This document lists by date the story items published on this portal.
| Release date |
Issue |
Source |
| 04 December 2008 |
GEO BON plan approved at GEO V Plenary
GBIF participated in the GEO V Plenary in Bucharest on 19-20 November where the establishment of the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) was approved by GEO members. |
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| 28 October 2008 |
TanBIF: Towards sustainable development in Tanzania
With the establishment of TanBIF in August 2007, Tanzania is becoming a regional leader in using biodiversity informatics to underpin sustainable development. The TanBIF Portal will be launched as a collaborative environment to provide long-term, unified access to all relevant sources of data and information on Tanzania´s biodiversity |
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| 21 October 2008 |
Integrating large web-based databases – GBIF and the IUCN’s WDPA
"The IUCN World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is compiled from multiple sources and is the most comprehensive global dataset on marine and terrestrial protected areas available." |
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| 27 August 2008 |
GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit
A new Integrated Publishing Toolkit which will simplify data harvesting and provide ready visualisation of data for providers is under development |
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| 25 August 2008 |
GBIF Announces 2008 Ebbe Nielsen Prize Winner
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is delighted to announce the 2008 winner of the Ebbe Nielsen Prize: Dr. Vince Stuart Smith, British cyber-taxonomist from the Natural History Museum in London, United Kingdom. |
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| 11 June 2008 |
Online Checklist Allows Linking of Information about All Bee Species
GBIF and the USA’s National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) and Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) were major funders of the project, and are pleased that it has been released in time for the USA’s National Pollinator Week. |
ITIS |
| 11 June 2008 |
GBIF at the Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of Parties
GBIF was well represented and well received at CBD COP9. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 28 May 2008 |
Infrastructure for the Global Compositae Checklist in Place and Working
GBIF 2005-2006 Seed Fund award results in software for integrating checklists of taxa, and a solid beginning on a Global Species Database for the Compositae (Asteraceae) family of plants. |
GBIF Secretariat, from Final Report on the Seed Fund project |
| 05 May 2008 |
GBIF Science Committee Seeks Nominations for 2008 Ebbe Nielsen Prize
The Ebbe Nielsen Prize will be awarded for the seventh time in 2008 to a person or small team that is demonstrating excellence in combining biodiversity informatics and biosystematic research. The Science Committee of the GBIF Governing Board seeks nominations for the Prize, which are due by 1 July 2008. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 24 April 2008 |
New Head of Informatics Begins at the GBIF Secretariat
Samy Gaiji has joined the GBIF Secretariat in the role of Head of Informatics. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 02 April 2008 |
GBIF Seed Money Awards for 2007 - 2008
Twelve projects were selected to receive a total of €365K in awards from among the 82 proposals received in response to the Request for Proposals. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 14 March 2008 |
GBIF Adds a Training Officer to the Secretariat
In recognition of the needs throughout the GBIF network for training for Nodes, data providers and users, GBIF has added a Training Officer to the staff of the Secretariat. |
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| 12 March 2008 |
BioCASE Portal to GBIF Data Has Been Launched
CETAF (the Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities), in conjunction GBIF and the EU-SYNTHESYS project, announces the launch of the BioCASE Portal (Biological Collection Access Service Europe): http://search.biocase.org. |
BioCASE (W. G. Berendsohn) |
| 15 February 2008 |
First GBIF Training Manual Available Now
GBIF Training Manual 1: "Digitisation of Natural History Collections Data" is now available online and for download. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 06 February 2008 |
Endorsed by GBIF, Four Campaigns Are Underway
Four user-focused initiatives, led by countries or organisations (not by the GBIF Secretariat), are carrying out projects that address issues of global concern, and also contribute to GBIF priorities. GBIF looks forward to the successful implementation of these Campaigns and encourages all interested parties to participate in them and contribute to their success. |
GBIF Secretariat, campaign leadership |
| 28 January 2008 |
Jim Edwards Nominated for the Franklin Award of the Bioinformatics Organization
The Benjamin Franklin Award for Open Access in the Life Sciences is presented annually by Bioinformatics.org to an individual who has promoted free and open access. Deadline to vote is 15 February 2008. |
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| 21 January 2008 |
Now Available via GBIF: Distributed Database of Amphibian Occurrences
The 2006 DIGIT seed money amphibian collaborative project involving 8 institutions worldwide has successfully delivered 276,035 geo-referenced records. |
DIGIT seed money project |
| 05 December 2007 |
GBIF Making the Search for Biodiversity Research Resources Easier
If you needed to see a specimen of a hedgehog from Herzegovina or a fish from Fiji, would you know where to look? Finding a natural history collection that has specimens from a particular time or place is now mostly a matter of guesswork. |
RBGE, GBIF, TDWG |
| 29 November 2007 |
The GBIF Data Portal - Getting Better and Better
Several important new features will appear in the coming months as the Portal's handling of hundreds of millions of records becomes reality. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 29 November 2007 |
Canadian Foundation for Innovation invests in biodiversity data network
Success in achieving GBIF's goals depends on each Participant making investments in projects that meet their own needs and at the same time contribute to the aims of GBIF. |
CUBC network, Anne Bruneau |
| 07 November 2007 |
GBIF Sets Goal of Mobilising 1 Billion Records by End of 2008
Having proven the concept of a worldwide, distributed biodiversity data network via its new data portal, GBIF is moving to increase global biodiversity data coverage by an order of magnitude. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 01 November 2007 |
Moore-funded TDWG/GBIF Project a Success
The grant, awarded in 2005, was intended to strengthen TDWG as a standards-development organisation for biodiversity informatics. |
TDWG, GBIF Secretariat |
| 25 October 2007 |
GBIF Adopts Recommendation on Information Exchange
In keeping with the Recommendation on Open Access adopted in 2006, the GBIF Governing Board has issued a statement on Exchange of Information among countries. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 16 October 2007 |
GBIF Governing Board Meeting Concluded in Amsterdam
Thirty-six countries and 18 international organisations, represented by 119 delegates, met in Amsterdam to discuss GBIF's future directions. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 12 October 2007 |
New DIGIT Programme Officer Joins GBIF Secretariat
Vishwas Chavan took up his post at the Secretariat on 1 October of this year. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 11 September 2007 |
Ebbe Nielsen Prize Winner to Make Presentation
This event is open to the public, who are asked to PLEASE REGISTER by clicking on the "Concerned URL" below. Paul Flemons, winner of the 2007 Ebbe Nielsen Prize, will receive the award and make a presentation on his prize-winning research. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 11 September 2007 |
GBIF Science Symposium 5: Biodiversity on the Web
The public is invited, but PLEASE REGISTER by clicking on the "Concerned URL" below. GBIF Science Symposium 5 will highlight the new GBIF Data Portal, the scientific and policy uses of GBIF data, and the information infrastructure that GBIF makes available for use by other initiatives. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 22 August 2007 |
New Executive Secretary Begins at GBIF
Dr. Nick King, recently CEO of the Endangered Wildlife Trust in South Africa, has arrived in Copenhagen to take up the Executive Secretary post vacated by Dr. James Edwards earlier this year. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 02 July 2007 |
GBIF's New Data Portal Officially Launched !
Paris, 2 July 2007 -- The newly implemented and much advanced GBIF Data Portal was officially launched today at the CBD SBSTTA meeting. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 12 June 2007 |
Australian Wins Prestigious Prize in Biodiversity Informatics
The 2007 Ebbe Nielsen Prize has been awarded to Paul Flemons of the Australian Museum, Sydney. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 22 May 2007 |
GBIF Works with GEOSS to Address Biodiversity and Climate Change Problems
On the occasion of the 2007 International Biodiversity Day, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity issued a statement that climate change is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity. In order to predict adaptations by biodiversity to the effects of climate change, data such as that mediated by GBIF need to be linked together with climate change data. |
Hannu Saarenmaa |
| 07 May 2007 |
GBIF's GEOSS Strategy Approved by Executive Committee
GBIF will internalise selected GEOSS-related activites in its Work Programme. |
Hannu Saarenmaa |
| 10 April 2007 |
MacArthur Grant to Extend 2006 Ebbe Nielsen Prize Winner's Work
John Wieczorek, 2006 winner of the Ebbe Nielsen Prize, has assisted colleague Claire Kremen at the University of California, Berkeley in securing a MacArthur Foundation grant to extend his Prize-related work in Madagascar. |
MacArthur Foundation, John Wieczorek, Claire Kremen |
| 13 March 2007 |
First CEPDEC project launched in Tanzania 13 March 2007
The first project in the Capacity Enhancement Programme for Developing Countries (CEPDEC) of GBIF is a cooperative effort among Tanzania, Denmark and GBIF with the overall vision of mobilising and using biodiversity information to build a sustainable future. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 30 January 2007 |
GBIF Strategic and Operational Plans 2007 - 2011
The new "GBIF Strategic and Operational Plans 2007 - 2011: From Prototype towards Full Operation" is now available. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 10 January 2007 |
Secretariat Welcomes New DADI Programme Officer
In January, Éamonn Ó Tuama joined the Secretariat staff as the new Programme Officer for DADI. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 19 December 2006 |
GBIF Science Committee Seeks Nominations for 2007 Ebbe Nielsen Prize
The Ebbe Nielsen Prize will be awarded for the sixth time in 2007 to a person or small team that is demonstrating excellence in combining biodiversity informatics and biosystematic research. The Science Committee of the GBIF Governing Board seeks nominations for the Prize, which are due by 1 March 2007. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 08 December 2006 |
New Nodes Officer Joins GBIF Secretariat
GBIF is pleased to announce that Mr. Juan Bello has joined the Secretariat staff as the new programme officer for NODES. He is taking up the post as Dr. Francisco "Paco" Pando, who has held it for the past two years, returns to his home base in Madrid to once again serve with GBIF-España. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 05 December 2006 |
Bioversity International Is Newest GBIF Participant
GBIF is pleased to announce that Bioversity International (formerly the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute) of the CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) has signed the GBIF Memorandum of Understanding (2007 - 2011). In doing so, Bioversity International has become the newest Associate Participant organisation in GBIF. |
Bioversity International / GBIF Secretariat |
| 12 July 2006 |
GBIF Annual Report for 2005 Available
The GBIF Annual Report for 2005 is now available to download (as a PDF file) or in hard copy. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 27 June 2006 |
An ID Tag for Biodiversity Information Objects
Two workshops organised by the Taxonomic Databases Working Group and GBIF have adopted a system of globally unique identifiers - called LSIDs - that will be implemented within the GBIF information architecture in conjunction with many other partners. |
Lee Belbin, Manager, TDWG Infrastructure Project |
| 27 June 2006 |
Catalogue of Life and ECAT Now Include Half of All Known Species
A major contributor to GBIF's Electronic Catalogue of Names programme has reached the half-way point in cataloguing all the scientific names that have ever been published. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 27 June 2006 |
GBIF's Role in Conservation and Monitoring of Biodiversity
This year's GBIF Science Symposium, the fourth in the series, covered the role of GBIF and other new technologies in conservation and monitoring of biodiversity change, with a focus on Africa. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 23 June 2006 |
Governing Board Adopts Financial Model for GBIF's Next Phase
GBIF Voting Participants voted on 16 June 2006 to accept a new funding scale for GBIF, thus endorsing its activities for another 5 years. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 31 May 2006 |
David Remsen Is New ECAT Programme Officer
As of 1 August 2006, David Remsen will hold the GBIF post of Programme Officer for the Electronic Catalogue of Names of Known Organisms (ECAT). |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 24 April 2006 |
NSF Discoveries Article: Earth's Biodiversity Now on Your Desktop
GBIF is the subject of an article on the website of the US' National Science Foundation: "Global Web service connects vast networks of primary biodiversity data" |
US National Science Foundation |
| 30 March 2006 |
Managing the Imaginary
The GBIF network and its Participant Nodes have been the subject of a recent study by Executive Masters degree students at the Copenhagen Business School. The results of the study will be presented to the NODES committee during its meeting on 7 April 2006. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 07 March 2006 |
California Researcher Has Received GBIF's Prestigious Award in Biodiversity Informatics
The 2006 Ebbe Nielsen Prize has been awarded to John Wieczorek of the University of California, Berkeley. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 06 March 2006 |
GBIF Seed Money to Support a Consortium of Amphibian Data Providers
The GBIF Secretariat is pleased to announce that a consortium of institutions from 8 countries has been awarded USD 464,061 to develop a georeferenced, distributed database of worldwide amphibian localities. David B. Wake and Co-PI’s, Craig Moritz and Carol Spencer of UC Berkeley, are the lead project investigators. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 06 March 2006 |
GBIF Seed Money to Support Two Consortia of Scientists to Develop Global Catalogues of Plants
The GBIF Secretariat is pleased to announce that two international consortia of scientists have been awarded seed money to carry out work on the Compositae (USD 199500) and the Melastomataceae (USD 67000). |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 23 January 2006 |
GBIF Supports Open Access to Scientific Data
On 16 January 2006, the GBIF Governing Board adopted a statement that recommends to research funding agencies that they promote open access to scientific biodiversity data. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 17 January 2006 |
New Tools for Biodiversity Analysis Soon Available via GBIF
Open-source, free tools to facilitate analysis of GBIF data will be available within the next few months from the GBIF tools download website. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 04 January 2006 |
GBIF Governing Board Elects New Officers
The term of office for GBIF Governing Board elected positions is two years. Elections were held at GB11 in Stockholm, two years after the previous elections at GB7 in Tsukuba, Japan. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 25 October 2005 |
A Noteworthy Creative Idea: GBIF
The President and the Secretary-General of CODATA cite GBIF as a noteworthy creative idea in the 21 October Editorial in Science magazine (vol. 310 p. 405). |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 07 October 2005 |
Google Earth and GBIF Data -- A Match Made in Heaven
If the match is not heavenly, it is at least orbital -- and the matchmaker is Derek Munro of GBIF's Canadian Node. |
GBIF Secretariat, CBIF, Google Earth |
| 07 October 2005 |
DataTester: Software to Help Automate Data Cleansing Available from GBIF
The task of checking a set of biodiversity data records for accuracy can be daunting, but now there is free, open-source software available to help. DataTester was developed by the Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental (CRIA, Campinas, Brazil) with support from GBIF and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 04 October 2005 |
GBIF Governing Board 11th Meeting
Sweden hosted the meeting, which was in Stockholm from 11 - 13 October, 2005. One hundred seven delegates from 32 countries and 14 international organisations attended. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 17 August 2005 |
Three Papers that Discuss Quality, Cleaning and Uses of Species Occurrence Data Released for Comment
Issues related to the quality of data served through the GBIF Portal are of critical importance to both data providers and data users. In an attempt to provide both data users and data providers with a better understanding of these issues, the GBIF DIGIT programme is pleased to announce the availability of three discussion papers on these topics. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 13 July 2005 |
GBIF Welcomes Newest Participant
As of 29 June, the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature is an Associate Participant in GBIF. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 12 July 2005 |
GBIF Science Committee Seeks Nominations for 2006 Ebbe Nielsen Prize
The Ebbe Nielsen Prize will be awarded for the fifth time in 2006 to a person or small team that is demonstrating excellence in combining biodiversity informatics and biosystematic research. The Science Committee of the GBIF Governing Board seeks nominations for the Prize. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 28 June 2005 |
Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment Launches Datamining Project
Interested persons are invited to contribute. |
GMBA Office |
| 07 June 2005 |
GEO Magazine BioBlitz Data Available via GBIF
For the first time, data collected by citizens and scientists participating in a "BioBlitz" is being made available via the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) internet portal. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 12 May 2005 |
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Funds GBIF - TDWG Standards Development
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has just awarded nearly $1.5 million USD to the GBIF-TDWG partnership. |
GBIF Secretariat - TDWG |
| 11 May 2005 |
Feasibility Study Funded by Moore Foundation
GBIF, in partnership with Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental (CRIA), is undertaking a study of the feasibility of establishing an Amazon Basin Biodiversity Information Facility in a project funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. |
GBMF, GBIF Secretariat |
| 09 May 2005 |
CBIF Providing Exciting New Levels of Online Mapping Capability to the GBIF Network
The Canadian node of GBIF is making available web mapping services that utilise GBIF data in real time. |
CBIF |
| 19 April 2005 |
GBIF to Establish Mirror Sites on 3 Continents
GBIF plans to establish mirror sites for its Data Portal in Germany, Korea, and the United States. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 18 April 2005 |
2005 Ebbe Nielsen Prize Awarded to Pablo A. Goloboff
Computer scientist and biologist Pablo Goloboff has won the $35,000 Ebbe Nielsen Prize for programs that can pinpoint regions of the world that are home to a particularly unique range of animals and plants. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 18 April 2005 |
Premio Ebbe Nielsen 2005 fue otorgado al Dr Pablo Goloboff
El Dr. Pablo Goloboff, especialista en informática y en biología, ha sido acreedor al premio Ebbe Nielsen que lo hace merecedor a USD $ 35,000 por haber elaborado programas que señalan con precisión regiones en el mundo que albergan especies únicas de animales y plantas. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 05 April 2005 |
GBIF Welcomes 5 New Participants
Equatorial Guinea has become GBIF's newest Voting Participant, and Philippines, Cameroon and the Republic of Guinea have joined as Associate Participants, as has the Consortium for the Barcode of Life. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 16 March 2005 |
GBIF Science Symposium 2005
The third GBIF Science Symposium, organised in conjunction with the Belgian hosts of the April Governing Board meeting, is titled "Tropical Biodiversity: Science, Data, Conservation." |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 14 March 2005 |
ENBI-GBIF Workshop Issues Statement on Free and Open Data Access
In correspondence with GBIF's principles of free and open data access, the participants at one of GBIF's workshops have issued a statement concerning open access. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 10 March 2005 |
GBIF Signs Memorandum of Cooperation with the Consortium for the Barcode of Life
On 25 February 2005, Dr. James Edwards signed, on behalf of GBIF, a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Consortium for the Barcode of Life. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 27 February 2005 |
Report Praises Global Species Database Initiative as Essential Research Tool
An independent review has praised the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) as an essential mine of dynamic information about the species of life on earth, with the potential to return even greater value in the future. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 20 January 2005 |
GBIF's Executive Secretary Celebrates Decadal Birthday
Friends and acquaintances from around Copenhagen met together to celebrate the anniversary of Jim's birth on 19 January. |
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| 03 January 2005 |
GBIF Workshop on Biodiversity Data Modelling
GBIF, in close collaboration with CONABIO (Mexico) and the University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center (KU), is organizing a hands-on biodiversity data modelling workshop in Mexico City from 4-8 April 2005. Persons interested in attending the workshop must be nominated by the delegation of a GBIF Participant. Deadline for applications is 17 January 2005. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 16 December 2004 |
Building SpeciesBanks -- An International Workshop
Co-sponsored by GBIF, NLBIF, ETI and the University of Amsterdam, this will be a workshop on shaping the future: What are speciesbanks and what should they become? What are the best pathways for developing them? This workshop, which will be held in Amsterdam from 2 through 4 March 2005. Registration has closed. Additional participants will be by special invitation only. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 16 December 2004 |
DIGIT Seed Money Awards for 2004
In 2004, the DIGIT seed money programme has awarded a total of US$737,744 to 16 digitisation projects. Using this funding, over 2.6 million specimen (including more than 50,000 types) and observational records will be added to the GBIF network. The taxonomic distribution of the awards is 7 botanical, 2 mycological, and 4 entomological collections, and one collection each for slime molds, mollusks and birds; the project investigators and their collaborators are located in 25 different countries. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 16 December 2004 |
ECAT Seed Money Awards for 2004
In 2004, the ECAT seed money programme has awarded a total of US$501,610 to 15 taxonomic projects. Using this funding, 8 Global Species Databases, 5 geographic checklists, and 2 nomenclators will be completed. The taxonomic distribution of the awards is 15 Animalia, 11 Plantae, and 1 Protista; the project investigators and their collaborators are located in 26 different countries. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 23 November 2004 |
New E-Journal Launched: Biodiversity Informatics
This electronic journal focuses on the emerging field of biodiversity informatics--the creation, integration, analysis, and understanding of information regarding biological diversity. |
Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas |
| 23 November 2004 |
GBIF Science Committee Seeks Nominations for 2005 Ebbe Nielsen Prize
The Ebbe Nielsen Prize is offered yearly by the GBIF Governing Board for innovation in combining biodiversity informatics and biosystematics research. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 19 November 2004 |
Call for Applications: GBIF Nodes Liaison Officer
To help address requests for assistance that have been expressed by GBIF's Nodes to the Secretariat, the GBIF Governing Board has authorised that the position of Nodes Liaison Officer be established. Applications for the position are due 20 December 2004. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 02 November 2004 |
GBIF Work Programme for 2005 - 2006 Has New Features
At GB9, GBIF's Governing Board approved a Work Programme that spans two years rather than one, four themes rather than three, and some other refinements over the Programmes of previous years. These changes are described in this article. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 02 November 2004 |
GBIF Working to Provide Liaison Officer to Participant Nodes
The original staffing plan for GBIF did not contemplate the need for a staff member in the Secretariat to focus on the development and oversight of Participant nodes. However, experience during the last two years has made it clear that a Nodes staff member is definitely needed. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 01 November 2004 |
Two GBIF Demonstration Projects Underway in 2004
The 2004 proposals for GBIF Demonstration Projects were so good that two were chosen, rather than one. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 08 October 2004 |
GBIF Governing Board Completes Successful Meeting in New Zealand
The ninth meeting of the GBIF Governing Board was held the week of 4 October in Wellington, at the internationally acclaimed Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 08 October 2004 |
Germany Becomes Fourth-Largest GBIF Data Provider
With the GBIF registration of 2.75 million records from FloraWeb, Germany becomes the GBIF Participant that is providing the fourth-largest number of apecies occurrence data records to GBIF. |
Walter Berendsohn |
| 08 October 2004 |
GBIF Alter-ego WBIF Featured in Danish Donald Duck Cartoon
Donald Duck (A.K.A. "Anders And" in Denmark) pays a visit to the "World Biological Information Facility" to get information about supernatural creatures in the most recent issue of Disney's "Jumbobog" (Jumbo Book) of comics. |
Egmont Press |
| 16 September 2004 |
Costa Rican Node Awarded Prestigious Prize
The Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad de Costa Rica (INBio) has received the Augusto González de Linares environmental prize, awarded by the University of Cantabria and the Consejería de Medio Ambiente del Gobierno. The prize includes a monetary award of €18,000. |
INBio |
| 13 September 2004 |
GBIF and the Index Fungorum Partnership Sign MoC
On 18 August 2004, Jim Edwards (Executive Secretary of GBIF) and officials of the institutions that partner to compile Index Fungorum signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC). The purpose of this MoC is to establish a framework through which fungal names data compiled and maintained by the Index Fungorum Partnership (IFP) can be used in building up the GBIF biodiversity network. |
GBIF - ECAT |
| 10 August 2004 |
A new GBIF Associate Participant
Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) has become the newest Associate Participant in GBIF. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 15 July 2004 |
GBIF Presentations Now Available Online
Did you miss the GBIF Science Symposium? You can now see the PowerPoint presentations here on the portal. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 08 July 2004 |
GBIF Seed Money Project Results Come On Line
Over 145,000 data records for plant specimens collected in Papua New Guinea are now available via the GBIF portal as a result of a 2003 seed money award. |
National Herbarium of New South Wales |
| 02 July 2004 |
Canadian ITIS Portal Links Directly into GBIF Data
From a scientific species name on the Canadian ITIS site, a user can now go directly to GBIF specimen data and to an interactive map of the distribution of the species. |
CBIF |
| 02 July 2004 |
GBIF Associate Participant IABIN Funded by GEF
The InterAmerican Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN) will receive US$6 million over the next five years from the GEF. |
IABIN Council |
| 26 June 2004 |
UK Makes Over 10,000,000 Records Available to GBIF
The UK’s National Biodiversity Network (NBN) is that Participant’s GBIF Node. NBN is providing over 10 million specimen and observation records to the GBIF network via the NBN Gateway, which was launched on 8 June 2004. |
UK node |
| 15 June 2004 |
2nd GBIF Science Symposium: Biodiversity Data Users Serving Science and Society
The second annual GBIF Science Symposium focused on uses and users of biodiversity data, and served as the kickoff for the science planning meetings that followed. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 14 June 2004 |
Governing Board Meets for 8th Time
The 8th meeting of the GBIF Governing Board (GB8) took place on 26 April 2004 in Oaxaca, Mexico. This meeting focused on science issues pertinent to GBIF activities, and the Second Annual GBIF Science Symposium and the science planning meetings filled out the week. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 11 June 2004 |
GBIF is Working! Part II: Data Provider Software Enhanced in Global Collaboration
Working together under the GBIF umbrella, several organisations have solved a problem in interoperable data provision rapidly and cooperatively. |
UK Node, CRIA |
| 07 June 2004 |
GBIF is Working! Part I: Sharing Data with Countries of Origin
The mission of GBIF is to make the world's primary data on biodiversity freely and universally available via the Internet. A major function of this mission is to ensure that biodiversity data will be shared with the countries of origin of natural history specimens and tissue cultures that are held in the world's museums and culture collections. |
GBIF Sweden and GBIF Secretariat |
| 07 May 2004 |
Introductions to Biodiversity Informatics
One of the tenets of Geospatial Solutions (Geospatial-online.com) is "the power of place". Certainly, place is also a fundamentally important component of GBIF data. |
http://www.geospatial-online.com |
| 16 April 2004 |
GBIF Undergoing Independent Review
“In the third year, an independent review of [GBIF’s] operations, financial mechanisms, legal basis, governance structure, and links to other organisations will be conducted to determine if any changes are needed. The lessons learned will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the governance structure and to recommend any necessary changes.” (GBIF MoU, Paragraph 11.2) |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 13 April 2004 |
2004 Ebbe Nielsen Prize
The 2004 Ebbe Nielsen prize for innovative application of biodiversity informatics in biosystematics was awarded to Mr. Johan Nilsson of Sollentuna, Sweden, during the Second Annual GBIF Science Symposium in Oaxaca, Mexico. |
GBIF Science Committee |
| 13 April 2004 |
GBIF Science Symposium 2004
Drs. Exequiel Ezcurra and Thomas Lovejoy are two of the speakers featured in Biodiversity Data Users Serving Science and Society, the GBIF Science Symposium to be held in Oaxaca, Mexico, 27-28 April 2004. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 18 March 2004 |
GBIF Report on Experiences of Data Sharing with Countries of Origin
A report commissioned by GBIF and prepared by CRIA is now available. It presents the experiences of primarily developed-world institutions in the process of sharing data with countries of origin of specimens the institutions house. |
GBIF Secretariat; Beatriz Torres |
| 05 March 2004 |
GBIF data portal cited in Science
Each week, Science magazine, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, points out four web sites of particular interest. GBIF has been recognized with a citation in the 27 February 2004 issue (vol. 303, p. 1267). |
Science 303: 1267 (27 Feb 2004) |
| 10 February 2004 |
GBIF praised in independent review
An independent, technical review of its network architecture praised GBIF for accomplishments. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 09 February 2004 |
GBIF (prototype) Data Portal launched
After several months of development, the prototype GBIF Data Portal has been launched. It now has almost 21 million specimen-data records from 53 data providers, as well as over 600,000 name-data records from 20 providers. These specimen- and name-data providers come from 19 GBIF member countries and 4 organisational associate participants. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 09 February 2004 |
OECD endorses open access to data from publicly funded research
The principles of openness, transparency and interoperability that are so much a part of the GBIF philosophy were also endorsed for the wider research world by OECD Ministers meeting on 30 January, in Paris. |
OECD Communiqué |
| 09 January 2004 |
Biodiversity in the Hot Seat -- What can GBIF do?
Many plant and animal species are unlikely to survive climate change. New analyses suggest that 15–37% of a sample of 1,103 land plants and animals would eventually become extinct as a result of climate changes expected by 2050. |
Nature |
| 07 January 2004 |
GBIF and the Catalogue of Life partnership sign Memorandum of Cooperation
On 15 December 2003, at 14.30 GMT, GBIF and the partnership between Species 2000 and the Integrated Taxonomic Information Service (ITIS) known as the Catalogue of Life (COL) partnership signed a Memorandum of Cooperation. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 06 January 2004 |
Over 8.5 million data records accessible through GBIF !!!
As more data providers implement DiGIR (see adjoining article), the amount of data freely and universally available via GBIF and the Internet is growing substantially. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 30 December 2003 |
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!
From all of us at the GBIF Secretariat |
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| 19 December 2003 |
Happy Holidays from GBIFS
The GBIF Secretariat staff send you Holiday Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year! |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 19 December 2003 |
Holiday Greetings from GBIFS
The GBIF Secretariat staff wish you and yours a happy holiday season and a peaceful and prosperous New Year. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 14 November 2003 |
Results of GBIF Survey: Collection management & digitisation software
The GBIF Secretariat is pleased to make available the results of a survey of collections management and digitisation software. See http://circa.gbif.net/Public/irc/gbif/digit/library |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 12 November 2003 |
ENHSIN publication now available on the Web
A publication with great import for natural history collections information networks everywhere has been produced by the European Natural History Specimen Information Network. It is available in PDF format from http://www.nhm.ac.uk/science/rco/enhsin/ |
Malcolm Scoble (NHM London) |
| 12 November 2003 |
Become a GBIF data provider!
GBIF's information architecture and communications portal have advanced to the point that we are ready for many information providers to join. Find out how in this article. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 21 October 2003 |
INBio Receives Tech Museum Award
Costa Rica's Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, host of the Costa Rican GBIF Node, has been awarded $50,000 by the Tech Museum. In the photo, Erick Mata, Director of Biodiversity Informatics at INBio, receives the award from Craig R. Barret, CEO of INTEL. |
INBio Press Release |
| 09 October 2003 |
GBIF Governing Board completes a successful 7th meeting
Meeting in Tsukuba, Japan, from 6--8 October, the GBIF Governing Board conducted three successful days of business. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 09 October 2003 |
GBIF seeks experts for membership on its Science Subcommittees
The GBIF Governing Board's Science Committee has four Subcommittees: one each for the four thematic areas of the Work Programme. |
GBIF Science Committee |
| 19 September 2003 |
ECAT Seed Money Awarded to 12 Projects
Twelve projects were awarded a total of US$500,000 of GBIF seed money as a result of the ECAT Request for Proposals. Of these, 7 will result in worldwide nomenclators for groups as diverse as fungi and thrips. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 18 September 2003 |
DIGIT Seed Money Awarded to 17 Projects
Approximately US$710,000 has been awarded to 17 projects from around the world. Successful completion of these projects will bring over 1,000,000 specimen records, including over 70,000 digital images of type specimens, online by the end of 2004. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 09 September 2003 |
Colombia becomes GBIF Associate Participant
An officially signed GBIF MOU arrived at Governing Board Chair Christoph Haeuser's office on 4 September 2003, making Colombia an Associate Participant in GBIF. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 09 September 2003 |
Estonia becomes newest GBIF Voting Participant
Effective 5 September 2003, Estonia has joined GBIF as a Voting Participant |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 02 September 2003 |
GBIF Secretariat invites visitors to work with staff
The GBIF Secretariat has desk space available for visitors who wish to come to Copenhagen and work with Secretariat staff on projects of mutual interest. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 02 September 2003 |
IUCN becomes an Associate Participant in GBIF
GBIF welcomes the World Conservation Union (IUCN) into the ranks of its Participants. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 02 September 2003 |
GBIF welcomes FreshwaterLife
Governing Board Chair Christoph Haeuser this week welcomed a collaboration called FreshwaterLife into Associate Participation in GBIF. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 08 August 2003 |
SAFRINET joins GBIF
SAFRINET is the most recent of several of BioNET International's regional networks to join GBIF. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 08 August 2003 |
GBIF Welcomes India
India has joined GBIF as an Associate Participant. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 28 July 2003 |
GBIF and CBD sign Memorandum of Cooperation
Given the complementary nature of the GBIF and CBD initiatives, a Memorandum of Cooperation between the Secretariats has been signed by the Executive Secretaries of the two organizations. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 25 July 2003 |
Finland contributes to the GBIF Supplementary Fund
Finland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has contributed €20,000 to the GBIF Supplementary Fund. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 30 June 2003 |
Denmark makes substantial contribution to GBIF's Supplementary Fund
The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made a substantial contribution to the GBIF Supplementary Fund, designated to assist developing countries to benefit fully from GBIF's activities. |
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| 13 June 2003 |
Two Tons of Tragedy Turned to Teaching Tots
The carcass of a Minke whale that drowned in fishing nets was brought to the Zoological Museum in Copenhagen, where it became a teaching opportunity for the Museum. |
mlane |
| 12 June 2003 |
GBIF Host Wins Prestigious Museum Prize
Henrik Enghoff (center), Director of the Zoological Museum of the University of Copenhagen, receives the 2003 Danish Museum Prize from Managing Director, Bikubenfonden, Kaj Dam Steffensen (left) and Director of the Hirschsprungske Samling og chair of the jury of the Danish Museum Prize, Marianne Saabye (right). |
Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen |
| 20 May 2003 |
GBIF Science Symposium 2003
The first annual Science Symposium was well-received by an audience of over 120. Shown here are keynote speaker, Dr. Cristián Samper (left) and Dr. John Curran, Chair of the GBIF Science Committee. The larger picture (click on this small one) shows (left to right), Dr. Craig Moritz, Dr. Jorge Soberón, Dr. Carsten Rahbek, Dr. Takeshi Sagara, and Dr. Cristián Samper. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 19 May 2003 |
Governing Board 6
One hundred sixteen attendees from 42 countries and 8 international organisations gathered in Copenhagen for the sixth meeting of the Governing Board. |
Meredith Lane |
| 07 May 2003 |
The 2003 Ebbe Nielsen Prize awarded to Stefan Schröder
The 2003 Ebbe Nielsen prize for innovative application of biodiversity informatics in biosystematics was awarded to Dr. Stefan Schröder of Bonn, Germany.
Dr. Schröder developed a method for identifying bee species by imaging their wings and analyzing the images on a computer.
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mlane |
| 31 March 2003 |
New GBIF building
The GBIF Secretariat moved from temporary quarters to their new permanent building on 5-7 March. Inauguration of the new building is 30 April. |
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| 28 March 2003 |
Report from the NODES2 meeting, London, 26-28 February 2003
More than 60 people attended the second meeting of the NODES committee, which took place in the Natural History Museum in London. |
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| 24 March 2003 |
GBIF Science Symposium 2003
Dr. Cristián Samper will be the keynote speaker for the Symposium. Other speakers include Drs. Jorge Soberón, Takeshi Sagara, Carsten Rahbek, and Craig Moritz. |
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| 27 February 2003 |
Call for tenders
GBIF Governing Board approved the elaboration of a GBIF demonstration project as part of the overall GBIF work programme. |
James L. Edwards |
| 20 January 2003 |
Request for Proposals
Seed money for projects in support of GBIF Work Programme |
James L. Edwards |
| 10 January 2003 |
Article test for LDAP
Tests the LDAP func |
Forgot |
| 19 December 2002 |
Seasons Greetings
... and best wishes from the GBIF Secretariat!
Our office is closed for holidays through 1 January. |
Meredith Lane |
| 17 December 2002 |
Use Cases for GBIF Network
Descriptions of possible user interactions with the GBIF Network. |
Donald Hobern |
| 17 December 2002 |
Introduction to CIRCA
This article describes the basics of CIRCA that all users should know.
CIRCA is an Internet-based collaboration environment that is now launched by the GBIF. |
Hannu Saarenmaa |
| 10 December 2002 |
Introduction to CIRCA for committee leaders
CIRCA provides a collaboration area for all GBIF committees. The services include document archive, mailing lists, discussion groups, directory services, etc. This article provides a general introduction to these services and best practices on their use. |
Giorgos Ksouris, Hannu Saarenmaa |
