october 2026

GBIF newsletter October 2026

33rd meeting of the GBIF Governing Board

Martin Kalfatovic elected as chair of the GBIF Governing Board

Christoph Häuser (Germany), Tim Littlewood (UK), Fatima Parker-Allie (South Africa) and Jurate De Prins (Belgium) join as newly elected committee members, with Raoufou Pierre Radji (Togo) re-elected Read more

GBIF celebrates 25 years

New article offers historical overview of the organization, the infrastructure, its services and the global community underpinning it

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2026 Award winners

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Events & opportunities

GBIF seeks SPLICE contractor Call for proposals: SPLICE

Data Use Club

Séance pratique du Data Use Club sur le thème de la recherche de séquences ADN sur le nouveau site de GBIF.org

19 novembre 2026 - 9h-10h30 CET

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Traducteurices

Wébinaire sur les bases de la traduction pour la communauté GBIF

4 novembre 2026 - 14h-15h CET

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Around the Network

Somalia joins GBIF as a Voting Participant GBIF and GEO BON to ramp up cooperation across the networks