News 2024

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...

Interested in ecology & biodiversity databases? Temporary employment at the Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University. Might be interesting for a wide diversity of people, including both PhD and MSc students.The position will be associated with the Swedish Biodiversity Database Inventory (SBDI; https://biodiversitydata.se/). The focus of the...

The call for submissions to the 2024 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge is now open with the aim of recognizing innovative tools, both new and existing, that leverage biodiversity data from the GBIF network to advance open science in support of research and policy.An expert jury will judge entries on their relevance, novelty and quality...