Global biodiversity digital hub: Connecting the biodiversity conservation community
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The biodiversity conservation community has invested substantially in data infrastructure, yet effective
mechanisms for connecting people, tools, data, and expertise across institutions remain absent.
Researchers spend considerable time navigating fragmented platforms. Promising digital innovations
stay siloed within institutions. Accumulated practitioner knowledge goes uncaptured.
The Global Biodiversity Digital Hub (GBDH) is a community-owned, zero-storage digital gateway that
links existing platforms and introduces a collaborative layer supporting discovery, dialogue, and cocreation.
Operating on a link-back model, the Hub directs users to authoritative sources while adding
value through intelligent curation and AI-enhanced discovery using knowledge graphs and semantic
search.
The platform comprises five interconnected spaces: The Exchange (AI-enhanced community dialogue),
The Collection (curated gateway to data portals and tools), The Lab (early-stage innovation showcase),
The Academy (learning resources), and The Nexus (partnership and governance center). Together, these
support the full cycle of knowledge discovery, creation, and application.
Community-owned governance ensures the Hub evolves in response to stakeholder needs. Founding
partners—including the Crop Trust, FAO, NordGen, CGIAR Centers, and national agricultural research
institutes—validated the concept and shaped its direction. The Hub contributes to CGIAR's Digital
Transformation Accelerator Area of Work 4, supporting a decentralized network of innovation hubs.
By linking existing resources and facilitating human connections, the GBDH aims to accelerate
biodiversity conservation and enable rapid diffusion of successful innovations.
Palabras clave
biodiversity conservation, genetic resources, gene banks