Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS)

Poland joins OBIS! With nine datasets already published on the platform, the OBIS Poland Node is off to a quick start. We sat down with Marcin Wichorowski, OBIS Poland Node Manager; Monika Grabowska, OBIS Poland Data Manager; Monika Kędra, IO PAN Deputy Director for Research; and Jan Marcin Węsławski, marine biodiversity researcher and former director of IO PAN, to discuss the c...

The 8th session of the OBIS Executive Committee took place online on 15 and 24 June 2026 in two 2-hour sessions, gathering the current and former Co-Chairs of the OBIS Steering Group, the Co-Chairs of three Coordination Groups, with the members of the OBIS Secretariat in attendance. The OBIS Executive Committee meetings are essential to take the pulse of the OBIS infrastructure ...

Are you joining the TDWG 2026 conference in Oslo, Norway, on 21–25 September? We have rounded up, day by day, all the OBIS-related programme items. TDWG 2026 is touching upon numerous topics of interest to the OBIS community beyond the items listed below! You can access the full conference programme here. Are you part of the OBIS Community and participating in an agenda item we ...