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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

aggregator of scientific data on biodiversity; data portal
Organization international_organization Q1531570

Facts

17 properties

Identity

Instance of
international organization, nonprofit organization, research infrastructure, data library, online database, biological database, taxonomic database, global species database[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
Official website
www.gbif.org[20]
Short name
GBIF[26]

Status and dates

Inception
2001[19]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 2001 ROR 1999 edition 2026-09-26 · cc0-1.0+geonames-cc-by-4.0 ↗

Location

Country
Denmark[6]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 55.703°, 12.560°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Copenhagen[5]as of 2026-10-21
where from?
Edition
20261021 · as of 2026-10-21
Bronze
7a7bf58d5ac18436… v2.15-2026-10-20-ror-data.zip
Transform
4ort-mint · ror:20261021 · version not recorded

Industry and activity

Field of work
biodiversity informatics, biodiversity[1][2]

Relations

Child organization or unit
GBIF Norway, Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility, GBIF Spain[15][16][17]
Member of
Biodiversity Information Standards, DataCite[3][4]
More facts +7
Language of work or name
multiple languages[18]
Described by source
The varying openness of digital open science tools[23]
Main Wikidata property
P846, P14607[24][25]
Main subject
biology, biodiversity informatics[21][22]
Operator
GBIF Secretariat[14]
Social media followers
1.5k (1.5k–14k, n=7)[30][31][32][33][34][35][36]
Uses
Access to Biological Collection Data, Darwin Core, Ecological Metadata Language[27][28][29]
🏷️ Also known as
en GBIF en Global Biodiversity Information Facility en gbif.org ar مرفق معلومات التنوع الحيوي العالمي cs GBIF da GBIF de GBIF es GBIF es Infraestructura Mundial de Información en Biodiversidad es La Infraestructura Mundial de Informacion en Biodiversidad fa تسهیلات اطلاعات تنوع زیستی جهانی fr GBIF fr Système mondial d'informations sur la biodiversité hi वैश्विक जीव विविधता जानकारी hu GBIF hu Globális Biodiverzitás Információs Megállapodás id GBIF it GBIF ja 地球規模生物多様性情報機構 ko 세계생물다양성정보기구
🔖 Identifiers · 29
ROR ID
05fjyn938
VIAF cluster ID
138223388
Library of Congress authority ID
nb2011029469
OpenAlex ID
I111796040
GRID ID
grid.434488.7
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Global Biodiversity Information Facility.png ↗
API endpoint URL
api.gbif.org, api.gbif.org
Datahub page
gbif
Domain name
gbif.org
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
185800
Facebook username
gbifnews
Flickr user ID
44353813@N02
Show all 29 identifiers +17
Freebase ID
/m/08hzyd
Gateway to Research organization ID
277F8012-5126-4AB3-9C49-88F1DA596473
GitHub account
gbif
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
GBIF
IATE entry ID
915003
IdRef ID
162380046
Integbio Database Catalog ID
NBDC00069
Issue tracker URL
github.com
Lex ID
Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility
LinkedIn company or organization ID
gbif
Mastodon address
gbif@ecoevo.social, gbif@biodiversity.social
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
111796040
OpenStreetMap node ID
5983003448
Scilit organization ID
26159
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
36625
Vimeo ID
GBIF
X (Twitter) username
GBIF

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 6
international organization, nonprofit organization, biological database, online database, data library, taxonomic database
← Member of 6
Norway, Belgium, University of Oslo, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Natural Science Museum of Barcelona, Nature Research Centre
← Affiliated with 4
Dmitry Sergeevich Schigel, Thomas Stjernegaard Jeppesen, Tim Hirsch, Tim Robertson
Field of work 2
biodiversity, biodiversity informatics
Main subject 2
biology, biodiversity informatics
← Conferred by 2
Ebbe Nielsen Prize, GBIF Young Researchers Award
Country 1
Denmark
Employees / affiliates 1
Sven Oscar Kullander
Language of work or name 1
multiple languages
Member of 1
DataCite
Uses 1
Darwin Core
← Developer 1
GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit
← Funder 1
Danmarks svampeatlas
← Operator 1
Catalogue of Life
← Used by 1
Darwin Core
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The Global Biodiversity Information Facility operates in the field of biodiversity informatics and biodiversity . It is a member of Biodiversity Information Standards and DataCite [1][2]. The organization supports access to biodiversity data through its membership and activities in these networks [1][2].

Related Entities

Belgium biodiversity informatics biology Denmark GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit Norway South African National Biodiversity Institute

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  17. [3] ↑ . tdwg.org. Retrieved . tdwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [4] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . gbif.org. gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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