GBIF Norway is the Norwegian participant node in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, GBIF. Our main task is to make primary data on biological diversity from the Norwegian collections and observation databases freely available and to coordinate and support GBIF-related activities and data use in Norway.
News
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Joint Biodiversa+ GBIF symposium in May 2024 Apr. 26, 2024 11:28 AM
GBIF Norway contributed to a joint Biodiversa+ GBIF symposium in Helsinki on the 16th of April 2024.
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Graduate Researchers Award 2024 Apr. 26, 2024 10:10 AM
The GBIF Graduate Researchers Award is an annual incentive prize that seeks to inspire innovative applications of open-access biodiversity data by scientists, informaticians, data modelers, cartographers, and other experts.
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Ebbe Nielsen Challenge 2024 Apr. 26, 2024 10:02 AM
The GBIF Ebbe Nielsen Challenge is an annual incentive prize that seeks to inspire innovative applications of open-access biodiversity data by scientists, informaticians, data modelers, cartographers, and other experts.
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BioDATA Interns from South Africa Oct. 4, 2023 12:58 PM
The BioDATA Advanced project includes the exchange of student interns. Two 4-month MSc student internships (1 February - 31 May 2024) at the University of Oslo Natural History Museum, in biodiversity data skills and molecular methods.
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Biodiversity ontologies June 8, 2023 12:04 PM
GBIF Norway was invited to the UiO Digital Scholar Centre Data Managers Network to present how we use biodiversity ontologies.
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GBIF Norway as UiO "kjernefasilitet" June 5, 2023 10:40 AM
The Norwegian GBIF node is hosted by the University of Oslo Natural History Museum and has been approved for status as UiO "kjernefasilitet" (core research infrastructure).
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