Promote new/additional funding by highlighting future avenues to increase the usefulness of OBIS for scientific purposes:
plot of spatial/temporal/bathymetrical/taxonomis gaps that need to be filled by preparing more datasets => need for more funding for the creation of tooling, providing training and support
promising new stuff: eDNA, environmental data, tracking data, image/video data with automated analysis, text mining for new records, incorporation of citizen science, sdm (for quality control), ...
After demonstrating the current value we should give the message that we are not done yet and that more funding will bring higher value.
Promote new/additional funding by highlighting future avenues to increase the usefulness of OBIS for scientific purposes:
After demonstrating the current value we should give the message that we are not done yet and that more funding will bring higher value.