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An inventory of biodiversity data sources for conservation monitoring.
Article in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Make global biodiversity information useful to national decision-makers.Nature ecology & evolution · 2023Article
- The benefits of contributing to the citizen science platform iNaturalist as an identifier.PLoS biology · 2022Article
- Scientific foundations for an ecosystem goal, milestones and indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.Nature ecology & evolution · 2021Review
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Abstract
Many conservation managers, policy makers, businesses and local communities cannot access the biodiversity data they need for informed decision-making on natural resource management. A handful of databases are used to monitor indicators against global biodiversity goals but there is no openly available consolidated list of global data sets to help managers, especially those in high-biodiversity countries. We therefore conducted an inventory of global databases of potential use in monitoring biodiversity states, pressures and conservation responses at multiple levels. We uncovered 145 global data sources, as well as a selection of global data reports, links to which we will make available on an open-access website. We describe trends in data availability and actions needed to improve data sharing. If the conservation and science community made a greater effort to publicise data sources, and make the data openly and freely available for the people who most need it, we might be able to mainstream biodiversity data into decision-making and help stop biodiversity loss.
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