What is Global Biodiversity Information Facility?
{{Infobox organization | name = Global Biodiversity Information Facility | logo = GBIF-2015-full-stacked.png | logo_size = 140px | alt = Logo of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility | abbreviation = GBIF | headquarters = | founded = {{start date and age|2001}} | coordinates = | website = {{URL|http://www.gbif.org}} }} The '''Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)''' is an organization that provides information about [[organism|living things]]. It was started in 2001.<ref name=NPN>{{cite web|publisher=USA National Phenology Network|accessdate=June 4, 2021|title=Global Biodiversity Information Facility|url=https://www.usanpn.org/node/21634|archive-date=June 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604175953/https://www.usanpn.org/node/21634|url-status=dead}}</ref> Governments pay for the GBIF to work, and GBIF gives the information to whoever wants it.<ref name=Conv>{{cite web|publisher=Convention on Biological Diversity|url=https://www.cbd.int/cooperation/csp/gbif.shtml|accessdate=June 4, 2021|date=October 13, 2016|title=Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)}}</ref> GBIF is the largest data platform for living things in the world, and it is the one that scientists use the most.<ref name=Global>{{cite journal|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989420309471|accessdate=June 4, 2021|volume=25|journal=Global Ecology and Conservation|title=The use of Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)-mediated data in publications written in Chinese|issue=e0416|author1=Maofang Luo|author2=Zheping Xu|author3=Tim Hirsch|author4=Thant Sin Aung |author5=Wubing Xu|author6= Liqiang Ji|author7=Haining Qin|author8= Keping Ma|doi=10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01406|year=2021|pages=e01406|s2cid=230592813}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{science-stub}} [[Category:2001 establishments in Europe]] [[Category:Biological databases]] [[Category:Organizations based in Denmark]]