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Call for nominations to the 2022 GBIF Young Researchers Award

Call for nominations to the 2022 GBIF Young Researchers Award

GBIF is pleased to invite nominations for the 2021 Young Researchers Award. This annual programme aims to foster and recognize innovative research and discovery in biodiversity informatics by graduate students whose master’s and doctoral studies rely on GBIF-mediated data. The 2022 programme will provide a pair of €5,000 prizes recognizing the work of two early-career […]

Report on Biological Collections and Biodiversity Databases in Spain (2021)

Report on Biological Collections and Biodiversity Databases in Spain (2021)

The Report on Biological Collections and Biodiversity Databases in Spain (2021) is already available on the GBIF.ES website: https://gbif.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Informe_colecciones2021_12_21.pdf and its assigned DOI is: https://doi.org/10.20350/digitalCSIC/14140 The appropriate way to cite this document is: Cezón, K., Castilla, F. & Pando, F. (2021). Informe de colecciones biológicas y bases de datos de biodiversidad en España, 6ª ed. […]

Open call for II GBIF.ES online workshop on the use and exploitation of GBIF and other biodiversity data portals for data publishers and users

Open call for II GBIF.ES online workshop on the use and exploitation of GBIF and other biodiversity data portals for data publishers and users

The registration period for the II GBIF.ES online workshop on the use and exploitation of GBIF and other biodiversity data portals for data publishers and users is already open. This workshop will take place on February 9-22, 2022 through the eLearning platform of GBIF Spain. This training event aims to give participants basic knowledge on how to use […]

2022 GBIF.ES Annual Training Plan

2022 GBIF.ES Annual Training Plan

The GBIF.ES TRAINING PLAN for 2022 has been published. This year we will be offering 7 workshops as well as two webinars with the focus on biodiversity collections and data quality, whose topics and dates are not yet confirmed. Two of these workshops will be addressed for staff and collaborators from Environmental Administrations that work […]

Open call for “Les Herbonautes” 2021

Open call for “Les Herbonautes” 2021

The National Scientific Collection Network of France (RECOLNAT) has opened the 5th call for projects “Herbonautes 2021”. This call for projects is open to all topics related to biodiversity such as systematics, ecology, history, geography, chemistry, etc. The applications will be examined by the scientific committee of the RECOLNAT infrastructure and evaluated in terms of […]

GBIF.ES supports the OAPN project «Invasive species on the network: a citizen science initiative for early warning of invasive species in national parks»

GBIF.ES supports the OAPN project «Invasive species on the network: a citizen science initiative for early warning of invasive species in national parks»

GBIF Spain joined the Technical Meeting on Citizen Science and Protected Areas hosted by Europarc España and coordinated by the Community of Bardenas Reales of Navarra under the 2021 Science Week framework. The event took place in the Aguileras Information Centre, in the Bardenas Reales Biosphere Reserve on November 4th, 2021. During this meeting, several […]