Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Abbreviation
GBIF
Infrastructure description
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international open data infrastructure funded by governments. It allows anyone anywhere to access data about all types of life on Earth shared across national boundaries via the Internet.
Scientific description
Start of activity
2002
Responsible organisation
University of Helsinki
Keywords
biology, biodiversity, biodiversity informatics, citizen science, collection, digitisation, fauna, flora, observation, occurence, open data, open science, species, species information, systematics, taxonomy
Research infrastructure services
Global Biodiversity Data Publishing and Usage
Other information
Classifications
Contact information
Name
Suomen lajitietokeskus
Descriptio
urn:nbn:fi:research-infras-2016111637