📣 Announcement 📣 GBIF will no longer be active across X as we move to align with platforms with stronger shared values in open access, transparency and data sovereignty.👩‍💻 Join GBIF on Bluesky ☁️ https://t.co/z7NEs78st1 and Mastodon 🐘 https://t.co/Fyezk9IhFr #MakingXOurEx

Spotlighting 🔦 Portal Datos de Biodiversidad de #Argentina! This #HostedPortal displays >17 million biodiversity records generated by Argentine publishers and GBIF member institutions around the world. 🌎 🔗 https://t.co/uHGI1RrG9Y @NodoGbifAR

Join @BiodiversityDT and Destination Earth Ecosystem in #Rome on 3 April to engage in strategic discussions, scientific presentations, panel debates on infrastructure and data sustainability to showcase the final outcomes of the project. Register here 🔗 https://t.co/9ido5jNqdF

Introducing the BDJ portal, hosted on the @GBIF platform! Another initiative that will make it easier to use and reuse biodiversity data. More @Pensoft journals will soon follow suit!

Joining the @ejtaxonomy, the @BioDataJournal is the latest #ScientificJournal to launch a GBIF hosted portal! 🐟 This @Pensoft-published journal is the first of many under the masthead expected to participate in the GBIF programme. ⚡ Read more: 🔗 https://t.co/IA3IWydRLy

Business as usual... 🥸💼 More than 100 businesses from 21 countries are now sharing data through https://t.co/CJaPsifdp0! ⭐ This equates to >840 datasets, 15,254 citations and 10 million occurrence records!🤯 Explore the records here: 🔗 https://t.co/TxuCdNBQXM

🔎 Calling biodiversity data practitioners in #Africa! Registrations are open for the 2025 Virtual Data Mobilization Workshop for Africa held across June - July 2025. 📌 The course is online and self-paced, with registrations closing 6 May 2025. 🔗 https://t.co/IG7tl9kCtJ

We're looking for the input of IAS data collectors, users or curators to take part in a survey to help shape the future of IAS data standards and accessibility.⭐ This survey is hosted by the GBIF and @TDWG task groups on IAS. Learn more: 🔗 https://t.co/gxiFniACmf

New language unlocked 🔓- GBIF speaks Polish! Thanks to the efforts of more than 100 #volunteer students at @UniWarszawski, GBIF Poland has completed translations to enable Polish language to be supported across https://t.co/CJaPsifdp0! 🤩 Read more: 🔗 https://t.co/BnoAoOJwN7

This afternoon, students are diving into the world of #datacitation with insights from Dmitry Schigel @GBIF & Dag Endresen @GBIFNorway @UniOslo Key takeaways from the session: 🔹 Citing data is essential for research transparency - GBIF generates #DOIs for each #dataset,

Cant beat a #HostedPortal like the @BeatyMuseum! This hosted portal represents 11 GBIF datasets with records mainly collected from the Pacific Northwest but the museum also has records collected from around the world. 🌎 Check it out!🔗 https://t.co/J8zmpx7uby

Are you hardcore into #DarwinCore? 😎 The Darwin Core Maintenance Group are seeking public review for the accumulated set of proposed changes to Darwin Core. 👀 🐸 Interested in contributing? The review period will be open for at least 30 days. 🔗 https://t.co/SQT71znVSh

🐒 This week negotiations from #COP16Colombia concluded in Rome, with key decisions to drive the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework being discussed. 🌎 Read more about the decisions and outcomes here: 🔗 https://t.co/gMIFbG8lCZ 📸Pam Chasek #KMGBF

It's a wrap for #COP16Colombia. At #COP16Resumed Parties to @UNBiodiversity adopted key decisions that will drive the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework #KMGBF forward. Press release➡️ https://t.co/EeQiCauavq Photo credit @IISD_ENB / Mike Muzurakis

GBIF Director Joe Miller was in #SouthAfrica this week attending the @G20org Research and Innovation Working Group (RIWG) meeting. Joe jointly presented with @SANBI_ZA on deliverables under Priority Area 2: Biodiversity information for sustainable development. 🦋

Look for the bear necessities 🐻 Polar bears are found across the arctic, however limited movement data has been collected on males as their necks are wider than their heads, and cannot be radio collared. 🤖 🔗 https://t.co/p9Tsqt2JlF #InternationalPolarBearDay

Like two peas in a pod - The Legume Data Portal and GBIF🤝 This #HostedPortal is a one-stop-shop for sharing information on legumes, updates on the taxonomy of Leguminosae (ChecklistBank updates), and communications via their newsletter - BeanBag. 🔗 https://t.co/6HFN8uqcOT

GBIF—the Global Biodiversity Information Facility—is an international network and data infrastructure funded by the world’s governments and aimed at providing anyone, anywhere, open access to data about all types of life on Earth. Click the link to find out more

🚀 Vive la France—GBIF France launches new #HostedPortal! ⭐ The French node of GBIF is the latest participant in our hosted portals programme, enabling them to reallocate capacity to engaging its national networks! Read more: 🔗 https://t.co/yiPVP7ASVy

Missed out on attending our #DataUseClub Practical Session last week? 🐙 Have no fear, the resources are here! 🙌 Access the session recording, Q&A, presentations and community forum all in one place! 🔗 https://t.co/QaeUDMCjMn