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Nodes
A GBIF participant node is a mechanism by which a Participant coordinates and supports its GBIF data-sharing activities. A Participant Node includes both physical infrastructure and human resources. Typically a Participant Node encourages and supports the activities of the
Participant’s data providers to both contribute and use GBIF-served data, provides information technology (IT) infrastructure and expertise for GBIF activities, and functions as an information gateway among Participants, other partners, and the Secretariat.
Each Participant signing the MOU should seek to form a Participant Node or Nodes, accessible via GBIF, that will organise and/or provide access to biodiversity data, or to data and metadata standards, software tools or other services to enhance the GBIF network.
The Participant Node Managers Committee will serve as a forum for sharing information about the status and best practices of Participants' nodes, and as an advisory committee that will make recommendations to the Governing Board, the Executive Committee, the Science Committee and the Secretariat concerning relevant issues for the nodes.
- NODES Committee Chairpersons
- NODES Committee Members
- NODES Interest Group
for working materials and discussions
- NODES Status Reports
(most recent updates)
- NODES Wiki
for collaborative documentation and best practices
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
BioNET-ASEANET
Southeast Asian Loop of The Global Network for Taxonomy
BioNET-EASIANET
East Asian Loop of the Global Network for Taxonomy
BioNET-INTERNATIONAL
The Global Network for Taxonomy
(bulletin here)
BioNET-SAFRINET
BioNET LOOP for the 14 countries of the Southern African Development Community
Bulgaria
CABI Bioscience
Canada
Chinese Taipei
Colombia
Costa Rica
Denmark
(newsletter here)
ETI
FindingSpecies
-- pioneering new ways to communicate about biodiversity.
Finland
France
FreshwaterLife
-- providing easy access to freshwater information
Germany
Ghana
IABIN
Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network
ICIPE
International Center of Insect Physiology & Ecology
ITIS
Integrated Taxonomic Information Service
Iceland
Japan
Korea
Mexico
NORDGEN
Nordic Genetic Resource Center
NatureServe
Netherlands
New Zealand
OBIS
Ocean Biogeographic Information System
PBIF
Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum
Peru
Poland
Slovak Republic
South Africa
Spain
Species 2000
Sweden
(newsletter here)
Switzerland
TDWG
Taxonomic Databases Working Group
UNEP-WCMC
World Conservation Monitoring Center
USA
(newsletter here)
United Kingdom
(newsletter here)
WFCC
World Federation of Culture Collections
Wildscreen
-- developing a digital image Noah's ark: Arkiv
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