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GBIF – collaborating to promote data access for research and policy. Tim Hirsch Deputy Director Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF ) Biodiversity data workshop, ASEAN-EU Science, Technology and Innovation Days Bangkok, 22 January 2014.
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GBIF – collaborating to promote data access for research and policy Tim Hirsch Deputy Director Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Biodiversity data workshop, ASEAN-EU Science, Technology and Innovation Days Bangkok, 22 January 2014
Founded 2001, intergovernmental collaboration • Provides free and open access for research and policy • Promotes data publication through common standards, tools • Single access point for specimens, observations
GBIF participation 2001-2013 Last updated: 2013-10-29
GBIF country participants Last updated: 2013-06-28
Data publishedthrough GBIF 429m occurrence records 1.4m species 14,762 datasets 579 data publishers Last updated: 2014-01-07
Data publishedthrough GBIF 429m occurrence records 1.4m species 14,762 datasets 579 data publishers Last updated: 2014-01-07
Data publishedthrough GBIF Last updated: 2014-01-07
GBIF data publishers Last updated: 2014-01-07
Data repatriation http://www.gbif.org/country/TH
Data repatriation http://www.gbif.org/country/TH
Data repatriation http://www.gbif.org/country/TH
GBIF citation in research Last updated: 2014-01-07
GBIF citation in research Last updated: 2014-01-07
Used GBIF to access >47m occurrence records of >27,000 plant species • Extracted minimum temperatures from Worldclim database to flag which species exposed to freezing across their ranges doi:10.1038/nature12872
National portals www.ala.org.au
National portals www.sibcolombia.net
Capacity enhancement www.gbif.org/capacityenhancement/mentoring
Thank you! ขอบคุณมาก thirsch@gbif.org