Western Ghats Biodiversity Open Collaborative Information System
Grantee Name: Strand Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd.
- Hotspot
- Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
- Location
- India
- Amount
- $207,183
- Dates
- Oct 2010 – Jun 2013
- Keywords
- Biodiversity mainstreaming, Communication, Geographic Information Systems, Networks
Create an open-access, web-based portal on the biodiversity and ecosystem service values of the Western Ghats, populated and maintained by an active community of data-holders. Leverage Web 2.0 technologies to facilitate a transformation in data availability that facilitates mainstreaming of biodiversity into development sectors, empowers citizen engagement in public policy development, and fosters citizen science initiatives by amateur naturalists.
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