News and events
LafargeHolcim España, first Spanish company publishing biodiversity data through GBIF
LafargeHolcim España publishes through GBIF.ES the first dataset coming from a private company in Spain. The publication of this dataset has been made under the framework of the OpenPSD project “Engage and promote the private sector in open biodiversity data publication”, which is part of the CESP Programme (Capacity Enhancement Support Programme), funded by GBIF. […]
First meetings with Spanish private companies under the OpenPSD project
The OpenPSD – Engage and promote the private sector in open biodiversity data publication project is aimed to engage and promote biodiversity data publication and use by the private sector through workshops, documentation targeted to the private sector and mentoring. During the first phase of the project, GBIF Spain has met three different private companies […]
GBIF.ES participates in the 2019 Social Forum for Euskadi Biodiversity
El pasado 30 de octubre se celebró en el Archivo Histórico de Euskadi, el Foro Social de la Biodiversidad de Euskadi 2019, un espacio de participación anual para el encuentro y diálogo entre distintos agentes sociales invitados. Hubo una amplia representación de más de sesenta asistentes de diversa índole, como centros tecnológicos y de investigación, […]
Encuesta para la identificación de temáticas prioritarias para los Planes de Formación de GBIF España
Desde GBIF España diseñamos anualmente un Plan de Formación para la comunidad hispanohablante de GBIF. A lo largo de más de 15 años, hemos utilizado la formación como una herramienta fundamental para fortalecer la comunidad de los diferentes agentes implicados en la información de la biodiversidad sobre todo en nuestro país. No obstante, para fijar […]
Generalitat de Catalunya, new data publisher through GBIF.ES
Recently, the Generalitat de Catalunya, through the Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat, has become a new publisher in the GBIF.ES network. This institution manages the Catalan system of protected natural areas and Natura 2000, which is currently constituted by 182 protected areas gathering the broad variety of habitats of Catalonia (approximately the 30 % of […]
GBIF.ES joins the GBIF Governing Board Meeting and Biodiversity_Next Conference in Leiden (The Netherlands)
A number of events related to Biodiversity Informatics and GBIF took place in Leiden (The Netherlands) from 17-25 October 2019, most of them hosted by the Naturalis Biodiversity Center. GBIF organized a two-day global nodes training workshop just prior to the global nodes meeting and GB26 aiming to assist all node managers in further developing […]