Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international network and data infrastructure providing open access to over 3.1 billion species occurrence records from 81,000+ datasets contributed by 2,500+ publishing institutions worldwide. GBIF aggregates species distribution and biodiversity data using Darwin Core standards.
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