GBIF Spain Francisco Pando, GBIF Spain Context and activities GBIF European Nodes Meeting. March Joensuu, Finland Organized by The GBIF-Finland & The Finnish Digitarium

Infrastructure (ICT) Communication portal – Data Portal – Hosting services – Data > 8*10 6 – Images > 20,000 Mirror Software tools

Content Increasingly working with administrations and governments Collections – Campaigns needed to maintain data provision flowing Marine data LTER data Providing reference datasets – Plant names – Plant taxa – Next fauna 63 Projecta/centres 156 databases records

Participation GBIF Spain is member of the IEPNB Committee: Contributing Expanding its remit (e.g. habitats) Training – Face to face – E-Learning Strong linkages and connections with Iberoamerica: (Portugal, Latin- American countries) Taller: colecciones Biológicas 3.0

Highlights (1/3) Reference datasets – In cooperation with research projects – Names, taxa, references – With LSIDs Plinian Core – Species info standard > Data cleaning and validation tools – Cooperation with Mexico, Colombia, Argentina Costa Rica – ICA (Apparent Quality Index)

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Highlights (2/3) e-Learning – aTutor/aContent – Consolidating & expanding > data entry > data quality > sensitive data > georeferencing > data papers Usage statistics – For paymasters

Highlights (2/3) …Usage statistics for providers

Bottlenecks Resources Uncertainties Aging data portal-> NPT needed! LifeWatch

Francisco [Paco] Pando Unidad de Coordinación de GBIF Real Jardín Botánico - CSIC Claudio Moyano Madrid, España Phone: Fax: