This document lists by date the news items published on this portal.
| Release date |
Issue |
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| 13 January 2009 |
Harvard Museum first to pledge funds to support GBIF’s ‘Global Strategy and Action Plan for mobilisation of Natural History Collections data’
GBIF’s ‘Global Strategy and Action Plan for mobilisation of Natural History Collections data (GSAP-NHC)’ received a major boost through a pledge of USD 5000 by the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) |
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| 16 December 2008 |
GBIF to convene expert workshop to prepare Darwin Core standard for ratification process
The GBIF Secretariat will hold a three day programming workshop in Copenhagen on 21 - 23 January 2009 on the proposed Darwin Core (DwC) standard. |
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| 15 December 2008 |
GBIF Web Services Performance Improvement
Due to increasing volumes of traffic on the portal web services - http://data.gbif.org/tutorial/services - it has become necessary to implement some performance improvements in these services. |
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| 15 December 2008 |
Development underway on GBIF Harvesting and Indexing Toolkit
Development has started on the GBIF harvesting and indexing toolkit; a toolkit to simplify the job of harvesting datasources without the need for understanding the underlying protocols involved. |
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| 15 December 2008 |
New GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT) beta testing opens in January
The new Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT) allows for publishing specimen and observational occurrence data, names data and dataset descriptive data to the internet in a single toolkit. |
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| 12 December 2008 |
Report of the 15th GBIF Governing Board Meeting (GB15) and Associated events
GBIF's fifteenth Governing Board meeting (GB15) took place in Arusha, Tanzania, 31 October to 6 November 2008 |
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| 11 December 2008 |
Recommendation on Publishing and Discovery of Biodiversity Data Resources
The GBIF Science Committee in its meeting in Arusha, Tanzania endorsed the draft of the ‘Recommendation on Publishing and Discovery of Biodiversity Data Resources’. |
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| 11 December 2008 |
Multimedia Resources Task Group sub-group meeting in February 2009
Based on the recommendation of the GBIF Science Committee, a sub-group of the GBIF Multimedia Resources Task Group (MRTG) will meet in Copenhagen 23-26 February 2009. |
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| 11 December 2008 |
GBIF GSAP-NHC initial strategy document open for comments by Participants
GBIF’s Global Strategy and Action Plan for mobilisation of Natural History Collections (GSAP-NHC) Data Task Group met in Copenhagen during August 2008 to develop the initial strategy document. |
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| 09 December 2008 |
GBIF Task Group on Content Needs Assessment
Biodiversity Data are usually generated for a specific purpose, but are often used for multiple purposes. Some of the routine feedback from the users ranges from lack of sufficient data (volume, depth, and density), lack of fitness-for-use (precision, accuracy and authenticity), to lack of mechanism for data discovery, and access to data itself etc. The proposed ‘Content Needs Assessment’ exercise is an attempt to address these issues in an holistic manner. |
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| 09 December 2008 |
2008 Ebbe Nielsen Prize awarded at GB15
The Ebbe Nielsen Prize was awarded for the 7th time on 5 November 2008 in Arusha, Tanzania st GBIF’s fifteenth Governing Board meeting (GB15). |
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| 09 December 2008 |
GBIF Science Symposium, “Biodiversity, Humans and Global Change in Africa”
This year’s Symposium had the thought provoking theme of Biodiversity, Humans and Global Change in Africa. |
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| 08 December 2008 |
Biodiversity Informatics session at European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna, 19-24 April 2009 - Call for Participation
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| 05 December 2008 |
GBIF Science Committee Seeks Nominations for 2009 Ebbe Nielsen Prize
The Ebbe Nielsen Prize will be awarded for the eighth time in 2009 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 31 March 2009. |
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| 03 December 2008 |
GBIF provides support for CBD Parties in the preparation of their 4th National Biodiversity Reports
Following discussions on potential collaboration during 2008, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) invited GBIF to provide assistance to Parties with the preparation of their Fourth National Biodiversity Reports. |
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| 29 October 2008 |
Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and GBIF sign a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC)
GBIF and the Convention on Migratory Species have signed an agreement to work together to develop and share biodiversity data on migratory species. |
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| 28 October 2008 |
Strengthening of the GBIF Secretariat Informatics group
In order to expand the GBIF Secretariat Informatics capacity, The GBIF Secretariat has hired two new programmers. |
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| 28 October 2008 |
GBIF Programme Assistant appointed
In recognition of the high administrative work loads of the GBIF Secretariat Programme Officers, a Programme Assistant has been appointed in order to allow the Programme Officers to focus more on the substantive areas of their portfolios. |
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| 27 October 2008 |
GBIF participation at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
The 4th IUCN World Conservation Congress was held in Barcelona, Spain, 5-14 October 2008. |
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| 24 October 2008 |
GBIF Posters now available for download
GBIF has made a number of posters available for GBIF Participants to download from the GBIF website. |
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| 24 October 2008 |
ABBIF Campaign secures ~€400,000 in additional funding
The Amazon Basin Biodiversity Information Facility (ABBIF) Campaign has secured ~€400,000 in funding support after submitting a proposal to the Andean Community of Nations. |
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| 23 October 2008 |
GBIF Data Citation Task Group (DCTG)
The GBIF Nodes Committee members have identified the importance of adequately addressing the citation of biodiversity data served via the GBIF network, including providing attribution to the scientists and/or persons who are the original sources of such data. |
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| 23 October 2008 |
New GBIF Head of Participation Appointed
GBIF is delighted to announce that Dr Sandy Andelman has been appointed as the new Head of Participation at the GBIF Secretariat. |
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| 21 October 2008 |
Task Group on a Global Strategy and Action Plan for Mobilisation of Natural History Collections (GSAP-NHC)
As part of a broader Global Strategy for mobilising Primary Biodiversity Data, GBIF has convened a Task Group to catalyse the development of a Global Strategy and Action Plan for further mobilisation of natural history collections data worldwide(GSAP-NHC). |
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| 21 October 2008 |
GBIF co-sponsored nomenclatural workshops at ICZ
In late August GBIF co-sponsored two workshops in conjunction with the International Congress of Zoology in Paris, France. The meetings were co-sponsored by EDIT, the European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy and PESI, the Pan-European Species--directories Infrastructure. |
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| 21 October 2008 |
GBIF Task Groups submit recommendations for mobilising biodiversity observational data and multimedia data resources
Two GBIF convened Task Groups, on Observational Data (ODTG) and Multimedia Resources (MRTG) have submitted their recommendations towards mobilising biodiversity observational data and multimedia resources, respectively. |
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| 13 October 2008 |
Økonomimedarbejder (Financial Officer)
GBIF søger pr. 1. januar 2009 eller tidligere en erfaren økonomimedarbejder m/k. |
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| 09 October 2008 |
NOW Available: White paper on Significance of Organism Observations
Observations of nature are the foundation of ecological studies, which use observations to search for patterns in nature, and biodiversity conservation. Organism observations (observational) data is a major constituent of “primary biodiversity data”. |
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| 03 October 2008 |
GBIF and the IUCN World Conservation Congress (6-14 Oct 2008, Barcelona, Spain)
The GBIF Secretariat will be participating in the forthcoming IUCN Congress (6-14) in Barcelona, Spain |
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| 29 August 2008 |
GBIF welcomes ILTER as a new Associate Participant
The International Long Term Ecological Research (ILTER) is a global network of research sites located in a wide array of ecosystems worldwide that can help understand environmental change across the globe. |
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| 29 August 2008 |
GBIF welcomes Cuba as new Associate Country Participant
The GBIF Secretariat is pleased to announce that it has received Cuba's copy of the Memorandum of Understanding. |
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| 29 August 2008 |
GBIF welcomes EWT as a new Associate Participant
The GBIF Secretariat is pleased to announce that it has received the signed Memorandum of Understanding from the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT). |
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| 28 August 2008 |
GBIF-funded bee digitisation projects mobilise approx. 500,000 primary biodiversity records
Two of the bee digitisation projects funded by GBIF as a contribution to the Global Pollinator Initiative are now complete and together they mobilise over 500,000 primary pollinator (biodiversity) records. |
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| 28 August 2008 |
GBIF CDs and DVDs with country information
As part of GBIF's promotional and training digital material, GBIF has produced a number of CDs or DVDs for targeted countries. |
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| 27 August 2008 |
Integration of GBIF species occurrence data with the IUCN WDPA
Integration of GBIF species occurrence data with the IUCN World Database on Protected Areas to be demonstrated in October 2008. |
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| 26 August 2008 |
GBIF Data Portal version 1.2.2.
The GBIF Data Portal has reached version 1.2.2. Data is now searchable by altitude and depth and offers access to 147.5 million records.
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| 08 August 2008 |
Call for nominations for a "Task Group on a Global Strategy and Action Plan for the Mobilisation of Natural History Data"
GBIF Secretariat requests the nominations for membership in a GBIF Science Committee mandated “Task Group on a Global Strategy and Action Plan for Mobilisation of Natural History (GSAP-NHC)Data” |
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| 01 August 2008 |
GBIF-France to support the implementation of the SEP-CEPDEC collaboration
GBIF-France, the French national Node (http://www.gbif.fr/) has agreed to serve as a mentor Node for the African and Asian countries participating in SEP-CEPDE |
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| 25 July 2008 |
GBIF welcomes Kenya as a new Associate Country Participant
The GBIF Secretariat is pleased to announce that it has received Kenya's copy of the Memorandum of Understanding. |
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| 08 July 2008 |
GBIF bids farewell to Meredith Lane
The GBIF Public and Scientific Liaison Officer (often called the Communications Officer), Meredith Lane, has decided to leave the GBIF Secretariat and return to the US to seek new challenges. |
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| 07 July 2008 |
GBIF seeks Java developers
The GBIF Secretariat seeks two Java Software Developers. Deadline 28 July 2008. |
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| 02 July 2008 |
GBIF seeks Head of Participation
The GBIF Secretariat seeks an experienced and energetic coordinator for our Participation work area. Deadline 4 August 2008. |
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| 01 July 2008 |
GBIF seeks Administrative Assistant
The GBIF Secretariat, located in Copenhagen is seeking a highly-skilled and energetic Programme Assistant to assist our senior scientific staff with their main administrative tasks. |
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| 13 June 2008 |
Videos from the Workshop on Georeferencing Biodiversity Data now available from GBIF-ES
Videos of some of the presentations delivered during 3rd Workshop on Georeferencing Biodiversity Data are now available. |
GBIF Spain |
| 12 June 2008 |
GBIF launches online tabulation of hosted and shared data
GBIF has launched an online tabulation of Data Sharing with Countries of Origin, which clearly demonstrates the efforts that the GBIF network puts in to making data from various parts of the world available to the whole world via the Internet. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 12 June 2008 |
First assembly of Spanish GBIF data providers and partners
Representatives of 20 Spanish institutions that share data through the GBIF network gathered at a meeting hosted by GBIF-ES in April. |
GBIF Spain |
| 11 June 2008 |
GBIF Secretariat staff enhanced by new intern
A one-year internship to assist with CEPDEC activities has been added to the Secretariat. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 03 June 2008 |
Irish Node getting up to speed
The National Biodiversity Data Centre (NBDC) of Ireland has been designated as GBIF's Irish Node. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 03 June 2008 |
The latest update (version 1.2) of the GBIF Data Portal user interface and database are now online
The new version of the GBIF Data Portal contains 134.4 million occurrence records. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 13 May 2008 |
GBIF surveying observational datasets in biodiversity
GBIF's Observational Data Task Group is conducting an online survey of observational data sources related to biodiversity |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 08 May 2008 |
EDIT Summer School 2008
Call for the EDIT Summer School 2008: Modern Taxonomy and Field Work
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| 08 May 2008 |
Luxembourg has joined the GBIF family of participating countries
GBIF welcomes Luxembourg as its newest Associate Participant. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 05 May 2008 |
GBIF is surveying biodiversity multimedia resources
GBIF's Multimedia Resources Task Group is conducting a survey of multimedia resources related to biodiversity. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 23 April 2008 |
The French Node is offering GBIF training, 20-22 May, Montpellier
The French node for GBIF is offering training in how to become a GBIF data provider. |
GBIF.FR |
| 15 April 2008 |
Central African Biodiversity Information Network (CABIN) launched 1 April 2008
This project of the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) , in collaboration with several research institutions based in Central Africa (mainly Congo DRC, Rwanda and Burundi). |
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| 15 April 2008 |
GBIF-Sweden launches new portal
On April 10, 2008, GBIF-Sweden released a new portal with an improved interface and some new functions. |
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| 07 April 2008 |
GBIF seeks comments on proposed metadata strategy
GBIF is currently preparing a strategy that will take its network from
proven prototype to full operational status, enabling it to scale
exponentially and fulfill its goal of becoming the preferred gateway,
worldwide, to a comprehensive array of primary species-occurrence data.
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GBIF Secretariat |
| 02 April 2008 |
ZipCode Zoo and GBIF sign a Memorandum of Cooperation
The data-exchange and web services interaction between GBIF and the internet portal ZipCode Zoo have been formalised in a Memorandum of Cooperation. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 02 April 2008 |
LIFEWATCH launched on 12 March 2008
LIFEWATCH is preparing
the construction of a European infrastructure that will allow
researchers and other user sectors to benefit from computational
power for the analysis and modeling of vast amounts of biodiversity
data, including GBIF-mediated data.
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LIFEWATCH, GBIF Secretariat |
| 31 March 2008 |
Guide to Best Practices for Generalising Sensitive Species Occurrence Data now available in PDF
This guide is the work of Arthur Chapman and Oliver Grafton, based on a survey and a GBIF workshop. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 19 March 2008 |
Third GBIF training workshop on georeferencing, 5 - 8 May 2008
The third offering of the GBIF TRAINING WORKSHOP ON GEOREFERENCING will be held at the Royal Botanical Garden (CSIC), Madrid (Spain), in English. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 12 March 2008 |
GBIF Data Portal bug fixes and functionality upgrades
An updated version (1.1.2) of the GBIF Data Portal user interface and database went online on 21 February at http://data.gbif.org. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 11 March 2008 |
Multimedia Resources Task Group
GBIF has constituted a Task Group to address means to include multimedia data resource types, as a step toward achieving the 1 Billion Records goal. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 07 March 2008 |
Chinese translations of popular GBIF documents are now available
The GBIF booklet by Arthur Chapman on "Uses of Primary Species Occurrence Data" has been translated into Chinese, as has the Data Portal Tutorial. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 29 February 2008 |
GBIF welcomes SCAR
On 18 February 2008, GBIF received a signed MOU from the Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR), an Interdisciplinary Body of the International Council for Science (ICSU). |
GBIF Secretariat and SCAR |
| 28 February 2008 |
GBIF's 4th ENM workshop judged a success
The 4th GBIF Ecological Niche Modeling (ENM) workshop took place 26-30 November 2007 in Warsaw, Poland. This training event was co-organized with the University of Warsaw, The Polish GBIF Node, the Biodiversity Research Center (Kansas University) and UNAM (Mexico). |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 28 February 2008 |
GBIF signs MoC with CYTED
The Iberoamerican Project in Science and Technology for Development (CYTED) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with GBIF in December, 2007. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 25 February 2008 |
Discover Life joins GBIF
Discover Life became an Associate Participant in GBIF as of 21 February, when the signed MOU arrived at the GBIF Secretariat. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 06 February 2008 |
New team on board at GBIF.fr
A new node manager and web engineer have joined GBIF's French node. |
GBIF-FR |
| 04 February 2008 |
In latest RFP, the JRS Foundation requires building on accomplishments of GBIF and TDWG
In a recent request for pre-proposals, the JRS Foundation specifically states that applicants should build upon the work of GBIF and TDWG. |
JRS Foundation |
| 29 January 2008 |
GBIF Participant Nordic Gene Bank (NGB) becomes NORDGEN
Three Nordic genetic resource institutes have fused into one, and soon will be sharing more data through GBIF. |
NORDGEN |
| 28 January 2008 |
GBIF-Spain adds videos to its training website
Several videos are available for download or online display from the website of the Spanish GBIF Node. |
GBIF.ES |
| 26 January 2008 |
Ireland is GBIF's newest Voting Participant
GBIF extends a warm welcome to the Emerald Isle. |
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| 26 January 2008 |
EOL is newest GBIF Associate Participant
GBIF extends a warm welcome to the Encyclopedia of Life. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 25 January 2008 |
Observational Data Task Group
Observational data comprises 60% of GBIF's current 145 million primary biodiversity data records. |
Vishwas Chavan |
| 20 December 2007 |
Position Opened: Head of Informatics
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Secretariat seeks a highly experienced Informatics/IT Manager to lead our Informatics team |
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| 10 December 2007 |
Bibliographies of GBIF citations accessible at EditGrid.com
MOST RECENT UPDATE: 19 June 2008 |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 29 November 2007 |
2007 GBIF Science Symposium presentations now available
The PowerPoint presentations used by the speakers in the 2007 GBIF Science Symposium are now available. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 28 November 2007 |
Position open: GBIF seeks a Training Officer
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Secretariat seeks an experienced Training Officer (TO) to lead the development and implementation of training activities across the GBIF network. Closing date for applications is 16 January 2008. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 28 November 2007 |
GBIF formally accepted as a GEO Participant
GBIF Executive Secretary Nick King represented GBIF at the GEO Plenary (in Cape Town, South Africa, 27 - 28 November, 2007) at which GBIF was formally accepted as a Participant in the Group on Earth Observations. |
Nick King, Executive Secretary of GBIF |
| 15 November 2007 |
New publication reports on GBIF data coverage as of 2005
A paper published 7 Nov 2007 reports on a study of the geographical and taxonomic coverage provided by GBIF data that were current as of Oct 2005. |
authors |
| 09 November 2007 |
GBIF documents about data now available in Korean
"Uses of Primary Species-Occurrence Data", "Principles of Data Quality", and "Principles of Data Cleaning" are now available online in Korean. |
KBIF |
| 08 November 2007 |
DanBIF international conference: Biodiversity Informatics and Climate Change Impacts on Life
Denmark's GBIF Node to host its fifth international conference. |
DanBIF Secretariat |
| 01 November 2007 |
GBIF-ES to host a workshop on digital imaging
The workshop will be held at the Royal Botanic Garden, Madrid, 12 - 14 December 2007. |
GBIF-ES |
| 13 October 2007 |
Call for Proposals: GBIF Node-to-Node mentoring
Deadline for submitting proposals is Friday 13 November 2007, 2400 hrs (= 14 November, 0000 hrs) GMT+1. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 11 October 2007 |
GBIF seeks new Head of Informatics
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Secretariat seeks a highly experienced Informatics/IT Programme Manager to lead our Informatics team in the ongoing development of our informatics services and internal IT systems. The person will succeed Donald Hobern, who is taking up the post of Project Director for the Atlas of Living Australia. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 17 September 2007 |
Job opening - GBIF Web Developer
The GBIF Secretariat is seeking a Web Developer. Deadline for applications is 28 October 2007, 2400 hrs (= 29 October 2007, 0000 hrs) GMT+1. |
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| 11 September 2007 |
GBIF and FAO sign Memorandum of Cooperation
GBIF and the FAO have agreed to work together in support of the International Pollinator Initiative. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 11 September 2007 |
GBIF and ALARM work toward a Pollinator Information System
GBIF, through a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Integrated Project ALARM (Assessing LArge scale environmental Risks for biodiversity with tested Methods), is helping in the development of a Pollinator Information System. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 01 September 2007 |
New DIGIT Programme Officer to join GBIF Secretariat
Vishwas Chavan will join the GBIF Secretariat as Programme Officer for the DIGIT work programme later this month (September 2007). |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 31 August 2007 |
GBIF is requesting proposals for 2007 - 2008 Seed Money
The request for proposals (RFP) for the 2007 - 2008 GBIF Seed Money is now available. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 23 August 2007 |
Job opening - Office Manager/Personal Assistant
The Secretariat of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)seeks a temporary Office Manager/Personal Assistant
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| 14 August 2007 |
Fourth GBIF Ecological Niche Modelling Workshop
The 4th GBIF Ecological Niche Modeling Workshop will take place 26-30 November 2007 in Warsaw, Poland. This is a GBIF training opportunity for persons who wish to use ENM based on GBIF-mediated data in their research or applied work. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 26 July 2007 |
GBIF data provider seeking user feedback
The United States National Museum of Natural History is working to improve access to its data. |
NMNH |
| 09 July 2007 |
CETAF the newest GBIF participating organisation
The Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF)is now officially an organisational Associate Participant in GBIF. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 14 May 2007 |
New GBIF Data Portal now in beta-test
GBIF is seeking beta-testers who are willing to take a little time to try out the new Data Portal user interface and send us comments. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 30 March 2007 |
GBIF to hold e-conferences on Content seed money prioritisation
GBIF will make seed money awards in 2007-2008. Advice and input is sought concerning priorities for these awards. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 23 March 2007 |
Advisory report on IPR now available to GBIF
GBIF is benefitting from a report containing the advice of 10 IPR experts from around the world, which is now available. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 27 February 2007 |
Training for Dutch and Belgian data providers
NLBIF and BeBIF have teamed up to offer training in data validation methods, in Brussels (19 - 20 April 2007) and Amsterdam (26 - 27 April 2007). |
NLBIF & BeBIF |
| 21 February 2007 |
DanBIF is organising a fourth international conference
The fourth in DanBIF's biodiversity conference series is entitled "Biodiversity Informatics and the Barcode of Life" |
DanBIF Secretariat |
| 19 February 2007 |
Governing Board elects 3rd Vice-Chair
Gladys Cotter has been elected to serve in the position. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 15 February 2007 |
Respected Head of a GBIF Delegation has passed away
Dr. Bent Skovmand, Director, and Head of GBIF Delegation for the Nordic Gene Bank (NGB), has passed away. |
Nordic Gene Bank |
| 07 February 2007 |
The French Node is offering GBIF training, 4-6 April
The French node for GBIF is offering training in how to become a GBIF data provider. |
GBIF.FR |
| 07 February 2007 |
GBIF Georeferencing Training Workshop in Argentina
... to be held in Buenos Aires, 19-23 March 2007 (workshop language will be Spanish).
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GBIF Secretariat |
| 06 February 2007 |
SPNHC has joined GBIF ...
... as the newest organisational Associate Participant. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 02 February 2007 |
GBIF Spain Training program for 2007 released
The 12 training opportunities will take place at the Real Jardin Botanico (Madrid). |
GBIF.ES |
| 23 January 2007 |
GB 14 will be in Amsterdam in October
The next Governing Board meeting will take place the week of 14 October 2007. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 11 January 2007 |
GBIF Participants invited to submit Campaign pre-proposals
Campaign pre-proposals are due to the Secretariat by 31 March 2007. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 10 January 2007 |
Denmark continues assisting developing countries to participate in GBIF
Recently, the Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided 1.5M Danish kroner (approximately €200,000) to the GBIF Supplementary Fund. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 19 December 2006 |
GBIF Secretariat to be hosted by the University of Copenhagen for another five years
On 12 Dec 2006, Rektor Ralf Hemmingsen and Executive Secretary James L. Edwards signed a new Institutional Host Agreement between the University of Copenhagen and GBIF. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 01 December 2006 |
Position Announcment - Senior Program Officer DIGIT
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GBIF Secretariat |
| 30 November 2006 |
DanBIF Conference 2006 materials available online
Speaker presentations and posters from the 2006 DanBIF Conference on ecosystem-level biodiversity are now available online. |
DanBIF |
| 15 November 2006 |
Position Announcement: GBIF Executive Secretary
The GBIF Governing Board is seeking a highly qualified individual to take up the duties of GBIF Executive Secretary as of 1 November 2007. Applications are due by 28 February 2007. |
GBIF Governing Board |
| 08 November 2006 |
GBIF's French Node now online
As of early November 2006, the French national Node in the GBIF network is online. |
GBIF Node (France) |
| 20 October 2006 |
GBIF Participants are endorsing the new MOU
On Monday, 2 October, the GBIF Governing Board determined that there is indeed commitment among the Participants to the continuation of GBIF through at least 2011. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 23 August 2006 |
GBIF Joins with FAO to Add Content to the Pollinator Information Management System
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GBIF Secretariat |
| 22 August 2006 |
Now available: Guide to Best Practices for Georeferencing
This publication is one of the outputs from the BioGeomancer project and discusses in depth best practices for georeferencing biological species (specimen and observational) data. The publication presents examples of how to georeference a wide range of different location types, and provides information and examples on how to determine the extent and maximum uncertainty distance for locations based on the information provided.
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Biogeomancer project and GBIF Secretariat |
| 26 July 2006 |
Registration site for GB13 now open
Governing Board delegations can register online for GB13 and obtain travel, lodging and tourism information about the venue at the link provided. |
GBIF Secretariat and Peruvian Organising Committee |
| 05 July 2006 |
GBIF MOU for 2007 - 2011 open for signature
The Memorandum of Understanding that will continue GBIF for the next five years is open for signature and available in English (the official version), French and Spanish. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 28 June 2006 |
Proceedings of the Third GBIF Science Symposium available online
The Symposium was on the overall topic of "Tropical Biodiversity: Science, Data, Conservation", and featured biodiversity research by Belgian scientists. |
Belgian Biodiversity Platform |
| 27 June 2006 |
GBIF's Newest Associate Participants
Two new international organisations have joined GBIF, bringing the total number of organisational Associate Participants to 34.
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GBIF Secretariat |
| 16 June 2006 |
Helena Eklund is the new Node Manager for GBIF-Sweden
As of 12 June 2006, Helena Eklund holds the post GBIF-Sweden Node Manager. |
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| 06 June 2006 |
Two vacancies for Programme Officer positions in the GBIF Secretariat
The GBIF Secretariat in Copenhagen, Denmark, seeks to hire a Programme Officer for NODES and a Programme Officer for Data Access and Database Interoperability (DADI) |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 31 May 2006 |
Staffing changes at the GBIF Secretariat
Dr. James Edwards, Director of the GBIF Secretariat, has announced some staffing changes at the GBIF Secretariat. The new job descriptions will be posted by 1 June. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 10 May 2006 |
The NODES mentoring process for 2006 has been initiated
Mentors will assist
in establishing and/or developing the Mentee Node and/or a national network of
data users and providers promptly and effectively. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 02 May 2006 |
Jim Croft elected Vice Chair of Nodes Committee
At GB12 in Cape Town, Jim Croft (Australia) was elected Vice Chair of the GBIF Nodes Committee. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 02 May 2006 |
Finalised dates for GBIF Governing Board 13
The thirteenth meeting of the GBIF Governing Board will take place in Iquitos, Peru, from 2 to 4 October, 2006. Committees will meet 1 October. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 28 April 2006 |
Extraordinary Meeting of the GBIF Governing Board
Also known as GB12.5, the meeting will be held in Madrid, Spain, 15-16 June 2006. |
GBIF Spain |
| 19 April 2006 |
GBIF mirror site in Asia opened
Located at Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) in Daejon, Republic of Korea, a new mirror site of GBIF Data Portal has been opened. |
Hannu Saarenmaa and Giorgos Ksouris |
| 28 March 2006 |
Three Nodes mentoring projects have been funded
Mentors will assist in establishing or developing the mentee Nodes. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 17 March 2006 |
Call for technical author to assist TDWG subgroups
TDWG is seeking a technical author to assist with a range of documentation for its data standards |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 17 March 2006 |
Survey: Feedback and Requirements for GBIF Data Portal
Please visit our online survey to gather user requirements for the development of the GBIF Data Portal as a public tool providing access to biodiversity data at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=279441780723 |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 15 March 2006 |
Program for GBIF's Fourth Science Symposium available now
The fourth GBIF Science Symposium, titled "GBIF and other new technologies in conservation and monitoring biodiversity" will be held 5 - 6 April in Cape Town, South Africa. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 13 March 2006 |
GBIF welcomes newest Participant
The Major Systematic Entomology Facilities group has joined GBIF. |
GB Chair |
| 07 March 2006 |
GBIF Survey on Custodianship of Sensitive Data Underway
Please take the online survey, which can be found at the "concerned URL" in this news item. |
GBIF |
| 08 February 2006 |
RSS feeds from GBIF
"Rich site summaries" (RSS) of newly added data providers, new resources/collections, and taxa with new records can be followed from the GBIF home page. |
Hannu Saarenmaa |
| 07 February 2006 |
Press Clippings about GBIF Available Online
Articles from throughout GBIF's history available through the online Press Room.
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GBIF Secretariat |
| 02 February 2006 |
GB12 Web Site
Registration and full information package available. |
SABIF and GBIF Secretariat |
| 25 January 2006 |
BIS Colombia News
The Biodiversity Information System of Colombia posts new information products and services on the Web. |
Biodiversity Information System of Colombia (Coordinator Team) - Instituto Humboldt |
| 03 January 2006 |
Use of GUIDs to strengthen biodiversity informatics infrastructure
A globally unique identifier is a permanent identifier used to identify, reference and retrieve data resources (i.e. information) on the Web. GUIDs solve the problem of broken links (common in regular URLs) as they can be used to retrieve the associated resource regardless of changes in its location. GUIDs also provide a fundamental infrastructure to improve systems interoperability. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 22 December 2005 |
GBIF Secretariat will be closed for holidays
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| 13 December 2005 |
GBIF seeks experts to serve on its Science Subcommittees
Persons with expertise in the areas of GBIF's work programmes are needed to provide advice to GBIF. Those interested in advising GBIF should contact their country's, or an appropriate Associate Participant's, delegation as soon as possible. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 12 December 2005 |
Second GBIF ecological niche modelling workshop concludes
GBIF has sponsored two workshops on ecological niche modelling to date, one in Mexico and the second at the University of Kansas (pictured). |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 28 November 2005 |
GBIF's Governing Board Chair appears in the news
David Penman, new Chair of the Governing Board, was recently featured in several New Zealand newspapers and on the stuff.nz.co website. |
www.stuff.co.nz |
| 17 November 2005 |
GBIF seeks Programme Officer for ECAT
GBIF seeks a dynamic individual to assume leadership in completing the Electronic Catalogue of Names of Known Organisms (ECAT). |
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| 21 October 2005 |
Developers of implementations of TDWG TAPIR protocol will meet to ensure compatibility
A revision of the DiGIR and BioCASe protocols, known as the TDWG TAPIR protocol, has been in design over the last two years. The two project teams from the US and Germany are meeting to ensure that their implementations of the protocol are compatible. |
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| 17 October 2005 |
Mirror site of GBIF data portal opens in Berlin
The first of several GBIF mirror sites is now operational. Users of the data portal will be redirected to the closest or most available site. |
Hannu Saarenmaa |
| 07 October 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 September 2005 |
Costa Rica's GBIF Node's Web Site Won National Prize
INBio’s web page won first place at the II National Contest of Web Sites, organized by Costa Rica's Ministry of Science and Technology, RACSA and ICE. Later, it won won second place in the Latin American competition. |
INBio |
| 20 September 2005 |
Call for Proposals: 2005 GBIF Demonstration Project
The GBIF demo projects aim at developing applications and/or tools that utilize GBIF data in new and innovative ways. These applications are meant to be reused meaningfully with different data sets and addressing different end users. Deadline for receipt of proposals is 20 October 2005. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 15 September 2005 |
GBIF Training Workshop in Asia
The purpose of the workshop is to inform representatives of the countries in South and South-East Asia about GBIF’s vision and working practices, as well as to provide practical information and technology solutions that are available for making scientific biodiversity data available on the Internet. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 31 August 2005 |
Call for Contractors for GBIF Data Portal
Experienced Java Developers and a Data Administrator are sought to work on the GBIF Data Portal and web services. |
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| 25 August 2005 |
TDWG Project Team appointed with funds from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Three contractors have been appointed to work over the next two-and-a-half years to help TDWG improve its development of data standards. |
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| 17 August 2005 |
GBIF 2nd Workshop on Ecological Niche Modelling
GBIF together the University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center (KU) and
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), are organizing a hands-on Ecological Niche
Modeling training workshop in Lawrence, Kansas from 5-9 December 2005.
Deadline for applications is 22 September 2005. |
BT & MAL; approved: JLE |
| 11 August 2005 |
Correction of deadline for ECAT pre-proposals
In the news item below this one, the deadline is stated to be 15 September, but within the document itself, the deadline was given as 15 August. |
MAL; approved: JLE |
| 28 June 2005 |
2005 - 2006 Request for proposals for GBIF seed money
The requests for proposals to the GBIF programmes DIGIT and ECAT have been released. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 22 June 2005 |
Governing Board 11th meeting website
Registration is now open for the Stockholm meeting. |
GBIF Sweden |
| 14 June 2005 |
Data sharing report from Spanish GBIF Node
A short report on Spanish data provision to the GBIF Network is already available. Data sharing with countries of origin is also analysed in brief, with a distribution map of the Spanish data in the GBIF Network. |
GBIF.ES Coordination Unit |
| 07 June 2005 |
SABIF sets sail
The South African Biodiversity Information Facility (SABIF) was today launched at the Innovation Hub in Pretoria by Science and Technology Deputy Minister Derek Hanekom. |
South Africa National Research Foundation |
| 03 June 2005 |
GBIF Switzerland is online!
Call on Swiss institutions for data digitization projects, and announcement of the new web site of the Swiss GBIF participant node. |
GBIF.ch |
| 24 May 2005 |
Two job openings
TDWG and GBIF are seeking a Data Architect and Project
Manager. |
Donald Hobern |
| 20 May 2005 |
Invitation to contribute to the Amazonian biodiversity data survey
GBIF is working towards the development and establishment of the Amazon
Basin Biodiversity Information Facility (ABBIF). |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 20 May 2005 |
E-conferences to be held on GBIF seed money priorities
As part of the process of formulating the 2005-2006 requests for proposals for the GBIF seed money competitions, a discussion of priorities will be carried out through e-conferences.
GBIF welcomes your insights about what taxonomic groups or regional floras/faunas should be priorities for the GBIF seed money programmes. Two simultaneous e-conferences will take place from 25 May through 1 June, 2005. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 19 May 2005 |
GBIF participating in the International Day for Biological Diversity
With its node in Denmark (DanBIF), the Danish National Museum for Nature, and the European Environment Agency (EEA), GBIF is participating in the International Biodiversity Day (IBD). |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 19 May 2005 |
GBIF seeks advice and input regarding participation in GEOSS
GBIF has been called upon to lead two of the work packets of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) process. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 19 May 2005 |
GBIF servers down today
Due to electical work between 17-23 hours. |
Hannu Saarenmaa |
| 06 May 2005 |
How to cite GBIF data
Now also in Spanish! Public commenting period of draft documents until end of June. |
Hannu Saarenmaa |
| 03 May 2005 |
Austria proud to announce a total of 10 institutions providing data
In a joint effort co-ordinated by the Umweltbundesamt, 10 of Austria's natural history institutions have become GBIF data providers. |
Michael Malicky |
| 22 April 2005 |
GBIF welcomes WDCBE as newest Associate Participant
At the 10th meeting of the GBIF Governing Board, the World Data Center for Biodiversity and Ecology (WCDBE) was welcomed as the 77th Participant in GBIF. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 20 April 2005 |
GBIF Secretariat in transition to a new IP network class
Expect temporary interruptions in access to GBIF internet services over the next several days. |
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| 18 March 2005 |
First insect observation data from the Netherlands connected to GBIF
Nearly 87,000 observational records of insects over a 200-year period have been made available through GBIF. |
European Invertebrate Survey (EIS-NL) |
| 11 March 2005 |
Nodes Liaison Officer soon to join the GBIF Secretariat staff
Dr. Francisco "Paco" Pando has accepted the position of Nodes Liaison Officer. He will begin working at the Secretariat as of 30 March 2005. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 02 March 2005 |
PowerPoint / Word files from the Species Banks workshop are available online
PowerPoint or Word files of the talks given by the invited speakers at the "Building Species Banks: How Shall We Shape the Future?" workshop are available online. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 16 February 2005 |
Participants for the SpeciesBanks workshop
The GBIF - NLBIF - ETI workshop on "Building SpeciesBanks: How Shall We Shape the Future?" is fully subscribed. Registration closed on 31 January, and participants were notified of their status on 2 February 2005. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 09 February 2005 |
NL-BIF brings three new species banks online
Two projects in the series Arthropods of Economic Importance (Agromyzidae and Tortricidae), and Flora of NW Europe, are accessible online via the NL-BIF portal. |
NL-BIF |
| 31 January 2005 |
GBIF welcomes two new associate participants
Signed MOUs were received by the Secretariat in December 2004 from the Republic of Benin and from the Natural Science Collections Alliance. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 19 January 2005 |
GBIF's Executive Secretary celebrates decadal birthday
The GBIF Secretariat, working with Jim Edwards' spouse, arranged a surprise birthday party. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 17 January 2005 |
Mirroring and replication of GBIF data services
Call for proposals for GBIF Participant Nodes and current data providers. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 05 January 2005 |
Happy Holidays to GBIF from Denmark
The Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made a substantial grant in support of GBIF. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 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. Deadline for applications is 17 January 2005. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 17 December 2004 |
Open-invitation workshop: Building SpeciesBanks
How should speciesbanks be shaped for the future? What are the user demands? What information resources are available? What are the technological challenges and needs to make the visions possible? |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 16 December 2004 |
Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-9, available online
A compilation of approximately 347,000 zoological genera and subgenera from 1758-1994 is now digitally available. |
uBio |
| 16 December 2004 |
Electronic conference: “Improving European participation in GBIF"
The third ENBI forums electronic conference will run from 14th to 28th February 2005. |
European Network for Biodiversity Information |
| 26 November 2004 |
13,000 records of type specimens online from Herbar Z + ZT
Focal points of this collection are New Caledonia and South Africa. It is also probable that many types that went lost during World War II destructions in Berlin may be found in this type collection. |
Donat Agosti |
| 23 November 2004 |
GBIF & DanBIF hear Arthur D. Chapman seminar
On Tuesday, 23 November 2004, Arthur D. Chapman of Australian Biodiversity Information Services presented a seminar on data quality and data cleansing, sponsored by DanBIF and GBIF. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 17 November 2004 |
Travel Grants to Attend the ‘From Ink to Electrons - Challenges and Solutions in Digitising Herbaria’ Workshop
To be held in 20-22 January 2005
in Chania, Crete, Greece, at the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, a limited number of ‘Travel Grants’ are available on a competitive basis to support GBIF participation in the Advanced Workshop ‘From Ink to Electrons - Challenges and Solutions in Digitising Herbaria’ Workshop. |
Larry Speers |
| 16 November 2004 |
GBIF welcomes Indonesia as newest Associate Participant
It was a great pleasure for Governing Board Chair Christoph Haeuser to welcome Indonesia in his letter of reply to Indonesian officials. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 02 November 2004 |
New GBIF literature materials available
Several new printed documents that explain various aspects of GBIF are now available from the Secretariat and in PDF format online. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 08 October 2004 |
Travel support is available for First International Conference on the Barcode of Life
Scientists from less-developed countries may apply for travel assistance in order to attend the barcode of life conference in London in February of 2005. |
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/science/BOL/bursary.htm |
| 23 September 2004 |
New GBIF Associate Participant
The GBIF Secretariat has just received the signed copy of the GBIF MoU from the Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum. |
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| 09 August 2004 |
GBIF Secretariat closed 10 - 12 August
The GBIF Secretariat will be closed from 10 August through 12 August, and open again on 13 August. |
GBIFS |
| 15 July 2004 |
Online GBIF prototype data portal user survey
GBIF is in the midst of an independent, external review. A user survey questionnaire has been developed as part of the review process. |
External Review Team |
| 15 July 2004 |
Call for nominations for 2005 Ebbe Nielsen Prize
Nominations for the 2005 Ebbe Nielsen Prize for innovation in combining biodiversity informatics with biosystematics are being sought by the GBIF Science Committee. |
GBIF Science Committee |
| 13 July 2004 |
GBIF recognised as an important initiative
In a recent Experts' Group report, GBIF was cited as an important initiative, and that IODE should work closely with GBIF. |
UNESCO / IOC / IODE Experts' Group Report |
| 09 July 2004 |
GBIF demonstration project 2004
Call for tenders is now open. |
Beatriz Torres |
| 09 July 2004 |
Director for the IABIN Secretariat Sought
With funding having been secured, IABIN is ready to establish its Secretariat, and is searching for a Director. |
IABIN Council |
| 29 June 2004 |
Netherlands provides major funding for digitisation projects
The Netherlands is fulfilling Paragraph 3.3d of the GBIF MoU by making "...other investments in biodiversity information infrastructure in support of GBIF". A recent grant of €2.35 million to a consortium of natural history collections will enable digitisation of 1.5 million records. |
NL-BIF |
| 26 June 2004 |
GBIF (prototype) Data Portal Provides View to 35+ Million Data Records
The prototype GBIF Data Portal now provides access to nearly 37 million specimen-data records from 66 data providers, as well as over 600,000 name-data records from 21 providers. These specimen- and name-data providers come from 21 GBIF member countries and 4 organisational associate participants. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 17 June 2004 |
Unambiguously identifying taxonomic concepts
Will GUIDs such as LSIDs help to solve a problem common to many information systems:
How does one make sure that all data and information objects are uniquely identified as to type, source, version, etc? |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 10 June 2004 |
GBIF appears in June, 2004 BioScience
Dr. James L. Edwards was invited by the Editor to write a Viewpoint article for the journal BioScience. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 04 June 2004 |
CIRCA down for maintenance
On Sunday 6 June between 9-18 hours Copenhagen time circa.gbif.net will be down for maintenance. |
GBIF Helpdesk |
| 22 April 2004 |
DanBIF Conference on Molecular Biodiversity
PowerPoint presentations from the DanBIF Conference on Molecular Biodiversity are now available. |
DanBIF |
| 20 April 2004 |
Explore the results of the 2003 GBIF demonstration project
GBIF commissioned the development of a demonstration about how GBIF-type data can be put to use by people in different walks of life. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 16 April 2004 |
GBIF and Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)
GBIF convened an Experts' Meeting to solicit advice on biodiversity data, databases and intellectual property rights. |
GBIF-OCB |
| 30 March 2004 |
GBIF gains another Associate Participant
The copy of the GBIF MoU signed by the Nordic Gene Bank has just been received by the Secretariat. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 29 March 2004 |
GBIF-Sweden website now also in English
Since the 29th of March, the Swedish GBIF node's website is also available in English. |
GBIF Sweden |
| 29 March 2004 |
ICIPE is a new GBIF Associate Participant
In a letter to the Director General of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Governing Board Chair Christoph Häuser welcomed the organisation as GBIF's newest member. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 29 March 2004 |
GBIF servers scheduled to be down
Tuesday 6 April between 8-11 hours MET DST for electrical work in the building. |
Hannu Saarenmaa |
| 18 March 2004 |
GBIF report on 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 |
| 15 March 2004 |
GBIF appoints new members of its Science Subcommittees
Following the election of the chairs of the Science Subcommittees at GB7 in Tsukuba in October, the nomination process for members of the Subcommittees was carried out. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 15 March 2004 |
GBIF welcomes Norway as newest Voting Participant
Governing Board Chairman Christoph Häuser has sent his letter of welcome to Norway. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 04 March 2004 |
Papua New Guinea joins GBIF
The most recent new Associate Participant of GBIF is Papua New Guinea. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 10 February 2004 |
GBIF's information architecture praised by independent review
A technical review of its network architecture praised GBIF for accomplishments. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 04 February 2004 |
GB8 registration is open.
GBIF goes to Mexico! The website of the 8th meeting of the GBIF Governing Board and associated meetings is now open. |
The Mexican Organisation Committee |
| 27 January 2004 |
GBIF and uBio to develop Memorandum of Cooperation
David Remsen of uBio
visited GBIF Secretariat to attend an expert meeting of the nomenclators. In this picture he is talking with Donald Hobern (DADI) and Per de Place Bjørn (ECAT) of GBIF. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 23 January 2004 |
Call for pre-proposals: GBIF/UNESCO Chairs in Biodiversity Informatics (deadline for submission 15 March 2004)
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Beatriz Torres |
| 20 January 2004 |
DIGIT and ECAT 2004 Request for Proposals
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Per de Place Bjørn , Larry Speers |
| 08 January 2004 |
GBIF welcomes new Associate Participant
ASEAN Regional Centre for Biodiversity Conservation (ARCBC) has recently joined GBIF as an Associate Participant. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 05 January 2004 |
WFCC invites applications for the Skerman Award
The aim of the Skerman Award is to encourage taxonomic research by young microbiologists and to reward excellence in taxonomic research and significant contributions to the discipline. |
WFCC (GBIF Associate Participant) |
| 19 December 2003 |
GBIF Secretariat closed for the holidays....
The GBIF Secretariat is closed from 20 December 2003 until 5 January 2004. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 28 November 2003 |
Pre - Announcement: GBIF 2004 RFP
In early 2004, GBIF will issue two new Requests for Proposals (one each in DIGIT and ECAT). This pre-announcement is for information only. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 12 November 2003 |
GBIF seeks experts for its Science Subcommittees
A call for nominations has been sent to all members of the GBIF Governing Board. Nominations are due by 15 December 2003. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 24 September 2003 |
Major blackout
in Denmark and Sweden. |
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| 18 September 2003 |
Announcing WFCC/GBIF e-conference
The Electronic conference related to the workshop "Towards a Global Infrastructure for Microbial Information" (Brussel October 27th and 28th) will start on Monday September 22nd |
François Guissart and Patricia Mergen |
| 27 August 2003 |
Austria publishes inventory of collections and databases
Austria has made available the inventory conducted of collections and databases within its borders. |
Martin Götzl |
| 05 August 2003 |
Announcing GBIF training
Seven regional workshops on the subject "Becoming a GBIF data provider" will be offered. |
Hannu Saarenmaa |
| 20 June 2003 |
Call for nominations: The 2004 Ebbe Nielsen Prize
GBIF Participants should send their nomination(s) to proposals@gbif.org by 15 December.
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GBIF Secretariat |
| 18 June 2003 |
GBIF Demonstration Project launched.
"Promotion of GBIF, expansion of GBIF membership and catalyzation of fundraising efforts"
is the title of the Finnish proposal
that was chosen from among the twelve tenders received.
The GBIF Demonstration Project aims at producing a functional demonstration of the web services of GBIF,
and demonstrates how end-users will benefit from accessing intuitive and interactive interfaces. |
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| 16 June 2003 |
Joint International Forum on Biodiversity Information:Building Capacity in Asia and Oceania
Announcement of Joint International Forum in Tsukuba, Japan 2003 |
Local organising committee |
| 13 June 2003 |
Call for expression of interest
Provision of information technology development and support services for the GBIF.
Open for companies, non-profit research organisations and departments. |
GBIF Secretariat |
| 09 May 2003 |
South Africa is the newest Voting Participant
As of April 30, GBIF welcomes the Republic of South Africa as a new Voting Participant. |
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| 30 April 2003 |
His Royal Highness Prince Henrik inaugurated the new GBIF building
A new building for the Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat was officially inaugurated by HRH Prince Henrik on 30 April 2003. A grant from the Aage V. Jensen Foundation made it possible for the University of Copenhagen to offer this new building, which is attached to the Zoological Museum, to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). GBIF Secretariat staff have until recently been housed in temporary facilities furnished by the University. Hans Christian Schmidt, the Danish Minister for the Environment, spoke on behalf of the Danish government at the inauguration.
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Meredith Lane |
| 30 April 2003 |
Representatives of world governments gather in Copenhagen
Meeting for the sixth time, in as many cities around the world, the Governing Board of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) will convene in Eigtved's Pakhus (pictured) Copenhagen this week. Representatives of 41 countries and 8 international organizations will attend the meeting, which is surrounded by a number of side events, including the inauguration of a new building for the GBIF Secretariat, the awarding of the prestigious Ebbe Nielsen Prize, and a day-long science symposium.
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Meredith Lane |
| 22 April 2003 |
Norway taking steps towards membership in GBIF
After following the development of GBIF, the Research Council of Norway now announces that the country wants to become a GBIF member. |
The Research Council Norway |
| 01 April 2003 |
Website overhaul
GBIF website has now been replaced by a dynamic communications portal. |
hsaarenmaa |
| 04 March 2003 |
We are moving!
There will be interruptions in telephone access and responses to emails while the GBIF Secretariat moves to its new building 5-7 March. |
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| 11 February 2003 |
CIRCA improvements
Several enhancements have been made and bugs eliminated this year so that the system now better fulfils user expectations. |
Hannu Saarenmaa |
| 11 February 2003 |
Assembling the Tree of Life
To construct a phylogeny for the 1.7 million described species of life.
Program solicitation by
NSF. Deadline 5 May 2003. |
NSF announcement |
| 06 January 2003 |
New year flood
GBIF Secretariat mail and web down due to flooding in computer room. Gradual recovery expected from Monday 6 January onwards... |
Hannu Saarenmaa |
| 20 December 2002 |
GB6 registration site
The website of the GBIF 6th Governing Board meeting is now available. |
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| 10 December 2002 |
CIRCA is available
GBIF now opens its CIRCA services for general use. |
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| 29 November 2002 |
Early alpha of the new portal is in place
The early alpha stage of the new GBIF portal is in place |
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