GBIF: The Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Improve your data skills with DataCamp 📊

GBIF is proud to support access to free online learning through our partnership with . More than 500 biodiversity professionals have participated in the programme to date, completing courses in SQl, Python, R, data visualization, machine learning, data engineering and more. 💚

🔎 Learn about the programme and apply for a data camp licence here: https://gbif.link/DCD_2026

🐘 Something big is coming...

We've paused dataset crawling and ingestion across GBIF.org in anticipation of a new and exciting launch happening in the days ahead. 👀

Crawling and ingestion of datasets will be suspended until approx. Thursday 18 June 2026.

🚀 Applications for the 2026 GBIF Ebbe Nielsen Challenge close soon!

Have an idea, tool or prototype that uses biodiversity data to advance open science, research or policy? Submit it to GBIF’s annual Challenge and compete for a share of €20,000 in prizes! 💸

🔹 Open to individuals, teams, companies and government agencies
🔹 Looking for innovative apps, workflows, visualizations, analyses or improved tools
🔹 Entries are judged on relevance, innovation, quality and openness
🔹 Winners are announced in September 2026

⭐ Deadline: Friday 26 June 2026 (23:59 CEST)

👉 Learn more and submit your entries:

gbif.link

🤯 More than 500k new records have landed in GBIF through the project!

VectorNet is coordinated by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - ECDC and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), aiming to improve preparedness and response for vector-borne diseases.

The most recent dataset represents an up-to-date view of arthropod vectors across Europe and the Mediterranean Basin. The project supports the collection of data on vectors and pathogens in vectors related to both animal and human health.

🔗 https://gbif.link/VectorNet

🐛 We're grateful to all the Latin American and Caribbean nodes who participated in the regional nodes meeting last week in !

Meeting together provides an incredible opportunity to foster collaboration, share learnings and coordinate across shared objectives. 💚

📸 Snaps from the LAC nodes meeting and the excursion to Parque Nacional Arequita 🗺️

Read about the events in Uruguay hosted by Ministerio de Ambiente 🔗https://www.gub.uy/ministerio-ambiente/comunicacion/noticias/dia-mundial-del-ambiente-ministro-ortuno-encabezo-reunion-regional-sobre

🤝 GBIF and are strengthening collaboration to better connect biodiversity and life science data

A new Statement of Intent reflects joint membership across 18 countries in both organizations by establishing a framework for coordinated action on interoperability, data mobilization, standards, tools, training and capacity building.

Building on a shared commitment to open and reusable data, this partnership supports research communities at national, European and international levels. 💚🧬🌍

Read more: 🔗 https://gbif.link/ELIXIR-GBIF

Uncovering deep insights from one of Earth’s least explored ecosystems 🌊

A recent study established the first comprehensive checklist of benthic metazoan biodiversity in the deep-sea Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a 6 million km² region in the Pacific Ocean.

Researchers combined data from GBIF, Ocean Biodiversity Information System, International Seabed Authority , and more than 57,000 records from scientific literature. The study documented 436 named species, including 185 species new to science, with many more yet to be described!

Oceans are the largest biome on Earth, and biodiversity data are critical for their management and conservation.

Dive into the study: 💧https://gbif.link/CCZ-DUS

World Ocean Day

Guyana has joined the GBIF network as its 47th Voting Participant, strengthening biodiversity data sharing across South America! 🌿

With >1.8 million records about biodiversity in Guyana currently accessible through GBIF, Guyana’s participation supports research, conservation and evidence-based policymaking across the Guiana Shield and Amazon region.

Read more: 🔗https://gbif.link/guyana

EPA - Guyana

📸 Highlights from the final day of the data mobilization BID workshop

Sixteen projects from the LAC region are supported through the current round of the EU-funded BID programme. The projects are led by institutions in 11 countries and involve 111 collaborating institutions across 25 countries. 💚

Read about the projects: 🔗 https://gbif.link/BID-LAC-PAC

European Commission Ministerio de Ambiente

Hola desde Uruguay! 💛💙🤍

The Secretariat team are excited to facilitate the biodiversity data mobilization as part of the European Commission-funded Biodiversity Information for Development Programme along with our incredible trainers, mentors and regional representatives over the next few days!

The workshop covers data capture, management and publishing and is attended by 30 participants from the LAC region. 🌎

Thank you to our hosts and Ministerio de Ambiente