How can we improve biodiversity monitoring in Europe?

A lemon butterfly. Image: BIOCON/iDiv - Life Knowledge Transfer and Innovation - Published: National biodiversity monitoring programmes in Europe face many challenges: too little coordination, inadequate technical and financial resources as well as unclear targets. This is the conclusion of an initial policy report by the Europe-wide project "EuropaBON". The analysis includes data from more than 350 experts in policy, science and environmental protection. The team is also drafting a proposal for the transnational monitoring of Europe's biodiversity and ecosystems. The European data landscape is highly fragmented in the area of biodiversity. A variety of different methods for data collection and analysis often makes it impossible to compare across countries the information that has been obtained.