The platform georeference.it, developed by Joaquim Santos, CISUC researcher, has been named one of the four winners of the 2026 GBIF Ebbe Nielsen Challenge, an international initiative by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

The platform enables the collaborative georeferencing of biodiversity data through crowdsourcing, bringing together software development, data science and online collaboration to support biodiversity research.

This year’s challenge attracted three times as many submissions as in previous editions, with entries from 31 countries across six continents.

Congratulations to Joaquim Santos on this outstanding international recognition!