Aimed at creating digital solutions to support the management of risks and impacts on biodiversity in areas of interest to Vale, the project will develop a web platform that will allow the semi-automated retrieval of georeferenced information on fauna and flora species, focusing on criticality and ecological relevance, supporting mitigation and conservation strategies.
The project emerged from the need to consolidate and integrate both structured and unstructured biodiversity data, which is essential for management plans and the effective application of the mitigation hierarchy. Managing biodiversity attributes directly interfere with the assessment of environmental risks and impacts, requiring accurate information on species and habitats in operational areas. Although robust databases such as IBAT exist, many are closed or limited in scope, which makes interoperability and data consolidation difficult. Biolink aims to overcome these limitations through an open platform that integrates multiple public sources and organizes data based on recognized standards, such as Darwin Core, which allows for more precise spatial and taxonomic analyses.