Online digital data from media platforms have the potential to complement biodiversity monitoring efforts. We propose a strategy for integrating these data into current biodiversity datasets in light of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

Biodiversity Unit University of Turku Turku Finland

Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences Institute of Hydrobiology České Budějovice Czech Republic

BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics Biodiversity and Land Planning CIBIO Campus de Vairão Vairão Portugal

BirdLife International Cambridge United Kingdom

CIBIO Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos InBIO Laboratório Associado Campus de Vairão Universidade do Porto Vairão Portugal

Departamento de Biologia Faculdade de Ciências Universidade do Porto Porto Portugal

Department of Zoology University of Cambridge Cambridge United Kingdom

Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland

Helsinki Lab of Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Department of Geosciences and Geography University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies University of Tasmania Hobart Tasmania Australia

Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde Universidade Federal de Alagoas Maceió Brazil

International Union for Conservation of Nature Gland Switzerland

Marine Biodiversity Center Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Los Angeles California United States of America

School of Life Sciences University of KwaZulu Natal Durban South Africa

Université Paris Saclay CNRS AgroParisTech Ecologie Systématique Evolution IDEEV Gif sur Yvette France

World Agroforestry Center University of the Philippines Los Baños Laguna Philippines

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