GBIF invites interested users to offer their input and feedback on the Best Practice Guide for Data Gap Analysis for Biodiversity Stakeholders.
The guide summarizes 16 actual exercises to analyse gaps in accessible data and provides an overview of principles to be considered when designing a gap analysis. According to the authors of the best practice guide, analyzing gaps in available data helps prioritize data mobilization activities and “informs policy- and decision-makers on what pitfalls need to be avoided because of lack of adequate data.”
GBIF requests users to provide comments on the Guide via the GBIF community site by 1 February 2016.
