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Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility

The Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (FinBIF) is an open access data repository for researchers, government and the public. FinBIF consolidates many collections and datasets of living Finland in a single source. Our online portal, laji.fi, allows you to browse, search and download information about all forms of biological life, and to record and share your own observations. FinBIF is committed to the sharing and promotion of open access data.

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iNaturalist Finland is part of the international iNaturalist network. Observations recorded with iNaturalist are added to FinBIF so that they are available for Finnish researchers, government and the public. Anyone can participate. All you need to do is make some observations!

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Wind Energy Expansion and Birds: Identifying Priority Areas for Impact Avoidance at a National Level

Fabio Balotari-Chiebao, Andrea Santangeli, Sirke Piirainen & Patrik Byholm

Biological Conservation 277 109851 (January 2023)

10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109851

The First Dataset of Vascular Plant Species Occurrences on Kurgans in Southern Ukraine

Ivan Moysiyenko, Barbara Sudnik-Wójcikowska, Iwona Dembicz, Maria Zachwatowicz & Nadiia Skobel

Biodiversity Data Journal 10 (January 2023)

10.3897/bdj.10.e96879

Combined Threats of Climate Change and Land Use to Boreal Protected Areas with Red-Listed Forest Species in Finland

Aino-Maija Määttänen, Raimo Virkkala, Niko Leikola, Juha Aalto & Risto K. Heikkinen

Global Ecology and Conservation (December 2022)

10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02348

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Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility

The Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (FinBIF) is an open access data repository for researchers, government and the public. FinBIF consolidates many collections and datasets of living Finland in a single source. Our online portal, laji.fi, allows you to browse, search and download information about all forms of biological life, and to record and share your own observations. FinBIF is committed to the sharing and promotion of open access data.

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