The Biodiversity Bank
Investing in biodiversity data
The global business sector is increasingly aware of its dependence on biodiversity and the associated financial risks. All nature-positive solutions require a strong foundation: biodiversity data. Without robust, accessible data businesses cannot assess their ecological impacts or dependencies. Despite growing awareness of the "biodiversity data gap," science-backed, scalable mechanisms to incentivise private sector investment in data collection and mobilisation are still lacking.
There is a strong Business Case for Investing in Biodiversity Data
The Biodiversity Bank uses an innovative financing model that:
Connects private sector investment to biodiversity data mobilisation with a biodiversity data impact certification
Invests in importamt biodiversity data generated from under-represented sources as well as with new technologies
Funds biodiversity metadata standard development to ensure data are Findable Accessible Interoperable & Reusable and fully available on GBIF
