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.

• Assessment and improvement of the level of FAIRness of FinBIF metadata;
• Use an AI-based search tool that allows finding and browsing open and restricted datasets without special knowledge;
• Better and more comprehensive machine-readable metadata.

Data and metadata, and related services, are improved and part of the EOSC Matchmaker. The data is better and easier to use for researchers.