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GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Free and open access to biodiversity data
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[What is GBIF?](/what-is-gbif) [About GBIF United States of America](/country/US)
Smooth earth snake - _Virginia valeriae_ Baird & Girard, 1853 - [observed](/occurrence/4927479321) near Lake City, Florida, USA. Photo via Florida Museum of Natural History ([CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/))
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### Occurrence records
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### Datasets
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### Publishing institutions
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### Peer-reviewed papers using data
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What is GBIF?
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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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[Learn more](/what-is-gbif)
News
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#### [Biodiversity Data Journal launches GBIF hosted portal](/news/6xd5bxWZxS6DriaVoVnFJ)
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#### [GBIF speaks Polish](/news/523IyUuEbaQAGSc87T0guu)
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#### [GBIF France enhances network capabilities with new hosted portal](/news/4ONWF0hM2rqeyHYuxMM3R8)
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#### [Enhancing discovery and reuse of survey and monitoring data with new guide](/news/17fTMFas4AhM3tvzPvp882)
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#### [Call for nominations opens for 2025 GBIF Graduate Researchers Award](/news/4AAE2KOKBRJ0iS2DE2fT65)
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#### [New guide released to support freshwater data publishing](/news/m6FopQ34VB8Bxcw2stU1T)
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#### [2025 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge seeks innovations for open biodiversity data](/news/7cNvqaLzeSyQrLOulk4L5S)
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#### [European Journal of Taxonomy launches GBIF hosted portal](/news/2JHV6IsWcUUrD57I3FgXIQ/european-journal-of-taxonomy-launches-gbif-hosted-portal)
Data use
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[_Senna reticulata_ (Willd.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby](/occurrence/2611057914) observed in Manaus, Brazil by crax ([CC BY-NC 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/))
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Climate change
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Peer-reviewed papers using data
Biodiversity loss and climate change interact in many ways, reflecting two sides of the same problem: humanity’s unsustainable relationship with the natural world. Explore the research relying on data from the GBIF network to understand and assess the growing impact that changing temperatures, precipitation and other climate-related phenomena are having on biodiversity.
[Featured](/resource/search?contentType=dataUse&topics=CLIMATE_CHANGE)
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[_Sphagneticola trilobata_ (L.) Pruski](/occurrence/3118391506) observed in Macao by Jeremy J Busfield ([CC BY-NC 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/))
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Invasive alien species
1,737
peer-reviewed papers using data
Information is the single most important variable necessary to support research, monitoring and management of alien and invasive species. From identifying and predicting potential invasions to improving management applications, detection strategies, and risk assessments, GBIF plays a pivotal role in fulfilling data needs about these costly and disruptive forces of change.
[Featured](/resource/search?contentType=dataUse&topics=INVASIVES)
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[_Rhinolophus pusillus_ Temminck, 1834](/occurrence/3058757408) observed in Shizuoka, Japan by Ryosuke Kuwahara ([CC BY-NC 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/))
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Human health
504
Peer-reviewed papers using data
Knowing where the species that transmit disease-causing pathogens occur is important for recognizing, managing and preventing potential threats to human communities. Data shared through the GBIF network enables scientists and researchers to map the wild host, vector and reservoir species involved in cycles of disease transmission and how their distributions are changing.
[Featured](/resource/search?contentType=dataUse&topics=HUMAN_HEALTH)
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[_Danaus plexippus_ subsp. _plexippus_](/occurrence/3302536540) observed in Querétaro, Mexico by Christine Cieslak Campelo ([CC BY-NC 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/))
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
24,730
species assessments citing GBIF
GBIF-mediated data is used for mapping species distributions and for calculating Area of Occupancy (AOO) and Extent of Occurrence, measures key to assessing threat level and categorizing species on the Red List.
[Latest updates](https://www.gbif.org/news/6I8ZfVsvKD9T6sGY4Inmex/)
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Thematic communities
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#### [Soil](/soil)
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#### [Conservation](/conservation)
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#### [Climate change](/climate)
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#### [Human health and One Health](/health)
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#### [DNA barcoding and metagenomics](/dna)
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#### [Agriculture and food security](/food)
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#### [Scientific collections](/composition/3wT2HU1DKaJij0uKw8hj35/)
Programmes and projects
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Mediterranean violet aeolid _Flabellina affinis_ (Gmelin, 1791), Observed in Spain. Photo 2021 Adrie Rolloos via [iNaturalist Research-grade Observations](/occurrence/3456567333), licensed under [CC BY-NC 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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Hosted portals
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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.
[Learn more](https://www.gbif.org/composition/3kQFinjwHbCGZeLb5OhwN2)
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](https://flic.kr/p/264ig7Z) Maheva Bagard Laursen | GBIF, licensed under [CC BY-NC-SA 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/).
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BID: Biodiversity Information for Development
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Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) is a multi-year programme funded by the [European Union](http://europa.eu/) 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](http://www.acp.int/content/secretariat-organisation-african-caribbean-and-pacific-states-oacps) of sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.
[Learn more](/programme/82243)
[Explore all projects](/composition/4y6ndyH9emZfbybrz72XqL)
Group photo by Dina Setyaningrum licensed under [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
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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](https://www.env.go.jp/en), earmarked for activities in Asia.
[Learn more](/programme/82629/)
[Explore all projects](/composition/4KDMRLw5oQu81uH1X1pEpo)
Bellyache bush (_Jatropha gossypiifolia_), Amansi East district, Ghana. Photo 2019 Steven Schulting via [iNaturalist Research-grade Observations](/occurrence/2444997007), licensed under [CC BY-NC 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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Capacity Enhancement Support Programme
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projects
This programme aims to address specific capacity needs identified by [GBIF Participants](/the-gbif-network) 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.
[Learn more](/programme/82219)
[Explore all projects](/composition/4R5Ot70guupksCkTNbq1oe)
[_Malacosoma castrense_](/occurrence/1802740666) by Robin Bad via iNaturalist. Photo licensed under [CC BY-NC 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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Northern Eurasia
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Starting in 2018, the [Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility](/publisher/04fd2e13-6881-4e5c-9dd1-8fdd9ab993c1) (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.
[Learn more](/programme/3ilFFs3JdY2SqmyCuac0uc/)
[Explore all projects](/composition/121LAMdNqO1OqK2ZFRkkG6)
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Featured projects
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#### [A bilingual open-source checklist and digitization of Taiwan’s bee fauna](/project/BIFA6_033/a-bilingual-open-source-checklist-and-digitization-of-taiwans-bee-fauna)
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#### [Small animals, big data: Mobilizing citizen science for data on the spiders of Asia](/project/BIFA6_029)
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#### [Using microbial metabarcoding to monitor biodiversity and bioindicators in the Mekong River](/project/BIFA6_030)
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#### [Enriching the Bhutan Biodiversity Portal through digitization and mobilization of specimen collections](/project/7gXiH4Eulp3oXAMmltDNPG)
Resources and documentation
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[](https://data-blog.gbif.org/post/gbif-api-beginners-guide/)
#### [Beginner's guide to the GBIF API](https://data-blog.gbif.org/post/gbif-api-beginners-guide/)
[](https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/about)
#### [All you need to know about GRSciColl](https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/about)
[](https://discourse.gbif.org/c/data-use/)
#### [Community forum](https://discourse.gbif.org/c/data-use/)
Join the conversation and get answers to data use related questions
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