GBIF -

Global Biodiversity Information Facility

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GBIF —the Global Biodiversity Information Facility— is an international network and data infrastructure funded by the world’s governments and aimed at providing anyone, anywhere, open access to data about all types of life on Earth.

By encouraging and helping institutions to publish data according to common standards, GBIF enables research not possible before, and informs better decisions to conserve and sustainably use the biological resources of the planet.

Sustainable finance associated use case

Environmental Impact (Biodiversity Preservation & Restoration)

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Provider type Specialised Data Provider - Biodiversity

Accessibility Open Source

Issuers covered Country-level data

Geographic coverage Global

Sector coverage Agriculture and Forestry, Water, sewage, waste and sanitation

Collected data sources Their data derives from many sources, including everything from museum specimens collected in the 18th and 19th century to geotagged smartphone photos shared by amateur naturalists in recent days.

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Credit : This tool has been made in the context of the EquipEx+ ANR-21-ESRE-0036:

Special thanks to Maria VILLALONGA, Thibaud BARREAU and all other contributors.