Doll, Peter C. (2025) Addressing disparities in global biodiversity data. Nature Reviews Biodiversity. (In Press)

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Abstract

Biodiversity data inform policies and decisions that will affect ecosystems and human wellbeing for centuries. To halt and reverse biodiversity loss, hundreds of billions of dollars are being invested in conservation and restoration, including biodiversity offset and credit schemes. Biodiversity data are the non-negotiable basis of any such initiatives; however, monitoring efforts to assess biodiversity baselines and change are distributed unequally over space. For example, biodiversity is greatest in the tropics, but biodiversity data richness is greater towards the poles. Yet, solely accounting for latitude will not be a panacea. The systems that underpin patchy biodiversity records are highly complex and driven by various human processes; the social infrastructures that underlie such data disparities and their consequences for data-derived decisions must be considered.

Item ID:	86485
Item Type:	Article (Commentary)
ISSN:	3005-0677
Keywords:	Biodiversity; Conservation Biology; Research Data
Date Deposited:	05 Aug 2025 00:59
FoR Codes:	41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 4104 Environmental management > 410401 Conservation and biodiversity @ 50% 41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 4104 Environmental management > 410402 Environmental assessment and monitoring @ 50%
SEO Codes:	28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280111 Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences @ 50% 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences @ 50%
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