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GBIF @gbif.org · 2d

Master's student Esteban Marentes of #Colombia has been named as a GBIF Graduate Researcher's Award winner! ⭐

🪲Esteban’s research focuses on using machine learning models to predict beetle species diversity across Colombia’s Antioquia province. 🌎

🔗: gbif.link/GRA_esteban

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GBIF @gbif.org · 2d

PhD student Kumdet Panshak Solomon of #Nigeria has been named as a 2025 GBIF Graduate Researchers Award winner! 🥳

🐦 Panshak’s research advances biodiversity informatics in West Africa by leveraging GBIF-mediated data collected through BirdPlus 📲

🔗: gbif.link/GRA_panshak

Photograph of Panshak Solomon in the field

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Biodiversity Data Journal @bdj.pensoft.net · 9d

DNA metabarcoding data on saproxylic fungal communities inhabiting fine woody debris in boreal forests of northern Finland: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

@dschigel.bsky.social

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Dmitry Schigel @dschigel.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks for the post, Sabina, abstract submitted

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GBIF @gbif.org · 10d

⏰ 3 weeks to go until #LivingData2025!

The presentation deadline has been extended to 14 October 🎉

👉If you're a presenter, check inbox for further instructions! ✉️

See you in Bogotá or online! 🌍✨

#DatosVivos2025 @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org #InstitutoHumboldt

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GBIF @gbif.org · 11d

🎂 Happy 24th birthday to us! 🥳

This month we're celebrating our 24 years of the Global Biodiversity information Facility, 💚 but did you know that we almost weren't called GBIF?

Take a brief look at some of GBIF's fascinating history 👀

Big thank you to Steve Young for sharing his knowledge!

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old photograph of the early gbif governing boards

split collage, one side has a list of potential names for GBIF, the other has a photograph of the GBIF building

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Dmitry Schigel @dschigel.bsky.social · 17d

Guide out! Connecting ecology & monitoring data to be FAIR and @GBIF. Guide for data-intensive research and for policy , incl. indicators, EBVs, and cubes for decision making. Developed with Kate Ingenloff's leadership, everything is ready for quantitative data to become discoverable through GBIF!

GBIF @gbif.org · 17d

The GBIF Guide for Publishing Biological Survey Data has been released! 📊✨

This guide supports ecologists, monitoring professionals and data managers publish survey data to GBIF using the Darwin Core standard and FAIR data principles.

🔎 gbif.link/SAM_guide

@heathnecologist.bsky.social

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GBIF @gbif.org · 17d

The GBIF Guide for Publishing Biological Survey Data has been released! 📊✨

This guide supports ecologists, monitoring professionals and data managers publish survey data to GBIF using the Darwin Core standard and FAIR data principles.

🔎 gbif.link/SAM_guide

@heathnecologist.bsky.social

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GBIF @gbif.org · 22d

🚨Have your say on the new conceptual model and Data Package Guide for #DarwinCore

The @tdwg.org Darwin Core Maintenance Group has opened a 90-day public review and comment period for the new conceptual model and Data Package Guide.

🗓️ 17 September – 16 December 2025
🔗 www.tdwg.org/news/20...

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PHD Comics @phdcomics.com · 27d

It's a pro con

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GBIF @gbif.org · Sep 8

That’s a wrap! 🦟💚

The GBIF task group on biodiversity data for human diseases has completed its second term, with the release of the new guide to publishing biodiversity data on disease vectors, hosts and pathogens! 📖

Check out the story and explore the guide:🔗gbif.link/vector_tas...

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Dmitry Schigel @dschigel.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thanks for posing! I will try to tune in, though registration seem to only offer onsite options... Would be nice to find out how to get a working link on time. Thanks!

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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · Sep 5

TINY FUNGUS. Absolutely magical. Specifically, Cannonball Fungus (Sphaerobolus stellatus).

📷 ezatars on iNaturalist
📍 Latvia
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay

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Laetitia Navarro @laenavarro.bsky.social · Sep 5

Fresh off the press! Our perspective in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com discusses the wealth of information on biodiversity contained in historical sources, and its integration for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation. A thread on the paper and what led to it:
rdcu.be/eEcIt

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PHD Comics @phdcomics.com · Sep 2

The Path

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Prof. Vigdis Vandvik @vvandvik.bsky.social · Aug 28

Come work with us!

Fully funded #PhD position in global change ecology - working in a cross-disciplinary cohort of 8 PhD students studying mountains in transition. 🧪🌐🏔️ @btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social @cesam-uib.bsky.social

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhD Research Fellow in global change ecology (285493) | University of Bergen

Job title: PhD Research Fellow in global change ecology (285493), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Wednesday, October 1, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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GBIF @gbif.org · Aug 25

Get the latest GBIF headlines straight to your inbox! ✉️

⭐ Subscribe to the GBIF newsletter and stay up-to-date with events, opportunities, news and more!

🔗 gbif.link/subscribe

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GBIF @gbif.org · Aug 22

⭐ Four projects have been selected for funding through the 2025 Capacity Enhancement Support Programme (CESP)!

🦉The annual grant programme encourages collaboration, mentoring and knowledge-sharing across the GBIF Participant network.

Read more:🔗gbif.link/CESP_2025

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Dmitry Schigel @dschigel.bsky.social · Jul 24

Добре дошли! Excellent news

GBIF @gbif.org · Jul 24

🥳 #Bulgaria joins GBIF as a Voting Participant!

The Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Water will represent the country on the GBIF Governing Board and has agreed to establish a local node and appoint a head of delegation.

Read more: 🔗gbif.link/bulgaria

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GBIF @gbif.org · Jul 24

🥳 #Bulgaria joins GBIF as a Voting Participant!

The Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Water will represent the country on the GBIF Governing Board and has agreed to establish a local node and appoint a head of delegation.

Read more: 🔗gbif.link/bulgaria

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GBIF @gbif.org · Jul 15

🦩 Have your say on the new #guide for publishing biological survey data to GBIF!

The guide supports data holders in structuring and making biological survey data openly accessible.

⭐ Community review is open until 20 July 2025

🔗 gbif.link/survey-dat...

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Henry Gee @endofthepier.bsky.social · Jul 10

More Things That Editors Dislike - hype. Words such as 'groundbreaking', 'breakthrough' and 'transformative' are anathema. Good data analysed properly should speak for themselves.

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ELIXIR Europe @elixir-europe.org · Jun 26

🙌 A case study from #PathOS project has demonstrated the value and impact of #UniProt, the universal protein resource. 💪 Findings of this case study strengthen the case for sustainable funding for 🌍 global #openscience resources.
Read the news 👉 https://loom.ly/Rcpa8cU

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GBIF @gbif.org · Jun 26

💙 This week Tsiky Rabetrano and Paloma Shimabukuro co-hosted a workshop on data sharing for vector-borne disease control in #Ghana as part of the 5th Annual #WAASuN Meeting!

They covered topics such as biodiversity data standards, data cleaning and preparing datasets for publication on GBIF.

Photograph of various people attending a workshop

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Dmitry Schigel @dschigel.bsky.social · Jun 18

GRIIS appears working for me at griis.org

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GBIF @gbif.org · Jun 18

🦇 Community review is open until 30 June for the GBIF new guide on publishing data about disease vectors, hosts and pathogens!

The guide aims to reduce barriers to sharing and accessing vector data 🌏

gbif.link/vectors-guide

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Dmitry Schigel @dschigel.bsky.social · Jun 11

Nice! I would like to use a datalogger that measures basic weather data but also light at the camera location. What would be a good choice so the camera produced data could be go neatly with datalogger's (without major syncing pains etc). Did not use dataloggers since 2013, tech has evolved a bit...

Open science lab for biodiversity @oscibio.inbo.be · Jun 11

📦 We just released a new version (0.4.0) of our R package camtrapdp.

🌟 This release includes lots of new functionality, such as merging and writing Camera Trap Data Packages, updating taxa or rounding coordinates, and conversion to EML.

👉 oscibio.inbo.be/blog/camtrap...

#rstats #cameratrapping

camtrapdp 0.4.0

We released a new version of our R package camtrapdp.

oscibio.inbo.be

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · Jun 11

📢 The #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary is entering a bold new chapter – and we need your help! Today we release our official Call for Support. We’re seeking new hosts for BHL’s staff, infrastructure, and services. Learn more: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/06/tran... #BHLTransition #ILoveBHL

A red flower on a green stem withe the words: BHL Call for support now open overlayed.

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Open science lab for biodiversity @oscibio.inbo.be · Jun 11

📦 We just released a new version (0.4.0) of our R package camtrapdp.

🌟 This release includes lots of new functionality, such as merging and writing Camera Trap Data Packages, updating taxa or rounding coordinates, and conversion to EML.

👉 oscibio.inbo.be/blog/camtrap...

#rstats #cameratrapping

camtrapdp 0.4.0

We released a new version of our R package camtrapdp.

oscibio.inbo.be

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GBIF @gbif.org · Jun 4

🦋 >3.4 million insect records based on DNA metabarcoding of bulk samples from #Sweden and #Madagascar have been mobilized to GBIF thanks to collaborative efforts of research institutions led by the #NaturhistoriskaRiksmuseet! 🧬

🔗gbif.link/insect_dat...

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