Examples of services include:
- Increasing the quality of available biodiversity data, for example, through the standardization and documentation of existing data sources with metadata
- Assisting data holders with data management, using appropriate tools and practices, for example, through capacity development programmes focused on biodiversity informatics
- Acting as a permanent repository for biodiversity data within the Participant’s domain for data holders that do not have the capacity to maintain their own permanent records
- Providing endorsement of biodiversity data publishers to be added to the GBIF network
- Coordinating with other biodiversity-related initiatives to ensure maximum interoperability across biodiversity data types.