Japan Initiative for Biodiversity Information

The latest version of the JBIF pamphlet is now available

The latest version of the JBIF pamphlet is now available. Please take a look.

JBIF pamphlet (Japanese version. Published February 19, 2025)

Japanese translation of "GBIF Science Review No. 11" is now available

Japanese translation of “GBIF Science Review No. 11”, published on the GBIF portal, is now available.

Japanese version / GBIF science review No. 11

The Science Review is an annual summary of studies using data published in GBIF. Please take a look.

It is also available in the "Library" (Japanese page).

The webpage on GBIF metadata and the webpage on the data registration process have been updated

Research Resource Circulation - RRC: See the articles resulting from research referring to data from Japan

RRC (Research Resource Circulation) is a database of literature related to NBRP resources. Select “GBIF” as the Species on the RRC website to see a list of literature and others that refer to data published to GBIF from Japan through JBIF.

• RRC - Species: “GBIF” (Number of literature: 2,979*)

You can also access the RRC from the “Activities” - “Outcome Articles”.

Presentation materials for the 21st Century Biodiversity Research Workshop (FY2024) are now available

Three presentation materials for the 21st Century Biodiversity Research Workshop (19th, FY2024), “Diversified Biodiversity Surveys and Their Data”, held on December 14, 2024, are now available.

You can view them on the Workshop page (Japanese page).

Abstracts for the 21st Century Biodiversity Research Workshop (FY2024) are now available

Abstracts are now available for the 21st Century Biodiversity Research Workshop (19th, FY2024), “Diversified Biodiversity Surveys and Their Data” to be held on December 14.

You can view them on the Workshop page (Japanese page).

The latest version of the JBIF pamphlet is now available

The latest version of the JBIF pamphlet is now available. Please take a look.

JBIF pamphlet (Japanese version. Published March 7, 2024)

Japanese translation of "GBIF Science Review No. 10" is now available

Japanese translation of “GBIF Science Review No. 10”, published on the GBIF portal, is now available.

Japanese version / GBIF science review No. 10

The Science Review is an annual summary of studies using data published in GBIF. Please take a look.

It is also available in the "Library" (Japanese page).

Presentation materials for the 21st Century Biodiversity Research Workshop (FY2023) are now available

Four presentation materials for the 21st Century Biodiversity Research Workshop (18th, FY2023), “Biodiversity Observation Required Now”, held on December 3, 2023, are now available.

You can view them on the Workshop page (Japanese page).

We developed a JBIF Strategy 2023-2027

We developed a JBIF Strategy 2023-2027. It defines JBIF’s activity policy from this year to 2027.

The “Framework of the JBIF Strategy 2023-2027,” excerpted from the JBIF Strategy 2023-2027, is on “ about JBIF”.

The Japanese version of the JBIF Strategy 2023-2027 and previous documents on JBIF Strategy can be found in Library (Japanese page).