Picture: Tamil Yeoman Credit: Allwin of ATREE

The India Biodiversity Portal is a map-based wiki focused on gathering, aggregating and serving biodiversity information on the Indian subcontinent.

• It will provide a platform for aggregating and sharing data and information on biodiversity by allowing wide-spread community participation.
  
• It will leverage the intelligence of the crowd in generating, soliciting and aggregating biodiversity information.
  
• It will provide free and open access to biodiversity information. All contributed information will be accessible under the Creative Commons license. The license regimes under which each bit of information is shared will be clearly specified.
  
• It will provide explicit and unambiguous attribution and credit the source of the information.  
  
• It will facilitate social networking and build an open community of amateurs, naturalists, professionals, scientists, and others who are interested in the biodiversity of India.
  
• We will build mechanisms for aggregating and validating information by the community, inspired by the large scale success of the wiki.
  
• We believe in building a positive, respectful and trustful participatory environment that benefits science and society, and contributes to a sustainable future.