Services to the community
To achieve its mission and goals, GMBA :
- maintains a growing databases of members and resources, which are cross-linked with the mountain ranges of the GMBA mountain inventory
- develops the online Mountain Portal for mountain biodiversity data visualization and query
- critically evaluates current mountain biodiversity indicators
- supports data mobilization
- develops standardized definition and tools to maximize synergies between scientists and facilitate research at various spatio-temporal scales
- facilitates collaborations through working groups and projects
- (co-)organises workshops and conferences, training, and thematic sessions on various topics related to mountain biodiversity, global change, and sustainable mountain development
- offers different channels for relaying news, knowledge and information to various segments of the mountain biodiversity community in an appropriate format and language