- A reduction in travel to visit collections
- An increase in access to biological collections and the knowledge therein
- More equitable access to collections globally
- More evidence-based environmental policy
- Improvement in, and wider access to pest identification and wildlife management tools
- Greater use of biological specimens in education
Economy & Environment
- A reduction in the costs of digitalization and research
- A reduction in the costs of access to biodiversity data
- Improved species identification, providing benefits in:
- pest detection methods and a decrease in the use of pesticides
- faster and more accurate detection of invasive species and reduction of economic losses from threats
- Identification and conservation of threatened species
- Improved access to data (including distribution and trait data) and awareness of samples, providing benefits in many sectors including agricultural research & development and medicines discovery
- Improved environmental forecasting
- Improved mitigation of the impact of biodiversity loss, in turn supporting the preservation of vital ecosystem services
- Filling of missing data for models of climate change impacts
- Reduced economic costs of mitigating the negative impacts of climate and biodiversity change
- Better informed environmental planning