24 DIVA-GIS is a free and open source geographic information system (GIS) for the analysis of biodiversity data. It contains modules for geo-referencing genebank collection data, quality control of geo-references, calculation of biodiversity indices, and modeling of crop occurences based on the EcoCrop database. DIVA-GIS 6.0 (Annapurna) is presently developed by Magna Schmitt, Juan Carlos Gonzales, Luis Avila, Henry Juarez, Edwin Rojas and Reinhard Simon. It is a complete re-write in Java based on prior versions developed in Delphi. DIVA-GIS is based on uDIG and the EclipseRCP technology. FOSS4G2006 - Free And Open Source Software for Geoinformatics Session 7 : Desktop application Reinhard Simon r.simon@cgiar.org Henry Juarez h.juarez@cgiar.rog Magna Schmitt m.schmitt@cgiar.org Luis Avila l.avila@cgiar.org Edwin Rojas e.rojas@cgiar.org Juan Carlos Gonzales Henry Juarez h.juarez@cgiar.rog Magna Schmitt m.schmitt@cgiar.org <MaKaC.conference.ContributionType object at 0xb420c9ec>