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NOTICE: Service will be suspended from November 26 to 29 due to legal inspection work at the National Institute of Genetics

Due to a legal power outage and server maintenance at the National Institute of Genetics, this site will be out of service during the following period. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding. November 26, 2020 18:00 - November 29, 2020 12:00 (JST)

The 35th Study Group on Dissemination of Specimen Information will be held

The 35th Study Group on Dissemination of Specimen Information through the Project for Improvement of Data on Natural History Specimens will be held. Click here for more information.

Japanese translation of "GBIF Science Review 2019" is now available

Japanese translation of “GBIF Science Review 2019”, published on the GBIF portal, is now available. Japanese version / GBIF science review 2019 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 open online symposium "Using up Biodiversity Information - Introduction to GBIF" is now available

The presentation materials for 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 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. Acoustic monitoring data of anuran species inside and outside the evacuation zone of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant accident Authors: Akira Yoshioka, Noe Matsushima, Shoma Jingu, Nao Kumada, Ryoko Yokota, Kumiko Totsu, Keita Fukasawa Data (Darwin Core Archive) is available on GBIF portal.

NOTICE: The system for search of domestic specimen and observation data will be stopped on June 10-11

Due to maintenance, the system for search of domestic specimen and observation data will be stopped during the following period. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. June 10, 2020 13:00 - June 11, 2020 13:00 (JST)

NOTICE: Service will be suspended on June 6 due to network maintenance at the National Institute of Genetics

Due to network maintenance at the National Institute of Genetics, this site will be out of service during the following period. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding. June 6, 2020 8:30 - 17:30 (JST)

System for search of domestic specimen and observation data is now available

We have released the system for search of domestic specimen and observation data, which allows you to search for data registered from Japan in Japanese. JBIF is a cooperative project of the National Institute of Genetics, the University of Tokyo, and the National Museum of Nature and Science, and these institutions serve as contact points for the registration of biological specimen data and observation data to GBIF. You can search the data by Japanese name, name of the institution providing the data, or name of the data set in this system. ...

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"Checklist of Japanese Names of Vascular Plants" has been updated

“Checklist of Japanese Names of Vascular Plants” has been updated. Checklist of Japanese Names of Vascular Plants ver. 1.10 (Japanese page)

BioWM has been renewed!

BioWM (Biodiversity Web Mapping System) developed by the National Institute for Environmental Studies has been renewed and released. BioWM provides a visualization tool for biodiversity data to promote the publication and use of data and open biodiversity information in the GBIF. Click here for BioWM.