Abstract:
Biodiversity research has entered the digital era as a result of the continuous advancement and innovative application of modern information technologies. Advanced digital technology has increased the reliability and efficiency of technological tools used in biodiversity studies, allowing for more in-depth development of research on the issue. This study reviews and evaluates the importance of building a global biodiversity digitization technology system, as well as the frontier need for biodiversity information digital perception, data integration, big data modeling, and so on, and makes development recommendations. According to the study, the main issues in the construction of China′s biodiversity digitization systems are as followings: The Lag of Biodiversity Resources Survey indicates the following: the difficulty of maintaining and conserving biodiversity; the incompleteness of the top-level design of biodiversity digitization; homogeneity of biological data; low degree of biological data fusion; lack of systematic early warning and monitoring capabilities; insufficient biological resource support for industrial development; and imperfect benefit-sharing mechanism of biodiversity. Based on this, the study proposes that the goal of digital development in the field of biodiversity is to create a decision support system for ‘Multi-nutrition grade crossover and big data integration’, capture the strategic biological resource big data commanding point, and encourage the cross-border integration of biotechnology. Furthermore, it is recommended to accelerate the multi-dimensional integration of biological and digital technologies, increase biological resource digitization, and develop a ‘Resources on the chain, code-sharing’ mechanism, which would establish a coordinated and integrated system for the sharing of biological resources and increase the effectiveness of research and development. At the same time, it will promote the incubation and cultivation of new biological industry chains, build a digital system of ‘monitoring and evaluation, protection, and benefits’, create a pan-regional integration of the digital biodiversity industry, set up a system of standards and norms for the digital use of biodiversity, and further promote the improvement of the biodiversity digital system and efficient application practice to achieve biodiversity multi-benefit to provide a decision-making reference.