<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>GBIF News</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/</link>
<ttl>10</ttl>
<date>Wed, 16 May 2012 23:35:01 +0100</date>
<description>Latest news from the GBIF Secretariat</description>
<item>
<title>New GBIF guide for citing biodiversity data</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/new-gbif-guide-for-citing-biodiversity-data</link>
<description><![CDATA[Recommended practice will credit all involved in making datasets freely accessible]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:16:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>GBIF Annual Report for 2011 published</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/gbif-annual-report-for-2011-published</link>
<description><![CDATA[Details a decade of achievement in providing free and open access to biodiversity data]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:44:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>New GBIF videos on improving biodiversity data quality </title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/new-gbif-videos-on-improving-biodiversity-data-quality</link>
<description><![CDATA[Training videos provide information on sources of error and fitness for use]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:28:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Conference to chart way ahead for biodiversity informatics</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/conference-to-chart-way-ahead-for-biodiversity-informatics</link>
<description><![CDATA[Copenhagen event aims to unite diverse communities to address key policy and science challenges.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:50:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Genomic data in GBIF moves a step closer</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/genomic-data-in-gbif-moves-a-step-closer</link>
<description><![CDATA[Aligning standards will help share information on biodiversity yet to be discovered.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:51:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Results of GBIF regional training call announced</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/results-of-gbif-regional-training-call-announced</link>
<description><![CDATA[Events to be held in Taipei, Kampala, Kathmandu and Bogotá will benefit from the support.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:48:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>New Executive Secretary: exciting time ahead for GBIF</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/new-executive-secretary-exciting-time-ahead-for-gbif</link>
<description><![CDATA[Donald Hobern sees data mobilized by network increasingly relevant for policy, science]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:16:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Call for applications for regional training support</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/call-for-applications-for-regional-training-support</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:18:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Call for proposals for the 2012 Young Researchers Award</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/call-for-proposals-for-the-2012-young-researchers-award</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:41:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Call for nominations for the 2012 Ebbe Nielsen Prize</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/call-for-nominations-for-the-2012-ebbe-nielsen-prize</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:35:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>German research team targets ‘at risk’ data on biodiversity</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/german-research-team-targets-at-risk-data-on-biodiversity</link>
<description><![CDATA[Project example of data hosting infrastructure promoted by GBIF]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:10:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>New biodiversity data publishing framework proposed</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/new-biodiversity-data-publishing-framework-proposed</link>
<description><![CDATA[Recommendations target social, cultural, technical, policy, legal, economic components to promote data sharing.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Biodiversity knowledge vital to combat climate change - King</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/biodiversity-knowledge-vital-to-combat-climate-change-nick-king</link>
<description><![CDATA[During intervention in Durban Climate Change Conference, GBIF Executive Secretary Nick King calls for wider participation.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Plans take shape to digitize camera trap data from India</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/plans-take-shape-to-digitize-camera-trap-data-from-indian-wildlife</link>
<description><![CDATA[Indo-Norwegian pilot project for new science-policy platform targets conservation strategies for large mammals ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:29:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>First database-derived ‘Data Paper’ published in journal</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/first-database-derived-data-paper-published-in-journal</link>
<description><![CDATA[Peer-reviewed description of Indian bird dataset published through GBIF sets precedent for data-sharing incentives.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Training opportunity: course on Persistent Identifiers</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/training-opportunity-course-on-persistent-identifiers</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nominations are invited for the course to be held from 8 to 10 February 2012, in Madrid, Spain.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:36:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Action plan for information on invasive alien species</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/action-plan-for-information-on-invasive-alien-species</link>
<description><![CDATA[Implementation ‘roadmap’ commits key partners to harmonize data needed to tackle threat to biodiversity from invasives]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Use of GBIF helps clarify environment-species links</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/use-of-gbif-helps-clarify-environment-species-links</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study used over 300,000 mammal records from US to assess importance of climate, land cover on species presence at various scales]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:08:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Important quality boost for GBIF Data Portal</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/important-quality-boost-for-gbif-data-portal</link>
<description><![CDATA[Improvements speed processing, “clean” name and location data, enable checklist publishing.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:55:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Danish scientist accepts €30,000 Ebbe Nielsen Prize</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/danish-scientist-accepts-EUR30000-ebbe-nielsen-prize</link>
<description><![CDATA[Jens-Christian Svenning uses GBIF-enabled data to study how biodiversity responds to climate change.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:18:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>New Executive Secretary announced</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/new-executive-secretary-announced</link>
<description><![CDATA[Donald Hobern will head GBIF Secretariat from end-January 2012. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:45:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>International collaboration for sharing of biodiversity data</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/international-collaboration-enables-greater-access-to-biodiversity-information</link>
<description><![CDATA[Species-level data, occurrence maps, now reach a wide spectrum of users thanks to standardized data, improved system interoperability]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Call for proposals: best practices related to species checklists</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/call-for-proposals-to-draft-best-practices-in-the-development-and-maintenance-of-national-species-c</link>
<description><![CDATA[The GBIF Secretariat invites proposals to develop a document entitled Best Practice Guidelines in the Development and Maintenance of National Species Checklists. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:44:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Preserving biodiversity knowledge from impact assessment </title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/preserving-biodiversity-knowledge-from-impact-assessment-activities-globally</link>
<description><![CDATA[Professionals assessing the environmental impact of proposed large projects are being urged to share the biodiversity data they generate.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:18:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>GBIF data network helps map medicinal plants in Australia</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/gbif-data-network-helps-map-plants-used-in-aboriginal-medicine</link>
<description><![CDATA[Innovative use of data accessible through GBIF may help to identify areas of high cultural value, based on plants used in traditional medicine by Aboriginal people in Australia.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>New staff join GBIF Secretariat</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/new-secretariat-staff</link>
<description><![CDATA[A new Communications Officer and Senior Programme Officer for Participation are taking up their positions at the GBIF Secretariat. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:46:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Trapping data to aid conservation</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/trapping-data-to-aid-conservation</link>
<description><![CDATA[A pilot project to help digitise data captured by the network of camera traps in India has been launched in a collaboration between Norwegian and Indian scientific institutions.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:08:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Registration opens for Governing Board</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/registration-opens-for-governing-board</link>
<description><![CDATA[The online registration system for the 18th GBIF Governing Board Meeting (GB18) is now open.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 11:07:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Young scientists showcase GBIF data use</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/young-scientists-showcase-gbif-data-use</link>
<description><![CDATA[An ornithologist from Mexico and a marine biologist from Ireland are this year’s winners of the GBIF Young Researchers Award.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:37:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>New Incentive for Biodiversity Data Publishing</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/new-incentive-for-biodiversity-data-publishing</link>
<description><![CDATA[A new tool to convert descriptions of biodiversity data into scientific journal articles is now available. The aim is to give due recognition to efforts by scientists and institutions making data accessible to the wider scientific community.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:06:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>GBIF welcomes Republic of Congo as new Participant</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/gbif-welcomes-republic-of-congo-as-new-participant</link>
<description><![CDATA[The GBIF Secretariat is pleased to welcome the Republic of Congo as a new Associate Participant.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 17:32:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>GBIF announces 2011 Ebbe Nielsen Prize Winner</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/gbif-announces-2011-ebbe-nielsen-prize-winner</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is happy to announce that the 2011 winner of the Ebbe Nielsen Prize is Professor Jens-Christian Svenning of the Department of Biological Sciences at Aarhus University, Denmark.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 16:08:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>International specialists share georeferencing expertise</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/international-specialists-share-georeferencing-expertise</link>
<description><![CDATA[The South African Biodiversity Information Facility (SABIF) hosted a successful georeferencing training workshop in April, to grow local and regional capacity to digitise and georeference high quality biodiversity data for use in research, policy and management.  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 15:16:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>GBIF seeks a Knowledge Systems Engineer</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/gbif-seeks-a-knowledge-systems-engineer</link>
<description><![CDATA[GBIF is seeking a committed and proactive Knowledge Systems Engineer to develop a framework for creating and managing controlled vocabularies, thesauri and other knowledge organisation systems.  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 13:58:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>GBIF seeks a new Executive Secretary (Director)</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/gbif-seeks-a-new-executive-secretary-director</link>
<description><![CDATA[The current Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Executive Secretary, Dr Nick King has announced that he will be leaving GBIF at the end of 2011.  Therefore, GBIF seeks a dynamic, visionary Executive Secretary with international standing to lead GBIF in the next phase of its development. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 11:08:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Development of a catalogue of biodiversity informatics tools</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/development-of-a-catalogue-of-biodiversity-informatics-tools</link>
<description><![CDATA[The GBIF Secretariat is requesting proposals from potential author(s)/research groups for the development of a ‘Catalogue of tools and services for capture, digitisation, quality assessment & enhancement, and publishing of primary biodiversity data’. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 10:36:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>GBIF Secretariat changes</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/gbif-secretariat-changes</link>
<description><![CDATA[A number of changes have taken place in the GBIF Secretariat. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 14:05:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Re-advertisement - Senior Programme Officer for Participation</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/re-advertisement-senior-programme-officer-for-participation</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Secretariat of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Seeks a Senior Programme Officer for Participation
]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 08:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Mentoring Call 2011</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/mentoring-calls-2011</link>
<description><![CDATA[After a strong response from GBIF Participant Nodes to the 2011 Mentoring Call, four projects involving nine countries and organisations have now been selected for support.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 10:27:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Candidate list for the IPT Experts Workshop now available</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/candidate-list-for-the-ipt-experts-workshop-now-available</link>
<description><![CDATA[20 participants from all over the world will have the opportunity to get to know in depth the new version of this key tool for publishing biodiversity data on the internet.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 13:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>TanBIF announces Data Publishing Workshop 1-3 June 2011</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/tanbif-announces-data-publishing-workshop-1-3-june-2011</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Data Publishing Workshop will be held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Participants will use IPT v.2 to publish data via TanBIF.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 15:31:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>GBIF releases its new Online Resource Centre for Beta testing</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/gbif-releases-its-new-online-resource-centre-for-beta-testing</link>
<description><![CDATA[From May to September 2011, the new GBIF Online Resource Centre will be available for testing by the users. The system will be officially launched in October 2011 during the 18th meeting of the GBIF Governing Board.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:02:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>The second GBIF Information meeting in Yaoundé</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/the-second-gbif-information-meeting-in-yaounde</link>
<description><![CDATA[From 7 to 8 April 2011, the second GBIF Information meeting was held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, as part of the SEP-CEPDEC programme.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:52:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>GBIF welcomes iBOL as new Participant</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/gbif-welcomes-ibol-as-new-participant</link>
<description><![CDATA[The GBIF Secretariat is pleased to announce that the International Barcode of Life Project (iBOL) has signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to become an Associate Participant of GBIF.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:23:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>The GBIF Secretariat joins Species 2000</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/the-gbif-secretariat-joins-species-2000</link>
<description><![CDATA[To strengthen the close collaboration between GBIF and Species 2000 the GBIF Secretariat became a member of the Species 2000 network in March 2011.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:18:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Kenya new Voting Participant</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/kenya-new-voting-participant</link>
<description><![CDATA[Kenya has changed its status from Associate to Voting Participant in GBIF. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:24:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Training opportunity: Experts Workshop on GBIF IPT v. 2</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/training-opportunity-experts-workshop-on-gbif-ipt-v-2</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Experts Workshop on the GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit v. 2 will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, 20-22 June 2011.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>GBIF Strategic Plan 2012-2016 published</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/new-gbif-strategic-plan-2012-2016-published</link>
<description><![CDATA[The 'GBIF Strategic Plan 2012-2016: Seizing the Future' has been published. The plan will over the next five years provide a solid framework for the GBIF implementation plans and grow GBIF's impact in better serving science. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:12:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>GBIF Annual Report 2010 published</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/gbif-annual-report-2010</link>
<description><![CDATA[The GBIF Annual Report 2010 is now available. The report summarises significant achievements and impacts of GBIF during the United Nations International Year of Biodiversity.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:01:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Data Publishing Workshop in Lomé, March 2011</title>
<link>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/data-publishing-workshop-in-lome-march-2011</link>
<description><![CDATA[From 3 to 5 March 2011 a data publishing workshop was held at the Conference Center of FOPADESC in Lomé, Togo.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:03:00 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
