Amazon Basin Biodiversity Information Facility (ABBIF)
The Amazon region is one of the richest and most diverse areas of our
planet.
However, most of the biodiversity information about the Amazon Basin
is neither readily available nor accessible.
Access to taxonomic
information (scientific names and synonymic lists) and specimen data
(primary data, including geospatial information) is fundamental to science,
conservation, planning and decision-making at all levels.
ABBIF aims at building a decentralized, coordinated data infrastructure for
the Amazon region, mobilizing biodiversity data from collections, projects
and other scientific activities. This project is based on a broad
participation of local institutions and scientists and also the active
involvement and collaboration of large repositories of Amazonian data in
Europe and North America.
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