📸 Highlights from the data mobilization BID workshop 16 projects from the LAC region are supported through the current round of the EU-funded BID programme, led by institutions in 11 countries and involve 111 collaborating institutions across 25 countries. 💚 Read more: gbif.link/BID-LAC-PAC

Hola desde Uruguay! 💛💙🤍 The Secretariat team are excited to facilitate the BID biodiversity data mobilization along with our incredible trainers, mentors and regional representatives over the next few days! 🌎 Thank you to our hosts #GBIFUruguay and Ministerio de Ambiente @ec.europa.eu

The Secretariat's Community and Capacity team are in #Uruguay this week for a series of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)-focused events. 🦎 1. @ec.europa.eu-funded Biodiversity Information for Development Data Mobilization Workshop 🦋 2. Regional nodes meeting Thanks #GBIFUruguay for hosting!

🍄 A new soil fungi dataset from #Colombia reveals extraordinary fungal diversity across páramos, Andean forests, tropical savannas, rainforests and coastal ecosystems. 🧬Using DNA sequencing, researchers documented more than 13,000 fungi OTUs across 450 families.

GBIF is recruiting its next Executive Secretary 🌍 This leadership role will guide the world’s largest biodiversity information network into its next phase.💚 📅 Applications close 24 July 2026 📍 Copenhagen 🔗gbif.link/Executive-...

🦟 The final data papers from a global #TDR/WHO, GBIF and GigaScience Journal initiative have now been published in GigaByte Journal, marking the completion of a four-year effort to expand access to disease vector data! 🎉 Read more: 🔗 gbif.link/vector-dat...

⛰️ Peak biodiversity monitoring Between 2009 and 2013 researchers conducted one of Taiwan’s most comprehensive alpine biodiversity surveys on Syue Mountain. Fieldwork surveyed areas in the Shei-Pa National Park, spanning 309 sampling sites across elevations from 2,140 to 3,886 m. 🌿🐦🦇🐾.

🌍 25 years of enabling open access to biodiversity data. 🤝 25 years of global collaboration. 🌱 25 years of supporting research and policy worldwide. 🥳 🎂 We’re celebrating 25 years of GBIF on #InternationalDayForBiologicalDiversity, made possible by our incredible network. 💚 #BiodiversityDay

5 days, hundreds of experts, one shared ambition: turn biodiversity data into a system the world can act on. Read the full highlights of #BioMonWeek2026: www.biodiversa.eu/2026/05/04/b... Co-organised by @biodiversa.eu, #AllianceforNature, @bioagora.eu, @gbif.org and @marco-bolo.bsky.social

1) ☕ Grounds for concern, climate change reshapes coffee pollinator distributions across Latin America A recent study used GBIF-mediated data to model future distributions of Arabica coffee and 39 bee species under multiple climate scenarios.

📣@tdwg.org 2026 Call for Abstracts deadline has been extended to 26 May 2026, 23:59 UTC-12. This is the final call, submit your abstract now! 🏃‍♀️ Conference Theme 🤖:  Research and Robot-ready Biodiversity Data Standards. See you in #Oslo! More info: 🔗 tdwg.link/call-for-a...

After three years of collaboration with 22 partners, the #BioDT project has wrapped up! The project advanced development of biodiversity digital twins and ecological modelling, 🌍🧬to support next-generation research workflows. @gbifnorway.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu 🔗 gbif.link/BioDT-news

🚀 The 2026 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge is OPEN! Have an idea, tool or prototype that uses GBIF biodiversity data to advance open science, research or policy? Submit an entry and compete for a share of €20,000 in prizes 💸 ⭐ Deadline: Friday 26 June 2026 (23:59 CEST) 👉 gbif.link/ENC-2026

1) 🍄 What happens to fungal life after decades of mining contamination? In Dúbrava, #Slovakia, fungal communities are responding to landscapes shaped by decades of antimony mining. 💎

🎉 More than a dozen BID projects have been announced for Latin America and the Caribbean and the Pacific! ⭐ Projects address critical biodiversity data gaps through data mobilization, supporting policymaking and strengthening sustainable networks. 🔗gbif.link/BID-LAC-PAC @ec.europa.eu

✨ Last week, the GBIF Virtual Data Mobilization Workshop for Africa 2026 (French session) brought together more than 40 participants from 13 African countries! ⭐ Applications for the English version of the workshop are still open until 31 May 2026: gbif.link/Data-Mob-W...

📣We've just launched two calls for proposals to support the GBIF SPLICE project 📚Preparing DNA reference libraries for GBIF integration 🔗 gbif.link/SPLICE-DNA... 🧬Building pipelines for publishing DNA-derived data through GBIF 🔗gbif.link/SPLICE-DNA... 📍 Deadline: 3 August 2026

📸 Snaps from day 2 at #BioMonWeek! 🔍 Have a question about accessing data through GBIF? 🗺️ Curious about publishing survey and monitoring data? 🍄🐛🐊Generally up for a chat about fungi, insects, reptiles or another taxa? You've come to the right place! Find the team at the GBIF booth

🌊 Tis the sea-son for new datasets! Six new eDNA datasets have been mobilized to GBIF from NOAA Climate.gov via OBIS 🧬Marine organisms were identified through eDNA metabarcoding, totaling 692,182 occurrences across the datasets. https://gbif.link/NOAA

🌊 Tis the sea-son for new datasets! Six new eDNA datasets have been mobilized to GBIF from NOAA via OBIS 🧬DNA was extracted from seawater samples from expeditions between 2021-2023 and identified through eDNA metabarcoding, totaling 692,182 occurrences.

1) #BioMonWeek2026 has officially started! 🥳 The inaugural European biodiversity monitoring conference hosted in #Montpellier brings together hundreds of researchers, students, policymakers and industry professionals. 🌍 Catch the GBIF and @b-cubed.eu#BioMonWeek2026#Montpellieream at our shared booth!

💙🤍❤️ Bonjour from #Montpellier! The GBIF Europe & Central Asia (ECA) nodes meeting is happening today, bringing together node managers from the region to discuss participation, collaboration, capacity building and infrastructure opportunities.

May the Fourth be with you ⭐ From galaxies far, far away 🚀 to taxonomy on Earth, the #StarWars universe has left its mark on occurrence records in GBIF. Take a look at some species names that are inspired by Star Wars in GBIF 🌠

In case you missed it, Joe Miller's @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social @gbif.org lecture on data integration, extended specimens, and building community around collections is posted on the ASPT YouTube channel... check it out! I found it super-exciting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rea...

✍️ Register to attend the online plenary sessions for #BioMonWeek26! ➡️ Explore the full programme & register: www.biodiversa.eu/20...#BioMonWeek26! The first session is on Tues 5 May, 09:00 CEST featuring the keynote “Bridging Research and Policy: the state of art and future of biodiversity monitoring.”

🌳Register for the upcoming Virtual Data Mobilization Workshop for Africa (English version) Hosted by the GBIF Africa Regional Support Team, this training workshop is based on the GBIF Biodiversity Data Mobilization curriculum. 📍Application close 31 May 2026 🔗 gbif.link/Data-Mob-W...

1) Happy 20th birthday #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary! 🎂🥳 This week GBIF Executive Secretary Joe Miller is at the @nhm-london.bsky.social celebrating #BHLDay2026 and the incredible collaborations over the past two decades as well as new bioinformatics opportunities. 📖 BHL Australia

🦭 NOTICE: Dataset processing is current paws-ed Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress with dataset processing paused to allow infrastructure upgrades. We anticipate this will be complete by 29 April.⭐ All other functions remain operational and datasets can be registered ⭐

🚀Share your skills with the global biodiversity community! 🌻Explore GBIF volunteer opportunities for the following roles: - Ambassador - Mentor - Translator - GRSciColl editor - Trainer - Reviewer 🔗gbif.link/gbif-volun...

🌺 Wrapping up activities in #Samoa with the GBIF Oceania Regional Nodes Meeting! This meeting is led by Oceania representatives with the aim of facilitating regional collaboration, sharing node updates and feedback, and discussing collaborative opportunities. Read more:🔗gbif.link/SPREP-news

⭐ Participate in the upcoming @tdwg.org 2026 Working Sessions! 🗓 Sessions run between 11–22 May 💻 Registration is free, everyone is welcome! Explore the full list of sessions: 👉 tdwg.link/working-se... Join #TDWG to help shape the future of biodiversity data standards.

🌍This week, Kyle Copas and Dmitry Schigel joined GBIF heads of delegation, delegates and agency representatives in #Uzbekistan to help shape regional priorities ahead of the @unccd.bsky.social COP17 and the UN Biodiversity#UzbekistanCOP17. 💚

Wrapping up the Pacific data mobilization workshop in #Samoa! 💚 The workshop includes both online and onsite activities, supporting projects funded under the Biodiversity Information for Development Programme. The event was jointly hosted by GBIF and #SPREP

Register today for the next @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social webinar featuring Dr. Joe Miller (@gbif.org). Dr. Miller will present his talk “GBIF: Data Integration Towards the Extended Specimen” on Friday, May 1 at 12pm ET. And please spread the word! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🎉 GBIF France is celebrating 20 years of sharing biodiversity data! The event includes reflections, lessons learned and real-world impacts from initiatives led by GBIF France. Register to join either in person in Paris (limited places) or online. 📍 19 June 2026 🔗 www.gbif.fr/post/202...

1) ⭐ Seeing (sea) stars and other incredible marine life in #Canada From 2016–2017, near-seafloor surveys explored coastal ecologically and biologically significant areas in Canada. 📸Using video and still imagery, researchers completed 150 transects spanning 79 km and depths of 5–89 m.

Strengthening biodiversity data capacity 💪 📸 The BID data mobilization workshop hosted by #SPREP in #Samoa has started! Bringing together 30 participants from the Pacific, the workshop is supported by 8 trainers from Denmark, Colombia, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea🌏

Big things are happening in #Samoa this week! 🌊 The Secretariat are on the ground supporting the Pacific Biodiversity Data Mobilization Workshop as part of the #BIDProgramme (funded by @ec.europa.eu#Samoa#BIDProgramme and the Oceania Regional Nodes Meeting. 💚

@tdwg.org 2026: Call for abstracts 🎉 You're invited to submit abstracts for presentations or posters at #TDWG2026 in Oslo, Norway, 21-25 September. Submissions are encouraged to consider the theme: 🔬 & 🤖 Research and Robot-ready Biodiversity Data Standards. 🔗 www.tdwg.org/confere...

💙🤍❤️ Le GBIF France lance une enquête auprès de ses partenaires et utilisateurs. L’objectif est de faire un bilan des usages, des attentes et des besoins vis-à-vis des données et outils proposés par le GBIF. ⏰ Réponses souhaitées avant le 15 mai 2026. 🔗 gbif.link/gbif.fr-su...

1)⚡Reminder⚡ Register for the virtual data mobilization workshop for West Asia.💙 This workshop is held across May-June 2026, and is based on the GBIF Biodiversity Data Mobilization curriculum. Application deadline: 17 April 2026🔗 gbif.link/virtual-da...

1) 🦋🔦 A new farmer-led moth initiative is lighting the way for agricultural biodiversity monitoring in #Ireland This project tested the feasibility of integrating farmer-led monitoring into national biodiversity observation frameworks across farms without affecting productivity.

🌳Register for the upcoming Virtual Data Mobilization Workshop for Africa (English version) Hosted by the GBIF Africa Regional Support Team, this training workshop is based on the GBIF Biodiversity Data Mobilization curriculum. 📍Application close 31 May 2026 🔗 gbif.link/Data-Mob-W...

📣 Applications for 2026 DataCamp licences are OPEN! 🍄 Join more than 500 biodiversity professionals in the GBIF network who have completed data courses across topics such as Python, RStats, SQL, AI and GitHub. 🔗Apply: gbif.link/DCD_2026 #DataCampDonates

🎓 The 2026 GBIF Graduate Researchers Award is open for nominations! This award celebrates innovative Master’s and PhD research powered by GBIF-mediated data, with opportunity to win 2x €5,000 prizes! Learn more:🔗 gbif.link/GRA_2026 #ApplyNow #EarlyCareerResearch #FundingOpportunity

Why #BioMonWeek26? Biodiversity monitoring in Europe connects the community to collaborate and drive impact. #BioMonWeek offers a space to exchange ideas and align on key challenges. ℹ️ www.biomonweek.eu @biodiversa.eu #AllianceForNature @bioagora.eu GBIF MARCO-BOLO project

Hunting for eggs this weekend? 🥚🐰 Some of the best eggs aren't chocolate! 🍫 Tinamous birds are relatively inconspicuous, but their eggs are egg-ceptional. Researchers have taken steps to crack the code, 🐦determining that egg colour likely evolved as a mating signal. 🔗https://gbif.link/egg

🔦 Amplifying amphipods with two new datasets from publishers in #Italy! 💚🤍❤️ Explore >22,000 amphipod records from scientific literature, unpublished data, public and private institutions. 🔗: gbif.link/amphipod_1 🔗: gbif.link/amphipod_2#Italy! #GBIFItalia

1) 🍃 The Czech Vegetation Database is a new open digital archive of vegetation-plot records from the Czech Republic now accessible in GBIF, including records of plant species composition and cover-abundances in delimited plots surveys, monitoring programs and ecological studies.🍄

💚 Atelier virtuel sur la mobilisation des données de biodiversité (français) – Afrique 2026, à renforcer les capacités des institutions francophones en Afrique à mobiliser, gérer et publier leurs données via le réseau GBIF. 📍4 au 7 mai 2026 (08:00–11:00 UTC) 🔗: gbif.link/Africa-dat...