An inventory of biodiversity data sources for conservation monitoring

Description:

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.

Display date:

2020

Location:

Pacific Region

Collections:

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Publisher:

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Content partner:

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Availability:

Not specified