Brazilian Biodiversity Panorama

The absence of synthesized information regarding biodiversity is a widespread problem among researchers that leads to long-lasting effects in public policies and generates huge gaps of information. We aim to fill this knowledge gap by synthesizing information available regarding two Brazilian long-term biodiversity programs and the metadata generated by them. Using a unique dataset containg 1904 metadata, we identified patterns of metadata distribution and intensity of research conducted in Brazil, as well as where we should concentrate research efforts in the next decades. We found that the majority of metadata were about vertebrates, followed by plants, invertebrates and fugi. The biome with least metadata was Caatinga, and there's still a lack of information regarding all biomes in Brazil, with none of them being sufficiently sampled. These results will have implications for broader conservation and management guiding as well as to funding allocation programes.