Symposia event as part of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) 206 conference.
Session lead: Alina Freire-Fierro (Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam)
Co-organisers: Elizabeth Ellwood; Mike Rutherford
Symposium format: Mixed format
Knowledge about our biodiversity, obtained from species preserved in-situ in protected areas and ex-situ at natural history collections is pivotal for its conservation. The goal for this symposium is to demonstrate how joint efforts from the collections community at a local and global scale can contribute towards biodiversity data collection and information dissemination.