MZ
GBIF
Country Report
Global Biodiversity
Information Facility
12-month report
ending 31 December 2015
Mozambique
This report provides a series of summary charts, statistics and other details about the mobilization and use of open-access
species data through the GBIF network at global and national scales. These metrics represent change over the past 12
months, unless otherwise noted. Taken together, the elements of this report can help guide and measure progress toward the
information needs for national and international commitments on biodiversity and sustainable development.
> Access and usage
Researchers from
Mozambique
contributed to
0
peer-reviewed articles citing GBIF use
during this reporting period
and a total of
0
articles since 2008
Figure 1. Number of peer-reviewed publications citing use of
global GBIF-mediated data
> Data availability in Mozambique
Animalia
Plantae
115,058
Fungi
54,877
459
occurrences
occurrences
occurrences
+ 31%
+ 56%
+ 46%
Protozoa
Bacteria
355
16
Virus
2
Chromista
96
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Unknown
2,309
occurrences
+ 10%
Archaea
0
occurrences
occurrences
occurrences
occurrences
occurrences
+ 11%
+ 7%
0%
+ 48%
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> Data mobilization
Institutions from
Mozambique
published
0
new occurrence records
during this reporting period
for a total of
0
occurrence records
Figure 2. Number of records published by institutions
in Mozambique, categorized by kingdom
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Access and usage
Web traffic on GBIF.org from Mozambique
Rank
City
Mozambique
1
Maputo
accounted for
2
Beira
No. of sessions
% of total traffic
214
0.01%
49
0.00%
478
user sessions representing
0.03%
of all traffic on GBIF.org
during the reporting period
Table 1. Top five cities by number of sessions
in Mozambique
20
10
0
January 2015
April 2015
Figure 3. Number of sessions by week originating
in Mozambique
Worldwide
National
National portal
1,479,774
478
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Pages per session
4.05
2.32
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Avg. session duration
4:16
3:41
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Bounce rate
65.63
62.13
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% of new sessions
66.34
71.55
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User sessions
Table 2. Comparative view of web traffic for GBIF.org from users worldwide, from Mozambique
and to the country’s national portal (where available)
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Access and usage
Data downloads on GBIF.org from users in Mozambique
Users from
Mozambique
made
65
download requests representing
0.07%
of all downloads
during the reporting period
Figure 4. Number of occurrence records downloaded via GBIF.org
published by institutions in Mozambique
Recent peer-reviewed articles using GBIF-mediated data
by co-authors based in Mozambique
The GBIF Secretariat maintains and reports on an ongoing literature tracking programme, giving priority to substantive uses
of GBIF-mediated data in peer-reviewed literature while identifying the countries of the authors’ institutional affiliations. The
citations below represent the five most recent journal articles with at least one co-author from this country.
Those interested in assisting the Secretariat in identifying additional peer-reviewed uses of GBIF-mediated data may forward
relevant citations to [email protected].
See all research from this country
http://www.gbif.org/country/MZ/publications
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Data availability
Total data available & annual percentage change for selected taxonomic groups in Mozambique
Mammals
Birds
Bony fish
6,682
46,810
29,958
Amphibians
1,490
occurrences
occurrences
occurrences
occurrences
+ 14%
+ 25%
+ 38%
+ 35%
Insects
Reptiles
14,046
Molluscs
2,379
6,941
occurrences
occurrences
occurrences
+ 54%
+ 22%
+ 23%
Arachnids
Gymnosperms
Flowering plants
557
Ferns
174
52,597
888
occurrences
occurrences
occurrences
occurrences
+ 96%
+ 57%
+ 34%
+ 56%
Mammals = class Mammalia
Birds = class Aves
Bony fish = superclass Osteichthyes
Amphibians = class Amphibia
Mosses
Sac fungi
133
362
Basidiomycota
83
occurrences
occurrences
occurrences
+ 30%
+ 22%
+ 938%
Insects = class Insecta
Reptiles = class Reptilia
Molluscs = phylum Mollusca
Arachnids = class Arachnida
Flowering plants = phylum
Magnoliophyta
Gymnosperms = superclass
Gymnospermae
Ferns = phylum Pteridophyta
Mosses = phylum bryophyta
Sac fungi = phylum Ascomycota
Basidiomycota = phylum Basidiomycota
Change over time in records about biodiversity in Mozambique
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Figure 5. Occurrence records available about species occurring
in Mozambique
WHY MIGHT THE AMOUNT OF MOBILIZED DATA DECREASE?
Datasets are sometimes removed by publishers, but more
often decreases in the number of records are due to the
removal of duplicate records and datasets.
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Figure 6. Species having occurrence records available
from Mozambique
SPECIES COUNTS represent the number of binomial
scientific names for which GBIF has received data records,
organized as far as possible using synonyms recorded in key
databases like the Catalogue of Life.
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Data availability
Change in taxonomic precision of records about biodiversity occurring in Mozambique
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Figure 7. Taxonomic precision of specimen records occurring
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Figure 8. Taxonomic precision of observation records occurring
occurring in Mozambique
These charts illustrate changes in the number of available records which include an identification at least to the species rank. The
numbers of records identified to an infraspecific rank or to a genus are also shown.
Change in geographic precision of records about species occurring in Mozambique
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Figure 9. Geographic precision of specimen records occurring
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Figure 10. Geographic precision of observation records occurring
in Mozambique
These charts illustrate changes in the number of available records which include coordinates for which no known issues have
been detected. For records without accepted valid coordinates, these charts also show the number of records for which the
country of occurrence is known.
See more trends in data about Mozambique
http://www.gbif.org/analytics/country/MZ/about
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Data mobilization
Trends in biodiversity data published by national institutions in Mozambique
Figure 11. Completeness of specimen records published by
institutions from Mozambique
Figure 12. Completeness of observation records published by
institutions from Mozambique
These charts illustrate changes over time in the number of records considered complete, here defined to include the following:
• identification at least to species rank
• full date of occurrence
• valid coordinates
• given basis of record (e.g. observation, specimen, etc.)
See more trends in data about Mozambique
http://www.gbif.org/analytics/country/MZ/published
Most recent datasets from publishers in Mozambique
See all datasets
http://www.gbif.org/dataset/search?publishingCountry=MZ
Newest publishers from Mozambique
See all publishers
http://www.gbif.org/country/MZ/publishers
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Data mobilization
Data sharing with country of origin by national institutions in Mozambique
Mozambique
publishes data from
0
countries, territories and islands,
including
0
0
occurrence datasets
occcurrences in
Figure 13. Data sharing with country of origin
The chart above shows the number of records shared over time by publishers within the country, with separate colours for
records about species occurring within the country and those occurring in other countries.
Top data contributors about biodiversity in
Mozambique
Rank
Country
Top datasets contributing data about
Mozambique
No. of occurrences
1
South Africa
49,155
2
United States
31,069
3
Portugal
24,328
4
Netherlands
20,121
5
United Kingdom
10,193
6
France
7,409
7
Germany
1,846
8
Australia
1,755
9
Belgium
1,098
10
Sweden
1,079
Table 3. Ranking of countries contributing data
about Mozambique
See all contributing countries
http://www.gbif.org/country/MZ/about/countries
Southern African Bird Atlas Project. 25,599 occurrences in
Mozambique (last updated 2015-05-13).
IICT Herbário LISC. 20,715 occurrences in Mozambique (last
updated 2015-07-29).
Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - Botany. 18,248
occurrences in Mozambique (last updated 2016-02-01).
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish
Collection (AfrOBIS). 15,195 occurrences in Mozambique
(last updated 2015-05-13).
EOD - eBird Observation Dataset. 9,291 occurrences in
Mozambique (last updated 2015-11-08).
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity.
7,788 occurrences in Mozambique (last updated 2016-0128).
See all contributing datasets
http://www.gbif.org/country/MZ/about/datasets
GBIF
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Global overview
Access and usage
Data availability
GBIF.org
639,086,198
species occurrence records from
15,346
datasets held by
788
1,000,956
provides access to
users visited GBIF.org during
1,479,774
sessions consuming
5,993,082
pageviews
during the reporting period
publishers
Data mobilization
Country
No. of occurrences
1
United States
68,619,954
2
France
22,444,903
3
Netherlands
15,962,204
4
Sweden
5,602,948
5
Brazil
4,581,599
6
Belgium
3,700,244
7
Australia
3,689,804
8
Norway
2,626,920
9
South Africa
2,581,685
10
United Kingdom
2,448,730
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Ebbe Nielsen Challenge
Initial BID Africa call
brings in proposals from
34 African countries
photo by Fanny Schertzer
Rank
Recent news
Democratic Republic of Congo
becomes Associate
Participant
eBird update adds 58 million
new observations
Table 4. Top ten countries publishing new data
during the reporting period
See data for all countries
http://www.gbif.org/country
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