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Home About GBIF Current GBIF Participants...

Current GBIF Participants (members)

GBIF's "members" are officially called Participants by the GBIF Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU is open for signature to any country or relevant international organisation.

Institutions, individuals and regional/national/sub-national organisations that wish to share their data via the GBIF network do not have to sign the MOU (instead, see Become a Data Provider). GBIF's current Data Providers are listed here.

The procedure for a country or international organisation to apply for Participant status is described in the document  How to Become a GBIF Participant.

Inquiries concerning Participation in GBIF, or Letters of Intent to do so, may be sent by e-mail to gbif@gbif.org and should be addressed as follows:

Chair of the GBIF Governing Board
GBIF Secretariat
Universitetsparken 15
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø
Denmark

The current GBIFMemorandum of Understanding (MOU 2007-2011) went into effect 1 January 2007.

    Member as of Comments
Voting Participants
1. Argentina Mar 2002 Argentina became Voting Participant in Sep 2007. From Mar 2002 - Aug 2007, Argentina was an Associate Participant
2. Australia Feb 2001
3. Belgium Feb 2001  
4. Canada Mar 2001 Canada has sent letter of intent but not yet signed the MOU 2007-2011
5. Costa Rica May 2001  
6. Denmark Jan 2001
7. Equatorial Guinea Mar 2005  
8. Estonia Sep 2003
9. Finland Apr 2001  
10. France Mar 2001
11. Germany Feb 2001  
12. Iceland Jun 2001
13. Ireland Jan 2008  
14. Japan Feb 2001
15. Korea, Rep. Of May 2001  
16. Mexico Mar 2001
17. Netherlands Feb 2001  
18. New Zealand Feb 2001
19. Norway Mar 2004  
20. Peru Sep 2002
21. Portugal Jun 2001  
22. Slovakia Aug 2001 Slovakia became Voting Participant in Apr 2007. From Aug 2001 - Mar 2007, Slovakia was an Associate Participant
23. Slovenia Feb 2001  
24. South Africa May 2003
25. Spain Feb 2001  
26. Sweden Feb 2001
27. Tanzania Sep 2002 Tanzania became Voting Participant in Jan 2007. From Sep 2002 - Dec 2006, Tanzania was an Associate Participant
28. United Kingdom Aug 2001
29. Uruguay Feb 2009  
30. USA Jan 2001 USA has sent letter of intent but not yet signed the MOU 2007-2011
Associate Countries
1. Austria Sep 2001  
2. Benin Dec 2004
3. Bulgaria Aug 2001 Bulgaria has sent letter of intent but not yet signed the the MOU 2007-2011
4. Burkina Faso Jan 2007
5. Cameroon Mar 2005  
6. Colombia Sep 2003
7. Cuba Aug 2008  
8. Ghana Mar 2001
9. Guinea Mar 2005  
10. India Aug 2003
11. Indonesia Nov 2004  
12. Kenya Jul 2008
13. Luxembourg May 2008  
14. Madagascar Jan 2003
15. Morocco Jun 2003  
16. Nicaragua Jun 2001 Nicaragua changed from Voting to Associate Participant as of Jul 2008
17. Pakistan Aug 2001  
18. Philippines Mar 2005
19. Poland Mar 2001  
20. Switzerland Feb 2001
Other Associate Participants
1. Andean Network of BioNET-INTERNATIONAL (AndinoNet) Oct 2007  
2. BioNET-ASEANET Oct 2002
3. BioNET-EASIANET Oct 2002  
4. BioNET-INTERNATIONAL May 2001
5. BioNET-SAFRINET Jul 2003  
6. Bioversity International Jan 2007
7. Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)  Aug 2004  
8. CABI Bioscience Sep 2001
9. Chinese Taipei Mar 2001  
10. Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo (CYTED)  May 2006
11. Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL)  Mar 2005  
12. Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF) Jun 2007
13. Discover Life Feb 2008  
14. DIVERSITAS May 2007
15. Encyclopedia of Life (EoL) Jan 2008  
16. Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) Aug 2008
17. ETI Bioinformatics Mar 2001  
18. Finding Species Dec 2003
19. Freshwater Biological Association - FreshwaterLife Oct 2003  
20. International Long Term Ecological Research (ILTER) Aug 2008
21. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Mar 2001  
22. Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN) May 2001
23. International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) Mar 2004  
24. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) Jun 2005
25. International Species Information System (ISIS) Jun 2006  
26. Major Systematic Entomology Facilities (MSEF)  Mar 2006
27. Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSCA) Dec 2004  
28. NatureServe May 2001
29. Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NORDGEN)  Mar 2004  
30. Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Jun 2001
31. Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum (PBIF)  Sep 2004  
32. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)  Feb 2008
33. Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC)  Jan 2007  
34. Species 2000 Mar 2001
35. Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG) Mar 2002  
36. United Nations Environment Programme - WCMC May 2001
37. Wildscreen Jan 2003  
38. World Data Center for Biodiversity and Ecology (WDCBE)  Apr 2005
39. World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC)  Oct 2002  

To see the full list of Participants under the MOU 2001-2006, please click here.

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