D4.4 Business model for a European biodiversity observation network based on the outcomes of the cost-benefit analysis of different monitoring scheme option

2025 · doi:10.3897/arphapreprints.e173693
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Although biodiversity monitoring costs are widely cited as a constraint, there have been very few assessments of these costs and even fewer studies have assessed the potential benefits of this monitoring. Here, we synthesise available evidence, alongside a comprehensive assessment of the costs of proposed biodiversity monitoring to explore the relative costs, benefits risks and opportunities in biodiversity monitoring. We find that the costs of biodiversity monitoring, €0.5bn-€3.6bn/year, are greatly outweighed by the combined economic benefits and opportunities arising from the availability of co-ordinated, high-quality data, which are estimated to be >€25.2bn/year.
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Preprint ARPHA Preprints https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e173693 (01 Oct 2025) https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e173693 (01 Oct 2025) Submitted to Research Ideas and Outcomes Other versions: - Preprint InfoPreprint Info - CiteCite - MetricsMetrics - CommentComment - RelatedRelated - CitedCited ARPHA Preprints doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e173693 First posted 01 Oct 2025 Authors Tom Breeze - Corresponding author University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands BIOPOLIS-CIBIO/InBIO, Porto, Portugal CTFC Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia, Solsona, Girona, Lleida, Tarragona, & Barcelona, Spain Dutch Butterfly Conservation, Wageningen, Netherlands Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Secretariat, Copenhagen, Denmark University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Halle, Germany German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany Andres Marmol-Guijarro - Corresponding author German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Ecuador Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Ecuador 3Diversity, Quito, Ecuador iDiv / Martin Luther Universität Halle Wittemberg, Leipzig, Germany Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy Henrique M. Pereira - Corresponding author iDiv / Martin Luther Universität Halle Wittemberg, Leipzig, Germany Conflict of interest The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This is an open access preprint distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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