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    The Participant network

    Countries, economies and international organizations comprise the formal "Participants" that voluntarily collaborate to advance free and open access to biodiversity data

    SudanSouth SudanGeorgiaenums.countryCode.XAenums.countryCode.XOPeruBurkina FasoLibyaBelarusPakistanenums.countryCode.XJIndonesiaYemenMadagascarBolivia, Plurinational State ofSerbiaKosovoCôte d’IvoireAlgeriaSwitzerlandCameroonNorth MacedoniaBotswanaKenyaJordanMexicoUnited Arab EmiratesBelizeBrazilSierra LeoneMaliCongo, The Democratic Republic of theItalySomaliaenums.countryCode.XSAfghanistanBangladeshDominican RepublicGuinea-BissauGhanaAustriaSwedenTürkiyeUgandaMozambiqueNew ZealandCubaVenezuela, Bolivarian Republic ofPortugalColombiaMauritaniaAngolaGermanyThailandPapua New GuineaIraqCroatiaGreenlandNigerDenmarkLatviaRomaniaZambiaMyanmarEthiopiaGuatemalaSurinameCzechiaChadAlbaniaFinlandSyrian Arab RepublicKyrgyzstanSolomon IslandsOmanPanamaArgentinaUnited KingdomCosta RicaParaguayGuineaIrelandNigeriaTunisiaPolandNamibiaSouth AfricaEgyptTanzania, United Republic ofSaudi ArabiaViet NamRussian FederationHaitiBosnia and HerzegovinaIndiaCanadaEl SalvadorGuyanaBelgiumEquatorial GuineaLesothoBulgariaBurundiDjiboutiAzerbaijanenums.countryCode.XNIran, Islamic Republic OfMalaysiaPhilippinesUruguayCongoEstoniaRwandaArmeniaSenegalTogoSpainGabonHungaryMalawiTajikistanCambodiaKorea, Republic ofHondurasIcelandNicaraguaChileMoroccoWestern SaharaInternational watersLiberiaCentral African RepublicSlovakiaLithuaniaZimbabweSri Lankaenums.countryCode.ILXPalestine, State ofenums.countryCode.GAZA_STRIPenums.countryCode.WEST_BANKLao People’s Democratic RepublicKorea, Democratic People’s Republic ofGreeceTurkmenistanEcuadorBeninSloveniaenums.countryCode.NOXSvalbard and Jan MayenMoldova, Republic ofenums.countryCode.XPUkraineenums.countryCode.XQenums.countryCode.XDenums.countryCode.XLNepalEritreaUnited States of AmericaKazakhstanFrench Southern TerritoriesAntarcticaUzbekistanMongoliaBhutanAustraliaChristmas IslandCocos (Keeling) IslandsHeard Island and Mcdonald IslandsNorfolk Islandenums.countryCode.CNXChinaHong KongMacaoTaiwanenums.countryCode.FRXFrench GuianaGuadeloupeMartiniqueRéunionMayotteenums.countryCode.NLXBonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaLebanonMontenegroEswatiniNew CaledoniaFijiKuwaitTimor-LesteBahamasVanuatuFalkland Islands (Malvinas)South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsGambiaQatarJamaicaCyprusenums.countryCode.XCPuerto RicoBrunei DarussalamTrinidad and TobagoCabo VerdeFrench PolynesiaSamoaLuxembourgComorosMauritiusFaroe IslandsSao Tome and PrincipeVirgin Islands, U.S.CuraçaoSint Maarten (Dutch part)DominicaTongaKiribatiMicronesia, Federated States ofBahrainNorthern Mariana IslandsPalauSeychellesBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryAntigua and BarbudaBarbadosTurks and Caicos IslandsSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSaint LuciaGrenadaMaltaMaldivesCayman IslandsSaint Kitts and NevisMontserratSaint BarthélemyNiueSaint Pierre and MiquelonCook IslandsWallis and FutunaAmerican SamoaMarshall IslandsArubaLiechtensteinVirgin Islands, BritishSaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaJerseyAnguillaSaint Martin (French part)GuernseySan MarinoBermudaTuvaluNauruGibraltarPitcairnMonacoHoly SeeIsle of ManGuamSingaporeTokelau
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    GBIF is an intergovernmental initiative whose formal members—known as 'Participants'—consist of countries, economies and international organizations, each of which signs the GBIF Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and agrees to collaborate in advancing free and open access to biodiversity data. The map below displays GBIF's current national Participants, while the list includes all Participants, including organizations and economies.

    Under the terms of the MOU, each participant designates a "node" responsible for coordinating GBIF-related activities within a given country or organization, often including management of their own network of data-sharing institutions or "publishers".

    New participants are encouraged to collaborate within their assigned or selected regions upon joining the GBIF network. Regional meetings, held either annually or biannually, allow participants and their nodes to address common tasks and issues, set regional priorities and stimulate specialization within the region.

    Nodes Steering Group