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The IBAT Alliance
The IBAT Alliance is a collaboration between BirdLife International, Conservation International, the International Union of Conservation for Nature (IUCN), and the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). Founded in 2008, we developed the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool, which provides commercial access to the most globally authoritative biodiversity datasets – the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas (WDKBA) – to support positive action for nature through the IBAT platform, a web-based mapping and early-risk screening tool. It also supports organizations with related disclosures.
The datasets available through IBAT are used for early risk screening, setting goals and measuring progress towards global biodiversity targets such as those in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. They support organisations in understanding the impact of their activities on the natural world, in assessing these impacts, as well as dependencies and risks and aligning with regulatory and disclosure requirements.
Each database relies upon the expertise and time of thousands of scientists and conservationists around the world. This work is supported by paid-for services in IBAT.