About GBIF

What is GBIF?

GBIF is all of these:

  • An intergovernmental network and research infrastructure

  • A collaboration among governments and international organizations

  • A network of participant nodes

  • A secretariat, based in Copenhagen, Denmark

When was GBIF established?

  • 2001

Which of the following is the best description of a GBIF Participant node?

  • A team designated by a Participant country or organization to coordinate a network of people and institutions that produce, manage and use biodiversity data, collectively building an infrastructure for delivering biodiversity information

Which of the following is NOT a typical function of a GBIF Participant node?

  • Maintaining a mirror website of the GBIF.org to ensure real-time backup of the GBIF data index and improve user access from within the country

What is a GBIF Participant?

  • A country, economy or organization that joins GBIF by signing the Memorandum of Understanding and establishing a co-ordinated effort to support open access and use of biodiversity data, to advance scientific research, and to promote technological and sustainable development

What is a GBIF Head of Delegation?

  • The person designated by the participating country/economy/organization to act as its representative to the GBIF Governing Board and take part in the global-level decision making

What is a Biodiversity information facility?

  • The broader structure of people and institutions, coordinated by the node, that collectively forms an infrastructure for delivering biodiversity information to relevant stakeholders

What is a Node manager?

  • The person designated by a participating country/economy/organization to manage the activities of the node to coordinate a biodiversity information facility

Who designates the institution that hosts the GBIF Participant node?

  • The Head of Delegation

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