A study by I. R. Onley, P. Cassey, & M. A. McGeoch shows that biodiversity data sharing platforms are key to managing biological invasions. Closing the "knowing-doing" gap can create better conservation outcomes. 🌍

Read the full article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-025-03058-1

(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!

The GBIF Guide for Publishing Biological Survey Data has been released! 📊✨

This guide supports ecologists, monitoring professionals and data managers publish survey data to GBIF using the Darwin Core standard and FAIR data principles.

🔎 gbif.link/SAM_guide

@heathnecologist.bsky.social

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

🦩 Have your say on the new #guide for publishing biological survey data to GBIF!

The guide supports data holders in structuring and making biological survey data openly accessible.

⭐ Community review is open until 20 July 2025

🔗 gbif.link/survey-dat...

Next #DataUseClub: 🛰️ Integrating Remotely Sensed Data with GBIF Mediated Data

Join Kit Lewers for a technical session learning how GBIF APIs can be used in conjunction with remote sensing datasets to enhance biodiversity analyses!

📍9 July 2025 15:00-16:30 CEST

🔗gbif.link/DUC-remote...

🦇 A new guide on publishing data about disease vectors, hosts and pathogens is now open for community review!

The guide aims to reduce barriers to sharing and accessing vector data globally. 🌏

⭐ Community review is open until 30 June 2025.

gbif.link/vectors-guide

🚀 Webinar: Introducing the Darwin Core Data Package

Join us as we share updates on a new data model for GBIF and exciting changes proposed for the Darwin Core standard!

📍 2 June 2025, 14:00–15:00 CEST

🔗 Register: gbif.link/DwC-webinar

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Choose Science. Choose Europe.

A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.

With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.

Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF

Scrolling Spotify for new music ❌
Exploring the Xeno-canto (XC) dataset for biodiversity soundscapes ✅🤩

XC provides access to > 810,000 wildlife sound recordings from around the world.

Records are made available for publishing through support of @nlbif.bsky.social.

🔗gbif.link/xenocanto

We're looking for the input of IAS data collectors, users or curators to take part in a survey to help shape the future of IAS data standards and accessibility.

This survey is hosted by the GBIF and @tdwg.org task groups on IAS ⭐

🔗www.surveymonkey.com...

This guide is under strict monitoring...😉🔎

We've just released the new Survey and Monitoring Data Quick-Start Guide!

The latest GBIF digital publication supports users in updating a Darwin Core dataset using the #HumboldtExtension. 🐊

Check it out 🔗gbif.link/sm_guide

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