GBIF MONTHLY UPDATEFebruary 2016

GBIF BY THE NUMBERS

644,286,956 species occurrence records

15,575 datasets

791data-publishing institutions

http://www.gbif.org | 01 FEB 2016

http://www.gbif.org | 1 FEB 2016

GBIF BY THE NUMBERS: 2015

+113,058,362 species occurrence records

+1,396datasets

+137data-publishing institutions

http://www.gbif.org | 1 FEB 2016

GBIF BY THE NUMBERS: JAN 2016

+5,200,570 species occurrence records

+225datasets

+3data-publishing institutions

LATEST NEWS

• GBIF opens public consultation on guide for data gap analysisGBIF invites interested users to send comments on theBest Practice Guide for Data Gap Analysis for Biodiversity Stakeholders.

• BID Africa 2015 call brings in initial proposals from 34 African countries

The deadline for submitting initial concept notes from sub-Saharan Africa was 20 November 2015. GBIF and its evaluation panel have invited a selected number of applicants to prepare full proposals, which are due on 26 Feb 2016.

http://www.gbif.org/newsroom/summary | 01 FEB 2016

DATA PUBLISHED THROUGH GBIF.ORGOccurrence records (millions)

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DATA—BY GBIF PARTICIPANT

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1. Netherlands 1,087,644 6. Norway 163,240

2. United States 1,026,361 7. South Africa 126,423

3. Belgium 887,767 8. Spain 89,605

4. Rep. of Korea 867,846 9. Ireland 68,202

5. Austria 210,173 10. Germany 34,026

1. United States 271,697,183 6. Netherlands 25,217,476

2. Sweden 53,682,540 7. Finland 20,633,052

3. United Kingdom 49,636,157 8. Germany 19,404,617

4. France 39,846,021 9. Norway 18,824,990

5. Australia 39,342,894 10. Spain 11,519,823

Number of new records published—Top 10 participant Countries (1 to 31 January 2016)

Total number of records published—Top 10 Participant Countries (as of 31 January 2016)

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Google Analytics report for GBIF.org: Access available upon request from comms@gbif.org Totals correct for traffic anomalies from the United States (April) and China (June-July) | 1 FEB 2016

Rank Country/Territory Sessions % Total Sessions Prev. rank Pages / Session

1 United States 194,764 14.29% 1 3.23

2 India 68,289 4.97% 5 2.47

3 Germany 65,269 4.75% 2 4.48

4 China 62,048 4.52% 13 3.71

5 Spain 59,201 4.31% 3 5.92

6 France 56,184 4.09% 6 3.55

7 United Kingdom 53,352 3.88% 4 5.01

8 Brazil 51,761 3.77% 7 4.68

9 Mexico 50,266 3.66% 8 8.33

10 Colombia 36,068 2.63% 10 5.23

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Rank Country/Territory Sessions % Total Sessions Prev. rank Pages / Session

1 United States 48,921 14.67% 1 4.77

2 India 17,458 5.24% 6 2.77

3 Spain 15,121 4.53% 3 6.81

4 France 14,438 4.36% 4 3.81

5 Germany 13,563 4.07% 2 4.53

6 United Kingdom 13,163 3.95% 5 6.10

7 Mexico 12,273 3.68% 7 8.41

8 Brazil 11,758 3.53% 8 4.66

9 Colombia 8,403 2.52% 11 5.74

10 Italy 7,869 2.36% 9 3.62

Google Analytics report for GBIF.org: Access available upon request from comms@gbif.org | 1 FEB 2016

VISITS TO GBIF.ORG BY COUNTRY

Access available upon request from comms@gbif.org | 08 FEB 2016

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1. United States 15,683 6. United Kingdom 5,067

2. India 6,412 7. Brazil 3,378

3. France 5,585 8. Italy 2,943

4. Germany 5,519 9. Mexico 2,916

5. Spain 5,208 10. Canada 2,424

January 2016

DATA DOWNLOAD REQUESTS, BY COUNTRY – 2015

Requests for download do not necessarily result in data actually being downloaded. Based on country indicated by user login | 08 FEB 2015

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1. Mexico 18,043 6. United Kingdom 4,886

2. United States 12,085 7. Colombia 4,013

3. China 6,763 8. Australia 2,852

4. Brazil 6,762 9. South Africa 2,367

5. Spain 6,082 10. Ecuador 2,129

Total of

91,411 requests from 9,158 users in

158 countries, islands and territories

1 Jan 2015 – 31 December 2015

DATA DOWNLOAD REQUESTS, BY COUNTRY

Requests for download do not necessarily result in data actually being downloaded. Based on country indicated by user login | 08 FEB 2016

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1. United States 889 6. Spain 312

2. Belgium 621 7. United Kingdom 305

3. Colombia 531 8. China 260

4. Mexico 449 9. Canada 216

5. Brazil 410 10. Argentina 146

Total of

5,459 requests from 998 users in

74 countries, islands and territories

1 January – 31 January 2016

CITATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH

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Annual number of peer-reviewed publications using GBIF-mediated data

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Total 2015

Number of research publications from January to December 2015 citing use of GBIF-mediated data, ranked by country according to affiliation of author. Top eleven countries shown.

January 2016 January 2016

Number of research publications in January 2016 citing use of GBIF-mediated data, ranked by country according to affiliation of author. Top eight countries shown.

1. United States 167 7. Brazil 31

2. United Kingdom 59 8. Spain 28

3. Germany 45 9. Colombia 26

4. Australia 38 10. France 23

5. China 36 10. Switzerland 23

6. Mexico 35

1. Brazil 5 5. Netherlands 2

2. France 5 5. Spain 2

3. Mexico 3 7. Switzerland 2

4. Belgium 2 7. United States 2

RESEARCH EXAMPLES

• Bunn C, Läderach P, Pérez Jimenez JG, et al. Multiclass classification of agro-ecological zones for Arabica coffee: an improved understanding of the impacts of climate change. PLoS ONE. Author countries: Colombia, Nicaragua, United States

• Cardador L, Carrete M, Gallardo, B et al. Combining trade data and niche modelling improves predictions of the origin and distribution of non-native European populations of a globally invasive species. Journal of Biogeography. Author country: Spain

• Coro G, Magliozzi C, Berghe EV, et al. Estimating absence locations of marine species from data of scientific surveys in OBIS. Ecological Modelling. Author countries: Italy, Belgium, Greece, Philippines

A complete archive of research citing use of GBIF can be accessed at http://www.mendeley.com/groups/1068301/gbif-public-library 08 FEB 2016

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• Deblauwe V, Droissart V, Bose R, et al. Remotely sensed temperature and precipitation data improve species distribution modelling in the tropics. Global Ecology and Biogeography. Author countries: France, Belgium, Cameroon, United States, India, Denmark, Netherlands

• Hattab T, Leprieur F, Ben Rais Lasram F, et al. Forecasting fine-scale changes in the food-web structure of coastal marine communities under climate change. Ecography. Author countries: France, Tunisia, Canada

• Jenkins CN, Alves MAS, Uezu A et al. Patterns of vertebrate diversity and protection in Brazil. PLoS ONE. Author country: Brazil

• Newbold T, Hudson LN, Hill SLL, et al. Global patterns of terrestrial assemblage turnover within and among land uses. Ecography. Author countries: United Kingdom, Norway

RESEARCH EXAMPLES (CONTINUED)January 2016

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A complete archive of research citing use of GBIF can be accessed at http://www.mendeley.com/groups/1068301/gbif-public-library 08 FEB 2016

GBIF MEMBER STATES AND ORGANIZATIONS

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MAP OF GBIF COUNTRY PARTICIPANTS

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GBIF PARTICIPANT LIST

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Voting Participants

1. Andorra 2. Argentina *3. Australia4. Belgium5. Benin6. Chile7. Colombia8. Costa Rica9. Denmark10. Estonia11. Finland12. France13. Germany14. Ghana15. Guinea16. Iceland17. Ireland18. Kenya 19. Madagascar 20. Mauritania21. Mexico22. Netherlands23. New Zealand24. Norway25. Peru 26. Portugal27. Republic of Korea28. Slovakia *29. Slovenia * 30. South Africa31. Spain32. Sweden33. Tanzania34. Togo35. Uganda 36. United Kingdom37. United States38. Uruguay

Associate Country Participants

1. Austria2. Brazil3. Canada4. Central African Republic5. Democratic Republic of

Congo6. India7. Indonesia *8. Israel9. Japan10. Luxembourg11. Malawi12. Pakistan13. Philippines 14. Poland15. Republic of Congo16. Switzerland *

Other Associate Participants

1. ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)2. Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS)3. Biodiversity Heritage Library4. BioNET-Andionet5. BioNET-INTERNATIONAL6. Bioversity International7. Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)8. Canadensys9. Chinese Academy of Sciences10. Chinese Taipei11. Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo (CYTED)12. Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL)13. Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF)14. Discover Life15. Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)16. Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT)17. European Environment Agency (EEA)18. Horn of Africa Regional Environment Centre and Network (HoA-REC&N)19. ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability20. Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN)21. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)22. International Barcode of Life Consortium (iBOL)23. International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE)24. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)25. International Long-Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER)26. Naturalis Biodiversity Center27. Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSCA)28. NatureServe29. NordGen30. Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum (PBIF)31. Plazi32. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)33. Society for the Management of Electronic Biodiversity Data (SMEBD)34. Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC)35. Species 200036. TDWG37. UNEP-WCMC38. VertNet39. Wildscreen40. World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC)

GBIF Affiliates

1. Data Observation Network for Earth (DataOne)2. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (IOC/UNESCO)

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SOURCES OF FUNDING

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Andorra Institute d’estudis AndorransArgentina CONICET – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y TécnicasAustralia Atlas of Living Australia, CSIRO National Research Collections AustraliaBelgium Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (belspo)Benin Laboratoire des Sciences ForestièresChile Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente (CONAMA)Colombia Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biólogicos Alexander von HumboldtCosta Rica Asociación Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio)Denmark The Danish Agency for Science, Technology and InnovationEstonia Ministry of EnvironmentFinland Academy of FinlandFrance Direction Générale pour la Recherche et l’Innovation (DGRI)Germany Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) , German Aerospace Center, BMBFGhana Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)Guinea, Republic of Ministére de l’Environment et des Eaux et ForêtsIceland Ministry for the Environment and Natural ResourcesIreland National Parks & Wildlife ServiceKenya National Museums of KenyaMadagascar Centre National de Recherches sur l’Environnement (CNRE)Mauritania École Normale Supérieure de NouakchottMexico Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture and ScienceNew Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and EmploymentNorway The Research Council of NorwayPeru Ministerio del AmbientePortugal Foundation for Science and TechnologyRepublic of Korea Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning Slovak Republic Ministry of the EnvironmentSlovenia Ministry of Higher Education, Science and TechnologySouth Africa Department of Science and TechnologySweden Swedish Research CouncilTanzania Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH)Togo Université de LoméUganda Uganda National Council for Science and TechnologyUnited Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Royal Botanic Gardens, KewNatural History Museum, London Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Uruguay Dirección de Innovación, Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo (DICYT)USA National Science Foundation; Smithsonian Institution; U.S. Department of State; U.S.

Department of Agriculture

Agencies contributing to GBIF core funds Supplementary fundingUniversity of Copenhagen (IT equipment)

Eye on Earth

EU BON

GIASIP, CBD

EMODNET Biology 2

Ministry of the Environment of Japan

European Union

CURRENT AFFILIATIONSPartner Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (BIP)

Member, Dialogue group Biodiversity Knowledge Network for the European Union (KNEU)

Observer Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

Observer Convention on Migratory Species

Council Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)

Participant European Biodiversity Observation Network (EU BON)

Partner Eye on Earth Biodiversity Special Initiative

Member, Steering committee Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN)

Partner Global Invasive Alien Species Information Partnership (GIASIP)

Partner Global Partnership for Plant Conservation (GPPC)

Member GLOBIS-B

Participant Group on Earth Observations (GEO)

Member, Advisory Board Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO-BON)

Member, External Advisory Board iDigBio

Observer Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

Associate data unit IOC-UNESCO International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange/Ocean Biogeographic Information System (IODE/OBIS)

Member, Policy & Science Board LifeWatch

Member, Advisory Board OpenAire2020

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