This two-day national consultation in connection with CESP project Enhancing institutional capacity for data management in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region will bring together government agencies responsible for biodiversity conservation and management, biodiversity experts, academia, and national herbaria and museums to discuss Nepal’s capacity for open access biodiversity data mobilisation, and the opportunities and challenges to do so. The event will focus on the strategic use of open-access platforms like the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and its regional node, the Hindu Kush Himalayan Biodiversity Information Facility (HKHBIF) hosted by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), to support national, regional, and global biodiversity commitments.
Objectives:
- To disseminate learnings from the regional training on biodiversity data mobilisation by participants attending the training
- To discuss the scope, priorities, and interest on part of key agencies in Nepal in sharing and mobilising biodiversity data through GBIF and HKHBIF.
- To develop ideas for proposal and partnerships that address relevant targets of the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) and tap into the funding opportunities such as Global Biodiversity Fund.