The e-Infrastructure PORBIOTA connects the main Portuguese Institutions working in the biodiversity field:
CIBIO-InBIO, Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology and Associate Laboratory,
cE3c-FCUL, LEAF-ISA and CEF-ISA, University of Lisbon,
CESAM, University of Aveiro,
MARE, University of Coimbra,
IPVC, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo.
and the three main museums in the Network of Portuguese Natural History Museums:
MUHNAC-UL, University of Lisbon,
MC-UC, University of Coimbra,
MHNC-UP, University of Porto.
Also includes the national government agency responsible for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use and the association promoting the knowledge of Ecology: :
ICNF, The Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests,
SPECO, The Portuguese Ecological Society,
As well as the national node of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility:
The e-Infrastructure PORBIOTA is listed on the Portuguese Roadmap of Research Infrastructures of Strategic Interest (RNIE) that includes LTER Portugal, ICOS Portugal and AZORES BIOPORTAL.