A curated list of open technology projects to sustain a stable climate, energy supply, biodiversity and natural resources.

python-dwca-reader

A Python package to read and parse Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) files, as produced by the GBIF website, the IPT and many other biodiversity informatics tools.

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Biosphere - Biodiversity Data Cleaning and Standardization - Last synced: 26 Apr 2025 - Ranking: 15.6

pyinaturalist

Python client for iNaturalist, a community science platform that helps people get involved in the natural world by observing and identifying the living things around them.

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Biosphere - Biodiversity Citizen Science - Last synced: 26 Apr 2025 - Ranking: 15.4

elapid

Species distribution modeling tools, including a python implementation of Maxent.

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Biosphere - Species Distribution Modeling - Last synced: 26 Apr 2025 - Ranking: 11.6

fundiversity

Provides a lightweight package to compute common functional diversity indices.

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Biosphere - Biodiversity Analysis and Metrics - Last synced: 26 Apr 2025 - Ranking: 11.5

IPT

Global Biodiversity Information Facility and used to publish and share biodiversity datasets through the GBIF network.

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Biosphere - Biodiversity Data Access and Management - Last synced: 26 Apr 2025 - Ranking: 10.5

TaxonWorks

An integrated web-based workbench for taxonomists and biodiversity scientists.

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Biosphere - Biodiversity Data Access and Management - Last synced: 26 Apr 2025 - Ranking: 10.4

Darwin Core

Standard for sharing of information about biological diversity.

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Biosphere - Biodiversity Data Cleaning and Standardization - Last synced: 26 Apr 2025 - Ranking: 8.5

GBIF Alert

A GBIF-based early alert system for invasive species.

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Biosphere - Terrestrial Wildlife - Last synced: 26 Apr 2025 - Ranking: 5.3

BIRDS

This set of tools has been developed for systematizing biodiversity data review in order to evaluate whether a set of species observation are fit-for-use and help take decisions upon its use on further analysis.

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Biosphere - Biodiversity Data Cleaning and Standardization - Last synced: 26 Apr 2025 - Ranking: 4.2