Globalising Biodiversity: Scientific Practices of Scaling and Databasing

摘要: Since the Convention on Biological Diversity in 1992, biodiversity has become an important topic for scientific research. Much of this research focuses measuring and mapping current state terms which species are present where, how abundantly, making extrapolations future projections—that is, determining trends needed forest nature governance. Biodiversity databases crucial components these activities because they store information about make it digitally available. For to be useful, data contain must reliable, standardised, fit upscaling. This chapter uses material from EBONE project (European Observation Network) illustrate constructed, negotiated scaled, is globalised. The findings show there continuous interplay between ideals related objectivity pragmatic considerations feasibility availability. A feature discussions was statistics. It also proved main device upscaling data. presented shows that approached abstract, quantitative, technical way by a group scientists, mostly ecologists, highly contextual setting, disconnected habitats up people involved collecting Globalising involves decontextualisation standardisation. argues while if results projects like usable different contexts, risk involved, as processes may lead alienation organisations volunteers who collect upon rely. If abstract representations normalised, result detached understanding itself our relationships with it.