News and events
GBIF.ES is still working during the quarantine against the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
The whole GBIF.ES team is working for you, following the indications and limitations imposed for the Spanish health authorities during the fight against the Coronavirus. Due to these limitations, our time to answer your questions and manage your issues may be delayed compared to a normal situation. Moreover, some of the services provided by GBIF.ES […]
Open call for CESP workshop on biodiversity data publishing for companies
The registration period for the CESP Workshop on biodiversity data publishing for companies is already opened. This workshop will take place on May 5-6, 2020 in the computer room at the Royal Botanic Garden of Madrid (CSIC). This training event aims to learn participants to be able to prepare and publish biodiversity data through the GBIF network. Topics such […]
“The Global Biodiversity Information Facility after 20 years”, first GBIF Director’s Seminar in Madrid
On February 19 Joe Miller – GBIF Executive Secretary – will conduct the seminar “The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) after 20 years”. This event will take place at 12 pm at the Royal Botanic Garden (RJB-CSIC) in Madrid. During the lecture, Mr Miller will talk about GBIF as a reference infrastructure providing anyone, anywhere, […]
GBIF.ES in the 2019 Meeting of the Association of Ibero-Macaronesian Herbaria
The 2019 Meeting of the Asociation of Ibero-Macaronesian Herbaria took place in the Royal Botanical Garden on January 31st, 2020 (AHIM). Cristina Villaverde, Technical Coordinator of the Spanish Node of GBIF, presented the last news of GBIF with relevance to the AHIM partners. She made a summary of the activities carried out by the GBIF.ES in […]
Workshop on Data Mobilisation for biodiversity data-holding institutions from Zimbabwe
On January 30-31, 2020, GBIF Zimbabwe (GBIF.ZW) organized a training workshop on Data Mobilisation addressed to experts from biodiversity data-holding institutions from Zimbabwe. This workshop was held at the Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) and it has been possible thanks to the previous knowledge acquired for some GBIF.ZW staff during a previous meeting with staff […]
Call for nominations opens for 2020 GBIF Young Researchers Award
We are welcome to receive nominations for the GBIF Young Researchers Award 2020. This call is addressed to Master and Ph.D. students working with GBIF data in their studies. The main objective of the award is to foster innovative research and discovery in biodiversity informatics by graduate students who are deploying GBIF-enabled data in master’s […]