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Dr. Keiichi Matsuura received the Distinguished Achievement Award at the 2nd Japan Society for Digital Archives Awards

Dr. Keiichi Matsuura received the Distinguished Achievement Award at the 2nd Japan Society for Digital Archives Awards. Click here (Japanese page) to see the winners of the 2nd Japan Society for Digital Archives Awards.

The 2021 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge has opened

The 2021 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge is now open on the GBIF portal. The Ebbe Nielsen Challenge is an annual challenge to find innovative uses for biodiversity data published by GBIF. The winners will receive a total of up to €20,000. We encourage you to apply. For more information, including application requirements, click here.

The "Panel Discussion: Considering Biodiversity Information Infrastructure in the Future of Japan" will be held

The “Panel Discussion: Considering Biodiversity Information Infrastructure in the Future of Japan” will be held. Click here for more information.

Presentation materials for the 21st Century Biodiversity Research Workshop (FY2020) are now available

Five presentation materials for the 21st Century Biodiversity Research Workshop (15th, FY2020), “Accelerating Utilization of GBIF Data”, held on December 5, 2020, are now available. You can view them on the Workshop page (Japanese page).

"JBIF Related Organizations" has been updated

The Japanese page of “JBIF Related Organizations” has been updated. You can view it here.

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 November 30, 2020)

Abstracts for the 21st Century Biodiversity Research Workshop (FY2020) are now available

Abstracts are now available for the 21st Century Biodiversity Research Workshop (15th, FY2020), “Accelerating Utilization of GBIF Data” to be held on December 5. You can view them on the Workshop page (Japanese page).

The new data paper is published in the journal "Ecological Research" online version

The new data paper is published in the journal “Ecological Research” online version. Underwater video and still‐image dataset of fishes and other aquatic animals in Lake Biwa, Japan, observed via carp‐mounted video loggers Authors: Makoto A. Yoshida, Kumiko Totsu, Katsufumi Sato, Kohji Mabuchi Data (Darwin Core Archive) is available on GBIF portal.

Videos of the open online symposium "Using up Biodiversity Information - Introduction to GBIF" is now available

The videos of the open online symposium “Using up Biodiversity Information - Introduction to GBIF” held on October 3, 2020, by the Kanto Regional Meeting of Ecological Society of Japan is now available. They are in Japanese and available on the “ Activities”.

The 21st Century Biodiversity Research Workshop (FY2020) will be held

The 21st Century Biodiversity Research Workshop (FY2020, 15th), “Accelerating Utilization of GBIF Data”, will be held. Click here for more information.