Previously, biodiversity information was fragmented across individuals, institutions and departments, making a unified national view difficult to achieve. To overcome this, Malawi utilised the UN Biodiversity Lab (UNBL) and the process of mapping its Essential Life Support Areas (ELSA) tool to consolidate local data in a secure workspace on UNBL. These national datasets can now be visualised alongside over 1,000 global data layers at the click of a button, enabling technical experts and decision-makers to identify the most useful data for national planning and reporting needs, tag them by relevant target or policy, and perform further analytics. Read more...