Ecosystem protection and open data

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Biodiversity is essential to every aspect of human life. However, to balance between biodiversity conservation and economic development appears to be a never-ending struggle, especially in our heavily populated country, Taiwan. We believe a current lack of public-shared information of where and when wildlife inhabits is the key knowledge gap contributing to the conflict between conservation and development. We hence established a biodiversity database that embraces the concept of open data - the Taiwan Biodiversity Network. Such a database aims to invite various sources of data collectors - including citizen scientists, NGOs, academic institutes, government agencies - to engage in different roles in the life cycle of biodiversity open data. We also work with researchers and data analysts to use biodiversity open data to involve in the decision process of emerging conservation issues. In this symposium, we will share our experiences and insights on (1) pathways to engage in biodiversity open data, (2) data application cases such as the conflict between green-energy and wildlife conservation, and (3) current requirement and limitations in using biodiversity open data.