Biodiversity and ecosystem services are essential components of a healthy economy, relevant across all sectors of society. However, the continued loss of the world's biodiversity is having significant consequences across a range of sectors including poverty reduction and development.
In order to achieve truly sustainable development, governments must integrate biodiversity and ecosystems services information into their decision making processes.
Connect will work with the governments of Ghana, Mozambique and Uganda to provide a showcase of how biodiversity information can be made more credible, salient and legitimate for decision-makers.
Clearly understand the in-country demands for, and the barriers to using, biodiversity information within government decision making including clarifying the format, timing and packaging required
Mobilise and repackage existing biodiversity data and information from a range of sources (national and international) to meet a number of the above demands
Strengthen the connection between government decision makers and biodiversity and ecosystem services data providers in order to sustainably provide policy-relevant, spatially explicit information to meet ongoing national needs
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