The indigenous provide critical potential in gathering biodiversity data
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Systematic approaches to data cleaning and quality assessment will also be crucial for understanding the uncertainties and biases in occurrence data before they are applied in research, although there is no one-size-fits-all solution to data cleaning (Zizka et al., 2020). Other sources of valuable biodiversity data, many of which are housed in natural history collections waiting to be identified, should be made available in digital format and this effort should be supported sufficiently by funders (Sousa-Baena et al., 2014). Furthermore, with more emphasis on integrating local and Indigenous knowledge with western science particularly under GBF Target 3, there is an opportunity to engage and train Indigenous communities to empower their skills in collecting species occurrence information, especially in poorly sampled regions (Fauzi et al., 2016). Lastly, a commitment to data sharing should be encouraged, supported and sufficiently funded at regional and national levels to help improve the quality and coverage of digitised biodiversity data, which would greatly benefit future ecological studies, conservation planning and monitoring progress towards global biodiversity conservation targets