A checklist recipe: making species data open and FAIR Plantentuin Meise / Agentschap Plantentuin Meise Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek
Species checklists are a crucial source of information for research and policy. Unfortunately, many traditional species checklists vary wildly in their content, format, availability and maintenance. The fact that these are not open, findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR) severely hampers fast and efficient information flow to policy and decision making that are required to tackle the current biodiversity crisis. Here, we propose ...