Meeting: Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Node Manager Meeting, Helsinki Finland, September 23-24, 2017.

资金提供给佛罗里达州立大学阶段在2017年全球生物多样性信息设施（GBIF）在芬兰赫尔辛基年会研讨会。GBIF是一个全球生物多样性数据库，对美国研究界至关重要。GBIF的数据包括来自发展中国家的加入，这些国家是生物多样性最丰富的国家，但美国通常无法获得其数据。基于研究者。来自若干发展中国家的生物多样性信息管理人员（GBIF节点管理人员）将参加讲习班。这一努力有助于增加生物多样性信息的可及性，并使美国受益。研究人员将能够利用这些数据为他们的科学和其他利益。全球生物多样性信息基金（GBIF）会议将于2017年9月23日至24日在芬兰赫尔辛基举行。本次会议的目标是提高GBIF国家节点的能力，为全球提供的生物多样性信息做出贡献。通过GBIF门户网站访问生物多样性数据使美国研究界受益，因为它提供了来自地球仪的关键数据，包括发展中国家的数据，这些国家的数据通常很难获得。得到支助的讲习班为来自一些发展中国家的节点管理员的参与提供了便利。这些人通常负责或参与决策过程，影响到其国家生物多样性信息的提供和获取。该研讨会还促进了数字化专业知识和相关技术的共享，可能导致整体数据质量的提高。此外，由于这次研讨会而开展的合作将有助于美国研究人员在寻求其他国家的数据时了解《名古屋议定书》的要求。还将讨论在美国和其他发达国家已被证明是成功的公民科学倡议。如果发展中国家的资源管理人员采用这些公众参与战略，它们就有可能促进跨越国界的广泛社区参与，从而产生更多更高质量的数据。

Funding is provided to Florida State University to stage a workshop at the 2017 Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) annual meeting in Helsinki, Finland. GBIF is a repository for global biodiversity data of critical importance to the U.S. research community. GBIF's data include accessions from developing countries, some of the most biodiversity rich countries but whose data are usually inaccessible to U.S.-based researchers. The workshop will engage managers of biodiversity information (GBIF Node Managers) from several developing countries. This effort facilitates increased accessibility of biodiversity information and benefits U.S.-based researchers as they will be able to leverage these data for their scientific and other benefits. The meeting of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) will be held on September 23-24, 2017 in Helsinki Finland. A goal of this meeting is to increase the ability of GBIF National Nodes to contribute to the biodiversity information that is available globally. Access to biodiversity data through the GBIF portal benefits the U.S. research community by making available crucial data from across the globe, including developing countries whose data is often difficult to obtain. The supported workshop facilitates the participation of Node Managers from some developing countries. These individuals are usually tasked with the responsibility, or involved in the decision-making process, that impacts the availability of, and access to biodiversity information from their countries. The workshop also facilitates the sharing of digitization expertise and associated technologies, potentially resulting in overall improved data quality. Additionally, collaborations developed as a result of this workshop will facilitate U.S. researchers' navigation of the requirements of the Nagoya Protocol in their pursuit of data from other countries. Citizen science initiatives, that have proven successful in the U.S. and other developed countries, will also be discussed. If these public engagement strategies are adopted by resource managers in developing countries, they have the potential for broad community engagement across national boundaries resulting in more data of higher quality.