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Abstract: Discovery and accessibility of Primary Biodiversity Data (GBIF, 2008a) is critical to make sound and informed decisions for sustainable use of biological resources and conservation of biodiversity at all levels, local to global. Since its inception in 2001, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) has made steady progress to ensure access to over 216 million primary biodiversity data records (as at October, 2010). However, the progress made by the GBIF network is far from the needs expressed by the stakeholder communities. This calls for frequent monitoring, and gap analyses, leading to development of demand-driven strategies and action plans towards expedited discovery and publishing of primary biodiversity data. This report is an effort to present a comprehensive overview of (a) the data discovery and publishing potential, (b) the status of data publishing, and (c) a content assessment of accessible data, in order to assess the preparedness of the GBIF network to meet its ambitious targets.