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Flying yellow wagtail
Micro algeas
Close up of dandelion
Close up of butterfly egg
Red fox staring at photographer
Red jellyfish
Acorns
Hovering dragonfly
Gulärla

Motacilla flava by Johan Bäckman (CC-BY-NC)

Mikroalger

Chaetoceros didymus by Ann-Turi Skjevik (CC-BY-NC)

Maskros

Taraxacum by Steve Humber (CC-BY-NC)

Fjärilsägg

Egg of the butterfly Polygonia c-album by Gilles San Martin (CC-BY-SA 2.0)

Rödräv

Vulpes vulpes by Johan Bäckman (CC-BY-NC)

Röd brännmanet

Cyanea capillata by W. Carter (CC-BY-NC)

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Trollsända

Aeshna cyanea by Johan Bäckman (CC-BY-NC)

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  • SBDI in a nutshell

    Watch and learn

    A number of clips are now availble introducing SBDI and showcasing key functionality of tools and services. What is SBDI?… [Read more and watch].

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    Courses and training

    Here you find links to training courses, online modules, and webinar recordings for education in biodiversity informatics. [Go to courses and training].

  • Genetics and monitoring

    Ongoing research

    Read about examples of active research groups and scientific networks in Sweden, which either utilize data from SBDI, or feed data into our system. [Go to ongoing research].

News

Workshop 9 oktober

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Nov 22

Open biodiversity data serving businesses and investors

We have become accustomed to systems like cap and trade being used to reduce the climate impact of businesses. Now...
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Oct 22

Second call for data papers describing datasets on vectors of human diseases

TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases hosted at the World Health Organization, GigaScience Press and...
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Bruno Ribeiro and Xiao Feng top honors for Ebbe Schmidt Nielsen prize, GBIF.

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GridDER and bdc share top honors in 2022 GBIF Ebbe Nielsen Challenge

Illustration of death's-head hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos), from Illustrations of Linnaean genera of insects (1821) via Biodiversity Heritage Library , no rights reserved under CC0. Bruno Ribeiro (left) and Xiao Feng (right) led the teams sharing top honors for GBIF's annual incentive prize named in honour of Ebbe Schmidt Nielsen. Photos via gbif.org
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SBDI BRINGS BIODIVERSITY DATA TOGETHER

SDBI aggregates biodiversity data from multiple sources and makes it available and usable online. It is the largest collection of freely available biodiversity data in Sweden.

MAKING THE MOST OF BIODIVERSITY DATA

Biodiversity data about plants, animals and fungi and their habitats may be used to educate and inform and in environmental decision-making, state of the environment assessments and restoration and rewilding.

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SBDI is developed in collaboration with the Living Atlases community, and includes the Swedish node of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

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GBIF Data from Sweden

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SBDI is made possible by contributions from its partners and financers:

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