GBIF Sweden is the Swedish participant node in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, GBIF. Our main task is to make primary data on biological diversity from Swedish collections and observation databases freely available and to coordinate and support GBIF-related activities and data use in Sweden.
A new dataset from the National Inventories of Landscapes in Sweden (NILS) is now available through GBIF Sweden, offering a uniquely detailed look at how vegetation and habitats are distributed across the country. The dataset, “National Inventories of Landscapes in Sweden: Presence-absence Vegetation data”, brings nearly two decades of systematic [...]
The call for proposals for the 2026 GBIF Capacity Enhancement Support Programme (CESP) is now open. CESP co-funds collaborative projects led by GBIF participant nodes to strengthen capacity for mobilizing, managing, and using biodiversity data across the network.Participants should submit short concept notes through the GBIF Grants Portal by January [...]
A Swedish translation of the policy brief Why countries need the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): lessons from Belgium is now available. The brief uses Belgium’s long-term engagement in GBIF to show how national participation in a global biodiversity data infrastructure strengthens research, supports policy and management, and enables wide reuse of openly shared species occurrence data.
