Side Event
Delivering Biodiversity Knowledge in the Information Age - the Global Biodiversity Informatics Outlook.
Organizer
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat
Date and Time
16 October 2013 18:15 - 19:45
Meeting
Seventeenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
The event will launch a new initiative to focus effort and investment towards better understanding of life on Earth and our impacts upon it. The Global Biodiversity Informatics Outlook (GBIO) offers a framework to harness the immense power of information technology and an open data culture, to gather unprecedented evidence about biodiversity and to inform better decisions. Co-authors of this consensus document will explain how CBD Parties and stakeholders can contribute to and benefit from the activities outlined in GBIO.