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๐Ÿš€ Last call for registrations to the webinar: Introducing the Darwin Core Data Package! Join us as we share updates on a new data model for GBIF and exciting changes proposed for the Darwin Core standard! ๐Ÿ“ 2 June 2025 14:00 - 15:00 CEST Register here: ๐Ÿ”— gbif.link/DwC-webinar @tdwg.org

๐ŸŒฝ1 day left to have your say in the GBIF consultation #survey on agrobiodiversity data! Help shape the future of GBIF's engagement across the agrobiodiversity thematic community! ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ ๐Ÿ“Survey deadline: 30 May 2025 ๐Ÿ”—gbif.link/agro-consu...

#R you ready to level-up your data skills ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ“ˆ Participants like Moira Wiedebusch undertook courses in R, Tidyverse and Data visualization through the GBIF and DataCamp partnership last year. ๐Ÿฆ‰

โฐ Last day to submit concept notes for the 2025 @ec.europa.eu- funded Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) programme across the Pacific and Latin America & Caribbean regions! ๐Ÿ“ Deadline: 27 May 2025 23:59 CEST (UTC+2) Pacific : gbif.link/BID-Pacific LAC: gbif.link/BID-LAC

Are rare species more common than common species? ๐Ÿ”Ž A study by Callaghan et al., downloaded all GBIF-mediated occurrence records between 1880 - end of 2020 ๐Ÿคฏto analyze global abundance distributions for 39 classes of eukaryotes. ๐Ÿฆ Read more: ๐Ÿ”—doi.org/10.35035/d9p... #ScienceReview

๐Ÿšจ1 day to submit your abstracts for #LivingData2025! Deadline: 25 May 2025, 23:59 (UTC-5) ๐Ÿธ www.livingdata2025.c... Early bird reg close 1 July 2025. Discounts apply for participants from Global South countries. #DatosVivos2025 @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org @InstitutoHumboldt

๐Ÿธ Two days until abstract submissions close for #LivingData2025 Join @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org and @geobon.org at #InstitutoHumboldt in #Colombia from 21 - 24 October 2025. Abstract submission deadline:๐Ÿ“25 May 2025 23:59 (UTC-5) ๐Ÿ”— www.livingdata2025.c... #DatosVivos2025

๐Ÿ“ฃAnnouncing the next GBIF #DataUseClub ๐ŸฅIntegrating Remotely Sensed Data with GBIF Mediated Data! Join Kit Lewers to learn how GBIF APIs can be used in conjunction with remote sensing datasets to enhance biodiversity analyses! ๐Ÿ“9 July 2025 15:00-16:30 CEST ๐Ÿ”—gbif.link/DUC-remote...

Rounding out the GBIF Europe and Central Asia nodes regional meeting with some more ๐Ÿ“ธsnaps from day two ๐Ÿ’š #Ireland #NationalBiodiversityDataCentre #SouthEastTechnologicalUniversity

โฐClock is ticking, 3๏ธ days left to submit abstracts for #LivingData2025! Don't miss your opportunity to participate in this first-of-its-kind event in #Colombia! Deadline:๐Ÿ“25 May 2025 ๐Ÿ”— www.livingdata2025.c... #DatosVivos2025 @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org #InstitutoHumboldt

"Hey GBIF, what day is it?" Us: "The best day of the year - #InternationalDayForBiologicalDiversity!" ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ›๐Ÿงฌ As a global biodiversity data infrastructure, GBIF works with our international network to provide anyone, anywhere, open access to data about all types of life on Earth.๐Ÿ’š #BiodiversityDay

๐Ÿ€Lucky to have incredible talent across the GBIF Network! This week representatives from 21 countries are in beautiful #Ireland for the Europe and Central Asia nodes regional meeting. We extend our thanks to National Biodiversity Data Centre and South East Technological University for hosting!

An open call to showcase innovative biodiversity tools! ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ปLast year Rukaya Johaadien of #GBIFNorway took out first place in the Ebbe Nielsen Challenge (ENC) with ChatIPT!๐ŸŒ

Bee-utiful! ๐Ÿ ๐ŸŒป A recent study analyzed taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity patterns of 1,500 native bee species Europe using nearly three million records from GBIF and restricted datasets. ๐Ÿงฌ Bee curious and check out the study for #WorldBeeDay ๐Ÿ˜‰ ๐Ÿ”—gbif.link/worldbeeday

๐Ÿšจ Deadline extended! Abstract deadline extended until 25 May 2025 for #LivingData2025! ๐Ÿšจ ๐Ÿธ www.livingdata2025.c... Early bird registrations have also been extended until 1 July 2025. #DatosVivos2025 @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org @InstitutoHumboldt

Take your research global ๐ŸŒโ€”apply for the GBIF Graduate Researchers Award! In 2024, Ross Stewart from #SouthAfrica was an award recipient! ๐Ÿ Ross' research focuses on linking insect DNA barcoding with plant phenology to reveal climate-driven shifts in plant-pollinator timing across South Africa.

๐Ÿ”Ž Is bigger always better? A new study compares data accessed from IUCN & GBIF on threatened species in 120,000+ protected areas globally. ๐Ÿ“ˆ IUCN: 575% overestimated species richness ๐Ÿ“‰ GBIF: 63% underestimated species richness ๐Ÿ”— gbif.link/data-use-b... #EndangeredSpeciesDay

Oh deer... ๐ŸฆŒ We're experiencing several system errors across GBIF.org currently, but are working to resolve ASAP!

๐Ÿ˜ฑ 5 days left! Submit your abstract for oral talks, posters & โšกlightning talks to #LivingData2025! Deadline: 20 May 2025 ๐Ÿฆ Early bird reg closes 15 June 2025 ๐Ÿ”—Submit abstracts: www.livingdata2025.com/sessions.html #DatosVivos2025 @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org #InstitutoHumboldt

๐Ÿชฒ The GBIF #Asia Regional Support Team is hosting a two-day virtual workshop to upskill biodiversity practitioners from research or policy institutions in using the GBIF data infrastructure. ๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ“ Event: 9โ€“10 June 2025 ๐Ÿ“… Application deadline: 18 May 2025 Register here: ๐Ÿ”— gbif.link/asia-workshop

๐Ÿš€ Webinar: Introducing the Darwin Core Data Package Join us as we share updates on a new data model for GBIF and exciting changes proposed for the Darwin Core standard! ๐Ÿ“ 2 June 2025, 14:00โ€“15:00 CEST ๐Ÿ”— Register: gbif.link/DwC-webinar @tdwg.org

๐ŸŒฝGBIF consultation #survey on #agrobiodiversity data is open for submissions! ๐Ÿ“Survey deadline: 30 May 2025 ๐Ÿ”—gbif.link/agro-consu... ๐ŸŽฅ See the recording of the recent agrobiodiversity webinar here: gbif.link/agro-webinar

๐Ÿ Ancient hisssstory Ancient Egyptian text lists 37 venomous snakes in Egypt, some absent today. A study by McBride et al. used GBIF-mediated & climate data ๐ŸŒ to model 10 species' past ranges. Results suggest all 10 likely occurred in Egypt 4,000 years ago. โณ ๐Ÿ”— www.gbif.org/science...

Don't sleep on this one ๐Ÿ˜ด Abstracts for #LivingData2025 (Oct 21โ€“24) due 20 May 2025! Join @tdwg.org, @gbif.org, @obis.org, @geobon.org and #InstitutoHumboldt in Bogotรก or online! โœ‰๏ธ Submit your abstracts: www.livingdata2025.c... โœ… Register: www.livingdata2025.c... #DatosVivos2025

There's more to gain than just ๐Ÿ’ธ from the Graduate Researchers Award programme! 2024 GRA award recipient Paola Monguilod from #Spain shared: โ€œWinning the GBIF award was a special moment for me and sparked interest in my research both among peers and within the academic community..."" @gbif.es

Are you subscribed to the GBIF #newsletter? โšก Catch up on recent news items, current calls and opportunities, upcoming events and more! ๐Ÿฆ‹ Latest newsletter: gbif.link/may-newsle... ๐Ÿ Subscribe to future updates: www.gbif.org/subscribe

๐ŸงŠ Register for our next #DataUseClub practical session focused on deep-diving on GBIF species occurrence cubes! Learn more about GBIF's new service for creating and downloading species occurrence cubes. ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ“14 May 9:00 (UTC+2) ๐Ÿ”—gbif.link/DUC-May25 @eea.europa.eu #BCubed

๐ŸRegister for the upcoming open Q&A for the 2025 Biodiversity information for Development (BID) programme in the Latin America & the Caribbean and Pacific regions! The Q&A will run twice on 8 May 2025 to accommodate time zones: 1๏ธโƒฃ 09:00 (UTC+2) 2๏ธโƒฃ21:00 (UTC+2) ๐Ÿ”—gbif.link/BID-QandA

"I am your father" ๐Ÿ‘จ You don't have to go to a galaxy far, far away to find a caring dad on #MayTheFourthBeWithYou! Male emus go play the primary role in egg incubation and chick rearing for up to two years!๐Ÿฅš #ILoveYou #IKnow โค๏ธ #StarWars ๐Ÿฆ www.gbif.org/occurre... ๐Ÿฒ www.gbif.org/occurre...

โฐSurvey closing 4 May! Last chance to have your say on the survey on enhancing data standards, accessibility and use for invasive alien species (IAS). This survey is hosted by the GBIF [email protected] task groups on IAS. ๐Ÿ”—www.surveymonkey.com...

New study finds that brown bears are ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’ bear-ry beneficial in helping wild cherries adapt to climate change in #Spain. A study by Pรฉrez-Girรณn et al. explored how climate change affects the ecological relationship between wild cherry trees and brown bears in Spainโ€™s Cantabrian Mountains. ๐Ÿ—ป

๐ŸŒฝStill time to register for the GBIF #agrobiodiversity webinar TODAY! โฐ30 April 2025 14:00 - 15:30 CEST ๐Ÿ”—www.gbif.org/event/t... The event will be recorded with the recording made available on the event page in the days after the event.

Your daily dose of vitamin sea - ๐ŸŒŠ Check out the incredible new dataset published by BIOPOLIS-CIBIO #Portugal! This dataset contains 16,258 records from 99 sampling events collected between 2022 and 2023 by the CIBIO @coastalwarming.bsky.social team.๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿ”—www.gbif.org/dataset...

๐Ÿ”Ž Thinking about your submission for the 2025 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge? This grant programme calls for innovative tools that leverage biodiversity data from the GBIF network to advance open science, supporting research and policy. ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ โญ Submissions are due 7 Sept 2025 ๐Ÿ”—www.gbif.org/news/7c...

Seeing red! โค๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿฆ Redbioma is the latest addition to the GBIF #HostedPortal programme to boost collaboration and capacity in the Mesoamerica region. Redbioma serves as a regional hub for data sharing across across Central America and Mexico. ๐Ÿ”—gbif.link/redbioma

๐Ÿ Interested in applying for the #BIDProgramme? We're hosting open Q&A sessions for BID 2025 Latin America & the Caribbean and Pacific regions on 8 May 2025!๐Ÿฆ‹ The Q&A session will run twice on the day: 1๏ธโƒฃ 09:00 (UTC+2) 2๏ธโƒฃ21:00 (UTC+2) ๐Ÿ”—gbif.link/BID-QandA @ec.europa.eu

๐ŸงŠ Looking for some out-of-the-box thinking? Register for our next #DataUseClub practical session focused on deep-diving on GBIF species occurrence cubes! ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ“14 May 9:00 (UTC+2) ๐Ÿ”—gbif.link/DUC-May25 @b-cubed.eu @

๐ŸŒฝAn a-maize-ing #webinar opportunity to discuss #agrobiodiversity across GBIF ๐Ÿ“ฃ We are seeking perspectives from GBIF nodes and delegations, data publishers and users, and other industry professionals who work across the field. ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ โฐ30 April 2025 14:00 - 15:30 CEST ๐Ÿ”—www.gbif.org/event/t...

This is starting in 20 mins, join us in this free webinar to find out more about publishing (and accessing) vectors of human disease data via @gbif.org gigasciencejournal.com/blog/extende...

๐Ÿธ Don't frog-et to check out the latest #DataBlog post to learn how to build species accumulation curves with GBIF #SQL downloads and #Rstats. ๐Ÿ“Š ๐Ÿ”— data-blog.gbif.org/p...

๐ŸฆŽ Are you a master's or PhD student ? ๐ŸŽ“ The 2025 Graduate Researchers Award will provide ๐Ÿ’ฐ 2xโ‚ฌ5,000 prizes highlighting research and discovery in biodiversity informatics by graduate students whose studies rely on GBIF-mediated data. ๐Ÿงฌ Learn more ๐Ÿ”— gbif.link/gra-2025

Want to know more about #datapublishing and our vectors of human disease series? Join our free webinar tomorrow (3pm UTC) where we'll get some author insight and guidance from the @gbif.org helpdesk cassyni.com/events/iAC1q...