Global Biodiversity Information Facility

aggregator of scientific data on biodiversity; data portal

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an organization that provides information about living things. It was started in 2001.[1] Governments pay for the GBIF to work, and GBIF gives the information to whoever wants it.[2] GBIF is the largest data platform for living things in the world, and it is the one that scientists use the most.[3]

Global Biodiversity Information Facility
AbbreviationGBIF
Founded2001; 23 years ago (2001)
Websitewww.gbif.org

References change

  1. "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". USA National Phenology Network. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  2. "Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)". Convention on Biological Diversity. October 13, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  3. Maofang Luo; Zheping Xu; Tim Hirsch; Thant Sin Aung; Wubing Xu; Liqiang Ji; Haining Qin; Keping Ma (2021). "The use of Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)-mediated data in publications written in Chinese". Global Ecology and Conservation. 25 (e0416): e01406. doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01406. S2CID 230592813. Retrieved June 4, 2021.