2025 round of the #EuropeanUnion-funded Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) programme for Sub-Saharan African countries.
⏰Deadline: 3 November 2025, 15:59 CET (UTC+1)
Read more:🔗 gbif.link/BID-Africa
#BIDAfrica #Biodiversity
⏰Deadline: 3 November 2025, 15:59 CET (UTC+1)
Read more:🔗 gbif.link/BID-Africa
#BIDAfrica #Biodiversity
👻 Enter if you dare....explore the terrifying world of GBIF where you can find some truly creepy curiosities! 👀
#Halloween
Drop your biodiversity nightmare below 👇
#Halloween
Drop your biodiversity nightmare below 👇
October 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
👻 Enter if you dare....explore the terrifying world of GBIF where you can find some truly creepy curiosities! 👀
#Halloween
Drop your biodiversity nightmare below 👇
#Halloween
Drop your biodiversity nightmare below 👇
Catch-up on the outcomes of the 32nd meeting of the GBIF Governing Board in our latest news item! 🤩
🔗 https://gbif.link/GB32
Big thank you to SiB Colombia for hosting this year's meeting!
See you in #Oslo next year for GB33 and @tdwg.org 2026! 💚💙
🔗 https://gbif.link/GB32
Big thank you to SiB Colombia for hosting this year's meeting!
See you in #Oslo next year for GB33 and @tdwg.org 2026! 💚💙
October 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Catch-up on the outcomes of the 32nd meeting of the GBIF Governing Board in our latest news item! 🤩
🔗 https://gbif.link/GB32
Big thank you to SiB Colombia for hosting this year's meeting!
See you in #Oslo next year for GB33 and @tdwg.org 2026! 💚💙
🔗 https://gbif.link/GB32
Big thank you to SiB Colombia for hosting this year's meeting!
See you in #Oslo next year for GB33 and @tdwg.org 2026! 💚💙
🚀 Today @efsa.europa.eu and @ecdc.europa.eu are launching the VectorNet Data Portal which uses GBIF Hosted Portal infrastructure!
This portal supports increased discovery, access and appropriate use of data on vector occurrences in Europe! 🦟
🔗gbif.link/vectornet
This portal supports increased discovery, access and appropriate use of data on vector occurrences in Europe! 🦟
🔗gbif.link/vectornet
October 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🚀 Today @efsa.europa.eu and @ecdc.europa.eu are launching the VectorNet Data Portal which uses GBIF Hosted Portal infrastructure!
This portal supports increased discovery, access and appropriate use of data on vector occurrences in Europe! 🦟
🔗gbif.link/vectornet
This portal supports increased discovery, access and appropriate use of data on vector occurrences in Europe! 🦟
🔗gbif.link/vectornet
That's a wrap on #DatosVivos2025! 💃
We're grateful for our co-organizers @tdwg.org @obis.org @geobon.org, #InstitutoHumboldt and every attendee and presenter who made this first-of-its-kind event such a success!
Lots of love from Team GBIF 💚
#Colombia #Bogotá #SiB-Colombia #LivingData2025
We're grateful for our co-organizers @tdwg.org @obis.org @geobon.org, #InstitutoHumboldt and every attendee and presenter who made this first-of-its-kind event such a success!
Lots of love from Team GBIF 💚
#Colombia #Bogotá #SiB-Colombia #LivingData2025
October 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
That's a wrap on #DatosVivos2025! 💃
We're grateful for our co-organizers @tdwg.org @obis.org @geobon.org, #InstitutoHumboldt and every attendee and presenter who made this first-of-its-kind event such a success!
Lots of love from Team GBIF 💚
#Colombia #Bogotá #SiB-Colombia #LivingData2025
We're grateful for our co-organizers @tdwg.org @obis.org @geobon.org, #InstitutoHumboldt and every attendee and presenter who made this first-of-its-kind event such a success!
Lots of love from Team GBIF 💚
#Colombia #Bogotá #SiB-Colombia #LivingData2025
🌊 Seas the day!
Today at #LivingData2025 GBIF and @obis.org renewed their Joint Strategy for Marine Biodiversity Data which enhances collaboration between OBIS and GBIF nodes and facilitates opportunities for training and aligned documentation.
Today at #LivingData2025 GBIF and @obis.org renewed their Joint Strategy for Marine Biodiversity Data which enhances collaboration between OBIS and GBIF nodes and facilitates opportunities for training and aligned documentation.
October 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🌊 Seas the day!
Today at #LivingData2025 GBIF and @obis.org renewed their Joint Strategy for Marine Biodiversity Data which enhances collaboration between OBIS and GBIF nodes and facilitates opportunities for training and aligned documentation.
Today at #LivingData2025 GBIF and @obis.org renewed their Joint Strategy for Marine Biodiversity Data which enhances collaboration between OBIS and GBIF nodes and facilitates opportunities for training and aligned documentation.
Got plans tonight after #LivingData2025 sessions? Now you do! 🥳
Join members of the Indigenous Data Task Group and other community members interested in or working on Indigenous data governance and sovereignty for a social night! 😍
📍18:30–20:00 tonight in the Gallery Room of the Grand Hyatt
Join members of the Indigenous Data Task Group and other community members interested in or working on Indigenous data governance and sovereignty for a social night! 😍
📍18:30–20:00 tonight in the Gallery Room of the Grand Hyatt
October 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Got plans tonight after #LivingData2025 sessions? Now you do! 🥳
Join members of the Indigenous Data Task Group and other community members interested in or working on Indigenous data governance and sovereignty for a social night! 😍
📍18:30–20:00 tonight in the Gallery Room of the Grand Hyatt
Join members of the Indigenous Data Task Group and other community members interested in or working on Indigenous data governance and sovereignty for a social night! 😍
📍18:30–20:00 tonight in the Gallery Room of the Grand Hyatt
(1) 🥁 Announcing the 2025 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge winners!
First place: 🥇 @rukayaj.bsky.social (@gbifnorway.bsky.social) for BDQEmail
Sharing first place: 🥇 @daxkellie.bsky.social, Amanda Buyan, @shandiya.bsky.social and @rowdynerd.bsky.social (Atlas of Living Australia) for galaxias!
First place: 🥇 @rukayaj.bsky.social (@gbifnorway.bsky.social) for BDQEmail
Sharing first place: 🥇 @daxkellie.bsky.social, Amanda Buyan, @shandiya.bsky.social and @rowdynerd.bsky.social (Atlas of Living Australia) for galaxias!
October 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
(1) 🥁 Announcing the 2025 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge winners!
First place: 🥇 @rukayaj.bsky.social (@gbifnorway.bsky.social) for BDQEmail
Sharing first place: 🥇 @daxkellie.bsky.social, Amanda Buyan, @shandiya.bsky.social and @rowdynerd.bsky.social (Atlas of Living Australia) for galaxias!
First place: 🥇 @rukayaj.bsky.social (@gbifnorway.bsky.social) for BDQEmail
Sharing first place: 🥇 @daxkellie.bsky.social, Amanda Buyan, @shandiya.bsky.social and @rowdynerd.bsky.social (Atlas of Living Australia) for galaxias!
Hello from #LivingData2025!👋
💙 Come chat to our friendly team at the GBIF booth and pick up some stickers, postcards or a copy of the GBIF #ScienceReview!
If you're up for a challenge, test your knowledge with our GBIF quiz! 👀
We'll be here every day of the conference!
💙 Come chat to our friendly team at the GBIF booth and pick up some stickers, postcards or a copy of the GBIF #ScienceReview!
If you're up for a challenge, test your knowledge with our GBIF quiz! 👀
We'll be here every day of the conference!
October 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Hello from #LivingData2025!👋
💙 Come chat to our friendly team at the GBIF booth and pick up some stickers, postcards or a copy of the GBIF #ScienceReview!
If you're up for a challenge, test your knowledge with our GBIF quiz! 👀
We'll be here every day of the conference!
💙 Come chat to our friendly team at the GBIF booth and pick up some stickers, postcards or a copy of the GBIF #ScienceReview!
If you're up for a challenge, test your knowledge with our GBIF quiz! 👀
We'll be here every day of the conference!
⭐ Welcome to #LivingData2025! ⭐
👀 Explore the program | ✍️ Catch the keynote speakers | 📍 Plan your conference itinerary
🔗 Check out the full program: www.livingdata2025.c...
#DatosVivos2025 @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org #InstitutoHumboldt
👀 Explore the program | ✍️ Catch the keynote speakers | 📍 Plan your conference itinerary
🔗 Check out the full program: www.livingdata2025.c...
#DatosVivos2025 @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org #InstitutoHumboldt
October 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
⭐ Welcome to #LivingData2025! ⭐
👀 Explore the program | ✍️ Catch the keynote speakers | 📍 Plan your conference itinerary
🔗 Check out the full program: www.livingdata2025.c...
#DatosVivos2025 @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org #InstitutoHumboldt
👀 Explore the program | ✍️ Catch the keynote speakers | 📍 Plan your conference itinerary
🔗 Check out the full program: www.livingdata2025.c...
#DatosVivos2025 @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org #InstitutoHumboldt
We’re honoured to welcome Dr Lydia Jennings (@1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social) of Dartmouth College and chair of the GBIF Indigenous data governance task group, to 32nd meeting of the GBIF Governing Board!
October 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We’re honoured to welcome Dr Lydia Jennings (@1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social) of Dartmouth College and chair of the GBIF Indigenous data governance task group, to 32nd meeting of the GBIF Governing Board!
🥳The teams from TaiBIF and GBIF Argentina have been named as 2025 GBIF Node Award winners!
The GBIF Node Awards are bi-annual awards that recognize the incredible achievements and contributions that nodes make to the GBIF network.
💚 Read about their incredible work:🔗 gbif.link/node_awards
The GBIF Node Awards are bi-annual awards that recognize the incredible achievements and contributions that nodes make to the GBIF network.
💚 Read about their incredible work:🔗 gbif.link/node_awards
October 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
🥳The teams from TaiBIF and GBIF Argentina have been named as 2025 GBIF Node Award winners!
The GBIF Node Awards are bi-annual awards that recognize the incredible achievements and contributions that nodes make to the GBIF network.
💚 Read about their incredible work:🔗 gbif.link/node_awards
The GBIF Node Awards are bi-annual awards that recognize the incredible achievements and contributions that nodes make to the GBIF network.
💚 Read about their incredible work:🔗 gbif.link/node_awards
Branching out, one buddy group at a time 🌱💡
At the Global Nodes Training, collaboration grows when knowledge takes root 🌳
Featuring 📷 group highlights from the past days
#Bogotá #Colombia #SiBColombia
At the Global Nodes Training, collaboration grows when knowledge takes root 🌳
Featuring 📷 group highlights from the past days
#Bogotá #Colombia #SiBColombia
October 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Branching out, one buddy group at a time 🌱💡
At the Global Nodes Training, collaboration grows when knowledge takes root 🌳
Featuring 📷 group highlights from the past days
#Bogotá #Colombia #SiBColombia
At the Global Nodes Training, collaboration grows when knowledge takes root 🌳
Featuring 📷 group highlights from the past days
#Bogotá #Colombia #SiBColombia
Gotta catch 'em all! 🦋
To evolve their data skills, node delegates undertook a training exercise in the Viridian Forest 🌳 (aka Global Nodes Training yesterday) to better understand the Emerging Publishing Model: Darwin Core Data Package!
#SiBColombia #Training #GlobalNodes #Bogotá #Colombia
To evolve their data skills, node delegates undertook a training exercise in the Viridian Forest 🌳 (aka Global Nodes Training yesterday) to better understand the Emerging Publishing Model: Darwin Core Data Package!
#SiBColombia #Training #GlobalNodes #Bogotá #Colombia
October 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Gotta catch 'em all! 🦋
To evolve their data skills, node delegates undertook a training exercise in the Viridian Forest 🌳 (aka Global Nodes Training yesterday) to better understand the Emerging Publishing Model: Darwin Core Data Package!
#SiBColombia #Training #GlobalNodes #Bogotá #Colombia
To evolve their data skills, node delegates undertook a training exercise in the Viridian Forest 🌳 (aka Global Nodes Training yesterday) to better understand the Emerging Publishing Model: Darwin Core Data Package!
#SiBColombia #Training #GlobalNodes #Bogotá #Colombia
💙💛 #Ukraine joins GBIF as the 23rd Associate Participant!
Despite the profound disruptions caused by war, more than 2.4 million records have been mobilized by institutes in Ukraine to GBIF to date, supporting research and decision making.
🔗 Learn more: gbif.link/ukraine
Despite the profound disruptions caused by war, more than 2.4 million records have been mobilized by institutes in Ukraine to GBIF to date, supporting research and decision making.
🔗 Learn more: gbif.link/ukraine
October 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
💙💛 #Ukraine joins GBIF as the 23rd Associate Participant!
Despite the profound disruptions caused by war, more than 2.4 million records have been mobilized by institutes in Ukraine to GBIF to date, supporting research and decision making.
🔗 Learn more: gbif.link/ukraine
Despite the profound disruptions caused by war, more than 2.4 million records have been mobilized by institutes in Ukraine to GBIF to date, supporting research and decision making.
🔗 Learn more: gbif.link/ukraine
🦀 A crab-ulous new dataset just dropped!
A new dataset of >1,800 occurrence records of freshwater and marine decapods compiled by Marcos Retamal from 1969 to 2019 has been made available on GBIF via Eastern South Pacific OBIS node (ESP-OBIS Chile)💙
🔗gbif.link/chile_crus...
@obis.org
A new dataset of >1,800 occurrence records of freshwater and marine decapods compiled by Marcos Retamal from 1969 to 2019 has been made available on GBIF via Eastern South Pacific OBIS node (ESP-OBIS Chile)💙
🔗gbif.link/chile_crus...
@obis.org
October 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🦀 A crab-ulous new dataset just dropped!
A new dataset of >1,800 occurrence records of freshwater and marine decapods compiled by Marcos Retamal from 1969 to 2019 has been made available on GBIF via Eastern South Pacific OBIS node (ESP-OBIS Chile)💙
🔗gbif.link/chile_crus...
@obis.org
A new dataset of >1,800 occurrence records of freshwater and marine decapods compiled by Marcos Retamal from 1969 to 2019 has been made available on GBIF via Eastern South Pacific OBIS node (ESP-OBIS Chile)💙
🔗gbif.link/chile_crus...
@obis.org
📣 #CatalogueOfLife (COL) enhancement supports improved global taxonomic reference for GBIF!
The enhancement expands the taxonomic sources for species information to include global, regional, national, management and digital literature data sources (checklists). 🦋
🔗https://gbif.link/COL
The enhancement expands the taxonomic sources for species information to include global, regional, national, management and digital literature data sources (checklists). 🦋
🔗https://gbif.link/COL
October 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📣 #CatalogueOfLife (COL) enhancement supports improved global taxonomic reference for GBIF!
The enhancement expands the taxonomic sources for species information to include global, regional, national, management and digital literature data sources (checklists). 🦋
🔗https://gbif.link/COL
The enhancement expands the taxonomic sources for species information to include global, regional, national, management and digital literature data sources (checklists). 🦋
🔗https://gbif.link/COL
Don't miss an incredible opportunity to hear from the four keynote speakers at #LivingData2025!
🌿 Dr. Alice Hughes
🌎 Dr. Lydia Jennings
📊 Dr. Sabina Leonelli
🦋 Dr. Rudolf Meier
🔗 www.livingdata2025.c...
#DatosVivos2025 @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org #InstitutoHumboldt
🌿 Dr. Alice Hughes
🌎 Dr. Lydia Jennings
📊 Dr. Sabina Leonelli
🦋 Dr. Rudolf Meier
🔗 www.livingdata2025.c...
#DatosVivos2025 @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org #InstitutoHumboldt
October 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Don't miss an incredible opportunity to hear from the four keynote speakers at #LivingData2025!
🌿 Dr. Alice Hughes
🌎 Dr. Lydia Jennings
📊 Dr. Sabina Leonelli
🦋 Dr. Rudolf Meier
🔗 www.livingdata2025.c...
#DatosVivos2025 @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org #InstitutoHumboldt
🌿 Dr. Alice Hughes
🌎 Dr. Lydia Jennings
📊 Dr. Sabina Leonelli
🦋 Dr. Rudolf Meier
🔗 www.livingdata2025.c...
#DatosVivos2025 @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org #InstitutoHumboldt
Welcome to Bogotá! 💛💙❤️
Ahead of #LivingData2025, the GBIF network has a packed schedule with our Global Nodes meeting and training, committee meetings and the 32nd GBIF Governing Board.
We're looking forward to connecting with new and familiar faces in #Colombia! 🌎
📷 Mélianie Raymond
Ahead of #LivingData2025, the GBIF network has a packed schedule with our Global Nodes meeting and training, committee meetings and the 32nd GBIF Governing Board.
We're looking forward to connecting with new and familiar faces in #Colombia! 🌎
📷 Mélianie Raymond
October 16, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Welcome to Bogotá! 💛💙❤️
Ahead of #LivingData2025, the GBIF network has a packed schedule with our Global Nodes meeting and training, committee meetings and the 32nd GBIF Governing Board.
We're looking forward to connecting with new and familiar faces in #Colombia! 🌎
📷 Mélianie Raymond
Ahead of #LivingData2025, the GBIF network has a packed schedule with our Global Nodes meeting and training, committee meetings and the 32nd GBIF Governing Board.
We're looking forward to connecting with new and familiar faces in #Colombia! 🌎
📷 Mélianie Raymond