NatureServe’s mission is to provide the scientific basis for effective conservation action, and more than 1,000 scientists, data managers, and other professionals participate in the NatureServe network. Their work supports science-based decision-making in the service of local, national, and global conservation needs. Representing more than 80 public and private organizations, these dedicated staff collect and manage the Western hemisphere’s most comprehensive resource for biodiversity data, containing nearly a million mapped locations of at-risk species and providing extensive information on more than 66,400 species and almost 6,700 ecosystems.
For over four decades, NatureServe’s natural heritage network has relied on a combination of expertise and on-the-ground experience to amass credible, reliable knowledge on biodiversity. Rigorous scientific methods for collecting and managing data have made NatureServe a highly trusted source for biodiversity information, tools, and services. Together with our partners, we disseminate these to natural resource and land-use practitioners and decision-makers throughout the public and private sectors to help guide and enhance the planning, management, and prioritization of lands and waters at all scales.
Specialties
conservation, science, biodiversity, data, tools, standards, methods, expertise
