Free and open access to the world’s biodiversity data is critical to monitoring progress towards and ultimately achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets.

Recently, GBIF has been working with partners to engage newer data communities such as impact assessment practitioners, wildlife managers, local governments and citizen-driven observation networks.

GBIF hosted a side event during the 11th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP11), on 8 October 2012, entitled Engaging new communities in data publishing. The event showcased a number of innovative approaches to capturing data from these additional sources.

Please find the presentations posted below.

Presentations

From the sidelines to the mainstream
Donald Hobern, GBIF Secretariat
Download the presentation (.pdf - 900 KB)

Engaging new communities in biodiversity data publishing
Vishwas Chavan, GBIF Secretariat
Download the presentation (.pdf - 1.4 MB)

Enhancing capacity for data and decisions: Indo-Norwegian Capacity Building Pilot Project for IPBES
Vinod B. Mathur, Mousumi Ghosh, Wildlife Institute of India
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Engaging local governments in biodiversity data publishing
Russell Galt, ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability
Download the presentation (.pdf - 2.7 MB)

Development of an EIA biodiversity data publishing framework
Asha Rajvanshi, Wildlife Institute of India & Selwyn Willoughby, South African National Biodiversity Institute
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Remarks by Aina Holst, Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management
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