National Biodiversity Information Outlook (NBIO), India Description: A draft document that provides a roadmap for developing national biodiversity information infrastructure in India. Released at the 11th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP 11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in Hyderabad, October 2012. Abstract: Given India’s national, regional and global aspirations of being a developed, mega-biodiverse nation, it is important to have an accurate and adequate database to assess and monitor the state of biological resources. This would facilitate informed decision making to ensure sustainable development and conservation of biological resources. In order to overcome barriers in free and open access to biodiversity data and information, long term strategy and action plans together with national biodiversity information infrastructure are necessary. This outlook is the first step in this direction. <br /> <br /> Chapters: <br /> <br /> 1. National Biodiversity Information Outlook: Relevance to 21st century India 2. Processes and methods adopted in developing current NBIO 3. Roadmap to the National Biodiversity Information Infrastructure (NBII) and Action Plan for implementation of the Indian Biodiversity Information Facility (InBIF) 4. References GBIF Secretariat Author(s):Wildlife Institute of India and National Biodiversity Authority, India, Contributor(s): 2012-10 English application/msword http://www.gbif.org/orc/?doc_id=4940 Digital document Requests related to this metadata record should be addressed to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat, gbif@gbif.org, +4535321470 Rights: Permission to copy and/or distribute all or part of the information contained in this resource is granted, provided that such copies carry due attribution to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and the original author(s) of the resources. Right holders: GBIF Secretariat