Biodiversity is influenced by natural and human-induced environmental properties and their changes. Therefore, capturing influencing factors and analyzing their effects provide a central part for assessing biodiversity changes as well as developing measures for biodiversity conservation.

The Expert Committee "Improving the availability of data on drivers of biodiversity"

• Advises the Principal Expert Committee on the topic of data availability on influencing factors on biodiversity
• Works on the current status and demand for data and information on influencing factors
• Collaborates with relevant central authorities and agencies to improve data availability
• Develops a concept to improve data availability on influencing factors on biodiversity
• Drafts a concept proposal on the topic of influencing factors as part of the overall concept "Advancement of nationwide biodiversity monitoring"

• Establishes a concept for categorizing influencing factors
• Prioritises influencing factors with the support of experts
• Develops a position paper as an interim report for the Principal Expert Committee
• Identifies key gaps in data availability on influencing factors
• Conducts a current-state-analysis of the recording/monitoring programmes of influencing factors on biodiversity in Germany
• Developing a position paper to improve the availability of data on factors influencing biodiversity