The Importance of Biodiversity E-infrastructures for Megadiverse Countries.

ABSTRACT: Addressing the challenges of biodiversity conservation and sustainable development requires global cooperation, support structures, and new governance models to integrate diverse initiatives and achieve massive, open exchange of data, tools, and technology. The traditional paradigm of sharing scientific knowledge through publications is not sufficient to meet contemporary demands that require not only the results but also data, knowledge, and skills to analyze the data. E-infrastructures are key in facilitating access to data and providing the framework for collaboration. Here we discuss the importance of e-infrastructures of public interest and the lack of long-term funding policies. We present the example of Brazil's speciesLink network, an e-infrastructure that provides free and open ac

SUBMITTER: Canhos DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4512726 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature