Hosted by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), this international conference aims to:
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Accelerate regional understanding of the biodiversity data-science-policy value chain and draw attention to the opportunities and solutions that biodiversity data presents for sustainable development in Africa
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Strengthen regional engagement, learning networks, and collaborative synergies with a view to streamlining the data-science-policy value chain
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Galvanise political commitment to mobilising Africa’s biodiversity data
Organized in partnership with GBIF, the United Nations Environment Programme's World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and the USAID-funded Resilience in the Limpopo Basin Program (RESILIM), the event emanates from a project supported by the JRS Biodiversity Foundation and entails developing a strategy for capturing, digitising and publishing Africa’s policy-relevant biodiversity data whilst strengthening regional capacity and collaboration in biodiversity information management.
As part of the meeting agenda, GBIF will launch its recently announced BID programme.
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