GBIF Norway provides a summary of biodiversity data publishing and access activities in Norway through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Over 22 million occurrence records with locations in Norway have been published through GBIF from 31 countries worldwide. The GBIF node team at the University of Oslo works to publish Norwegian biodiversity data and facilitate its use. They collaborate with other Norwegian institutions like Artsdatabanken and NTNU University Museum to advance open data policies and research utilizing GBIF.

1. Photo by Dag Endresen, March 2016
Introduc:on to Global Biodiversity
Informa:on Facility (GBIF)

2. GBIF enables free and open access to
biodiversity data online.
We are an interna:onal government-ini:ated and -funded ini:a:ve focused on
making biodiversity data available to all and anyone, for scien:fic research,
conserva:on and sustainable development.
Status
9th December 2016

3. GBIF provides an infrastructure to discover data
global registry data portal
that is dependent on resolvable and stable iden<fiers for full func<onality

4. Research
institute
Biodiversity
Conservation Biodiversity
Analysis
GBIF
portal
Global
information
systems
Scientific
Research
STANDARD MULTIPLE-PURPOSE DATA-SERVICES

5. Data integration & data interoperability
GEO BON
Biodiversity observa:on network
INTERGOVERNMENTAL GROUP ON
EARTH OBSERVATIONS

6. Asia (lack of data)
Africa (lack of data)

7. MAP OF NATIONAL PARTICIPANTS
Updated November 2016
participatio
Asia (lack of data)
Africa (lack of data)

8. DATA PUBLISHED THROUGH GBIF.ORG
www.gbif.org/analytics/global
dataavailabilit

9. DATA PUBLISHED BY COUNTRY, YTD 2016
AS OF 31 OCT 2016
All others
NZ
AU
DK
ES
CO
NO
ZA
DE
NL
US
1 United States 14,258,959
2 Netherlands 12,707,525
3 Germany 11,636,441
4 South Africa 9,303,521
5 Norway 4,257,569
6 Colombia 3,725,644
7 Spain 3,161,768
8 Denmark 3,032,962
9 Australia 2,070,365
10 New Zealand 1,844,320
NOTE: Datasets are assigned to countries according to the location of the publishing institution,
including aggregated datasets with contributors from many other countries
dataavailabilit

10. TOTAL DATA PUBLISHED BY COUNTRY
AS OF 31 OCT 2016
All others
BE
ES
ZA
GB
NL
DE
AU
FR
SE
US
1 United States 269,908,182
2 Sweden 53,791,605
3 France 39,900,258
4 Australia 37,232,140
5 Germany 27,003,112
6 Netherlands 25,709,366
7 United Kingdom 22,986,875
8 Norway 22,534,127
9 South Africa 20,441,422
10 Spain 14,474,227
dataavailabilit

11. DATA DOWNLOAD REQUESTS BY COUNTRY, YTD 2016
AS OF 31 OCT 2016
All others
IT
CN
IN
ZA
GB
CO
ES
BR
MX
US
1 United States 12,305
2 Mexico 11,982
3 Brazil 6,769
4 Spain 4,511
5 Colombia 4,470
6 United Kingdom 4,257
7 South Africa 2,938
8 India 2,902
9 China 2,724
10 Italy 2,007
Users of occurrence data in Norway generally use Artskart.
dataaccessandus

12. 2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
0 125 250 375 500
416
52
89
148
169
229
249
350
407
347
Peer-reviewed publications using GBIF-mediated data 2016 projection
DATAACCESSANDUSE
Peer-reviewed publications using GBIF-mediated data

13. PEER-REVIEWED USES,
BY COUNTRY AND
REGION, 2016
AS OF 31 OCT 2016
Oceania
North America
Latin America
Europe
Asia
Africa
1
Year-to-date 2016
1 United States 126
2 Brazil 45
3 United Kingdom 42
4 Germany 40
5 Australia 39
6 China 37
7 Mexico 33
8 France 32
9 Spain 21
10 Canada 20
October 2016
1 United States 15
2 Brazil 8
3 Mexico 6
3 United Kingdom 6
5 Australia 4
6 Denmark 3
6 Germany 3
6 Netherlands 3
dataaccessandus
2016
Norway year-to-date 2016, 19 publica<ons

14. RESEARCH EXAMPLES
NORWAY
YTD 2016
Araújo R, Assis J, Aguillar R, Airoldi L, Bárbara I, Bartsch I, Bekkby T et al. (2016)
Status, trends and drivers of kelp forests in Europe: an expert assessment.
Biodiversity and Conservation 25(7) 1319-1348. DOI:10.1007/s10531-016-1141-7.
Gjershaug JO, Frode Ødegaard F, Staverløkk A & Olsen KM (2016) Records of
bilateral gynandromorphism in three species of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in
Norway. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 63(1): 65-70.
Phillips J, Asdal Å, Brehm JM, Rasmussen M, Maxted N (2016) In situ and ex situ
diversity analysis of priority crop wild relatives in Norway. Diversity and distributions
22(11): 1112-1126. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12470
Özkan Ş, Andrea Vitali, Nicola Lacetera, Barbara Amon, André Bannink, Dave J.
Bartley, et al. (2016) Challenges and priorities for modelling livestock health and
pathogens in the context of climate change. Environmental Research 151: 130-144.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.07.033
Bjerke JW, Bokhorst S, Callaghan TV, Phoenix GK (2016) Persistent reduction of
segment growth and photosynthesis in a widespread and important sub-Arctic moss
species after cessation of three years of experimental winter warming. Functional
Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12703
Wauchope HS, Shaw JD, Varpe Ø, Lappo EG, Boertmann D, & Lanctot RB (2016)
Rapid climate-driven loss of breeding habitat for Arctic migratory birds. Global
Change Biology. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13404
Norway year-to-date, 19 publications
https://www.mendeley.com/groups/1068301/gbif-public-library/papers/added/0/tag/Norway/
dataaccessandus

15. 2016 SCIENCE REVIEW
Just published!
Annual publication summarizes
more than 100 peer-reviewed
articles that rely on GBIF-
mediated data.
Accompanying Sourcebook
includes more than 400 citations.
Download:
§ gbif.org/science-review
§ gbif.org/science-review-sourcebook-2016
http://www.gbif.org/science-review
dataaccessandus

16. LATEST NEWS
First BID grants provide nearly €1
million in funding to 23 African
projects
¤ EU-funded programme grantees
represent 34 organizations from
20 African countries (Read more)
¤ Open call for Caribbean and the
Pacific (read more)
¤ Read more about BID
http://www.gbif.org/newsroom/summary
Photos: (left) One Tree Plain, CC BY-NC-SA 2015 Geoff Livingston, (centre) Peacock pansy (Junonia almana), Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.
CC BY-SA 2015 Pavel Kirillov via iNaturalist. (right) Photo courtesy of Nestor Engone Obiang.
communication
BIFA grants to benefit
14 Asian countries
Four project share €106,000 in funding
to enhance data publishing capacity of
current and future network members.
Read more
Belgium, Taiwan and Norway nodes
provided BIFA funded mentoring for the
AESEAN heritage parks in July 2017.
Read more (at gbif.no)
Appeal for help after damage
Gabon's national herbarium
Post-election riots in September
spared collections, but caused
major damage to the BID
grantee’s headquarters in
Libreville, Gabon.
Read English or French

17. LATEST NEWS
Four network projects
awarded 2016 capacity
enhancement support
grants (mentoring)
¤ A total of €23,300 in funding will
support the work of GBIF nodes
and partners in five countries
(Colombia, France, Guinea,
Portugal, Spain).
¤ Read more
http://www.gbif.org/newsroom/summary
Photos:. (center) courtesy of GBIF Portugal.
(right) Red-crested pochards (Netta rufina) off the eastern shore of Obersee, Switzerland, photo by roby 2016 CC BY-NC via iNaturalist.
communication
Four countries become
the GBIF network’s
newest national members
¤ Switzerland (voting)
¤ Ecuador (associate)
¤ Niger (associate)
¤ Nigeria (associate)
New Darwin Core templates released
Pre-configured Excel templates simplify
data formatting, preparation and
publication.
– metadata template
– checklist template
– occurrence template
– sampling event template
Read more
Template tool from GBIF.no

18. LATEST NEWS
http://www.gbif.org/newsroom/summary
Photos: (far right) © 2016 Williams Fagner.
communication
Data licensing milestone
All species occurrence datasets on
GBIF.org now carry standardized
Creative Commons licenses.
CC0 57 %
CC-BY 4.0 31 %
CC-BY-NC 4.0 13 %
Read initial announcement and
update
2016 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge
winner
Alejandro Ruete (Argentina,
postdoc at SLU, Sweden) seeks
to calculate ‘Where and when is
there enough data?’
Read more
2016 Young Researchers
Awards
Meet the winners!
– Mexican PhD student
Juan M. Escamilla Mólgora
– Brazilian Master’s student
Bruno Umbelino

19. Publish data

20. PUBLISH DATA IN GBIF
datapublishing
Step 1: data holding research institutes seek endorsement
as an approved data publisher.
Step 2: datasets are identified and converted to standard
Darwin Core format.
Step 3: datasets can be published directly from the data
node and/or with the assistance from a national (or
thematic) GBIF node.
Some (citizen science) data platforms publish in GBIF.

21. 8 datasets
424 655 occurrence records

22. All datasets in GBIF are assigned a dataset DOI

23. Discover and
download data

24. GBIF DATA PORTAL

27. SPECIES SEARCH

28. Login is required to download data

29. Your previous data downloads are listed from the user profile

30. (...)
All downloads are assigned a DOI for cita:on

31. (...)

32. Services to enable
data analysis

33. GBIF DATA PORTAL API
An interface to access
data published through
the GBIF network using
web services.

34. ROPENSCI : RGBIF
library(rgbif)
key <- name_backbone(name='Hepatica nobilis', kingdom=‘Plantae')$speciesKey
sp <- occ_search(taxonKey=key, return='data', hasCoordinate=TRUE, limit=1000)
gbifmap(sp)

35. GBIF Norway

36. GBIF portal:
22,9 million occurrences with loca:ons in Norway.
Published from 31 countries worldwide.
Updated 9th December 2016

37. Finland
Norway Sweden
Iceland
Nov 2016 Datasets Occurrences
Denmark 68 + 1 11 919 745
Finland 54 3 164 965
Iceland 4 458 705
Norway 117 + 2 + 5 22 558 484
Sweden 42 53 818 302
hp://www.gbif.org/country/NO
STATUS FOR NORDIC GBIF NODES (DATA HOSTED BY…)
Danmark

38. Node team at NHM, University of Oslo
Dag Endresen, Node manager
Chris:an Svindseth, Database manager
Fridtjof Mehlum, Research director
Einar Timdal, Associate professor
Geir Søli, Associate professor
Vidar Bakken, Consultant
Artsdatabanken, Trondheim
Wouter Koch
Nils Valland
NTNU University Museum
Anders Finstad, GBIF Science commiLee
Research Council of Norway
Per Backe-Hansen, Head of delega<on
Contact us at: gbif-driM@nhm.uio.no