GBIF

Poster Biodiversity Viewer Ukraine during Empowering Biodiversity Research III (Photo: Dennis Wansink)

Empowering Biodiversity Conservation with the Biodiversity Viewer

The Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (UNCG) developed a web tool to extract biodiversity data from the world’s largest database with distribution data of organisms, GBIF. It facilitates the use of these data for nature conservation and impact assesments of developments in natural, urban and rural areas.

Announcement of the online presentation on 27th November 2023

Presenting the GBIF Biodiversity Viewer

November 27, 2023 On November 27, 2023, the Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (UNCG) presented the GBIF Biodiversity Viewer. The presentation can be reviewed here: https://www.facebook.com/UkrainianNatureConservationGroup/videos/1741874349558127/ The GBIF Biodiversity Viewer extracts species occurrence data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), which provides the largest amount of well-documented data on species in the world. The viewer …

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iNaturalist website in Ukrainian

iNaturalist translated to Ukrainian

iNaturalist translated to Ukrainian June 20, 2021Knowing the names of the butterflies, snakes, salamanders, beetles, fungi, or plants you see  is one of the nice things when being out in the field in nature. Identifying the species used to be tedious work for which you needed many books with detailed descriptions of the characteristics of …

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Echium vulgare (Photo: Rollin Verlinde / Vilda)

Ukraine is catching up with the publication of biodiversity data in GBIF

Ukraine is catching up with the publication of biodiversity data in GBIF January 23, 2021 The global decline of biodiversity is a hot topic currently. Therefore it is important to know where all the species of animals, plants and other organisms live. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) collates all biodiversity information that people around …

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