Last week's @D_AccessEcon #ValueofGBIF report offered a 1st-of-its-kind estimate of the economic value of GBIF's volunteers. Data on just a few roles put the annual value at €958k: https://www2.deloitte.com/au/en/pages/economics/articles/total-economic-value-open-access-database-living-world.html

👇 Seven recent examples
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Nearly all users surveyed (92%) for #Deloitte Access Economics' #ValueofGBIF report linked their work to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals #SDGs.

While 30% referred to environmental goals like #SDG14 #SDG15, the rest cited wider-ranging goals related to sustainable cities and communities #SDG11, quality education #SDG4, and good health and well-being #SDG3. Read more:
https://www.gbif.org/news/5WZThcL928vmPnSvrGhZfE/

The #ValueofGBIF report by #Deloitte Access #Economics responds to recommendation #4a in @codata's Twenty-Year Review of GBIF for "a targeted study on the monetary value of sharing #biodiversity #data & of the added value that data infrastructures provide to it." #ThrowbackThursday https://www.gbif.org/news/1QfpUlGByxjqBktiYAfyIK/

Whether downloading data or accessing it through the #GBIF API, #rgbif, #pybif or #cloudcomputing services, analysts and researchers who know the #ValueofGBIF 🌍 report saving an average of 64 hours per analysis in @D_AccessEcon's latest study: https://www.gbif.org/news/5WZThcL928vmPnSvrGhZfE/

What is the #ValueofGBIF 🌍✨ to researchers?

In a report just published by #Deloitte Access Economics, 47% of all users of #opendata #FAIRdata on #biodiversity surveyed reported that it would be impossible to conduct their research without GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/news/5WZThcL928vmPnSvrGhZfE/

What is the #ValueofGBIF 🌍✨?

Fresh insights ahead this week from a just-released report by Deloitte Access Economics—for starters… 👀

For every €1 invested in GBIF's network, infrastructure and services, users gain €3 in benefits while society reaps up to €12: https://www.gbif.org/news/5WZThcL928vmPnSvrGhZfE/