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A new dataset from the National Inventories of Landscapes in Sweden (NILS) is now available through GBIF Sweden, offering a uniquely detailed look at how vegetation and habitats are distributed across the country. The dataset, “National Inventories of Landscapes in Sweden: Presence-absence Vegetation data”, brings nearly two decades of systematic...

The Cesab – Centre for the Synthesis and Analysis of Biodiversity – of the FRB is opening the second edition of the training course «Artifical Intelligence for ecologists: a toolkit». This five-day training course aims to initiate ecologists to AI concepts and tools. The course will be a mix of...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have launched the VectorNet Data Portal, providing a central access point to validated European occurrence data for vectors such as mosquitoes, ticks, sand flies, and biting midges. The portal leverages GBIF’s hosted portal infrastructure...

Artificial Intelligence is no longer just a tool—it is becoming a vital partner in the quest to understand and protect biodiversity. SBDI Days 2026 will explore this transformative partnership under the theme: AI and Biodiversity: a Perfect Pair!

GBIF Sweden will participate in the upcoming webinar “Open Data – a Resource for Academia,” organized by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) and DIGG, the Agency for Digital Government. The event will take place on 17 October 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., and will be held online.

A new version of ChatIPT, a chatbot developed by GBIF Norway, is now available for testing. The tool is designed to help non-technical users publish biodiversity data to GBIF, lowering the threshold for researchers, students, and institutions that may not have prior experience with data publishing.ChatIPT provides an accessible interface...

Use of GBIF-mediated data in science continues to grow across both disciplines and geography. In the first three months of 2025 alone, GBIF logged a 27 per cent increase in papers using open biodiversity data compared to the same period the year before.The newly released GBIF Science Review No. 12...

A new study published in Nature Scientific Data presents unprecedented insights into insect biodiversity in Sweden and Madagascar. The results, emerging from the Insect Biome Atlas (IBA) project, demonstrate the vast diversity of insect life through a large-scale DNA metabarcoding survey. All data from the study are now openly available through the GBIF network.

Today, 25 March, marks the launch of Researchdata.se, a new national web portal designed to make it easier for researchers to find, share, and reuse research data across various disciplines.

Two new datasets from the Swedish Bird Survey have been published, covering long-term data on waterbirds from January and September counts. With over 247,000 observations of nearly 22 million birds across 73 species over 58 years , these datasets provide a crucial resource for understanding changes in Sweden’s waterbird populations in the non-breeding season.

The DTO-BioFlow project is launching its second open call, inviting international networks, citizen science initiatives, research institutes, universities, and NGOs to contribute marine biodiversity data to the European Digital Twin of the Ocean. This initiative is aligned with the EU’s mission to restore oceans and waters by 2030, enhancing oceanographic...

GBIF Sweden has been awarded funding through the 2024 Capacity Enhancement Support Programme (CESP) for the project titled “Building capacity within biodiversity data between Ethiopia and GBIF nodes in Sweden and Finland.”This collaborative initiative, led by GBIF Sweden, brings together partners including Addis Ababa University, the Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute, the...

Collaboration around data can be the key to groundbreaking research. A good example is the global database Global Forest Biodiversity Initiative, which made a significant impact on the field of biodiversity in a short period of time.Systematic inventories of the same type as the Swedish National Forest Inventory are conducted...

A new SBDI tool to find, explore and access Swedish Biologging data is now available.Biologging is the use of devices to track animals and collect detailed information on their movement patterns, behaviour, physiology, and interactions with their environment over time. Through the Swedish Biologging Portal you can find sensor data...

A chatbot that helps transform spreadsheets into GBIF-ready datasets wins the 2024 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge. Prizes also went to a tool for automating data extraction from specimen labels, and to a multilingual chatbot designed to simplify the use of the Darwin Core data standard.The Ebbe Nielsen Challenge is an annual...

More innovative interdisciplinary research is desired by one of SBDI’s users who believes that open data drives research forward.In an article in the journal Curie, we meet in an interview Philip Buckland from Umeå University. Over the years, he has been involved in the development of SBDI. Philip is an...

GBIF Sweden has recently unveiled its test Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT), a forward step towards enhancing biodiversity data sharing. This newly deployed tool seamlessly integrates with the GBIF test environment, aiming to facilitate rigorous testing and validation of datasets before their inclusion in the global GBIF network.The IPT serves as...

GBIF invites current GBIF participants (both voting and associate) to submit concept notes for project funding through the Capacity Enhancement Support Programme (CESP), which enables collaboration between GBIF participants to address identified needs at regional and global levels.The call aligns with the GBIF Capacity Development Framework. It focuses on enhancing...

Tuesday, 9th April 2024, 09.00-14.30 is the official launch of the Swedish national platform for subsea image analysis (SUBSIM).SUBSIM supports research and monitoring in marine ecosystems with open-source services for subsea image analysis. The platform is part of Swedish Biodiversity Data Infrastructure (SBDI).Read more about the launch and SUBSIM.

A new version of the Nordic Microalgae website is now accessible! Including major taxonomic updates and new features such as species occurrence maps sourced from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).The update includes a new web-interface and a major update of the taxonomic backbone, now following current accepted names in...