Target 23: By 2021, mechanisms are available for integrating and linking databases on biodiversity and other sources of relevant scientific information, enabling effective use of all existing technical resources.

Implementation of Thailand’s Master Plan for Biodiversity Management involves actions by various sectors. In the public sector, major agencies under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Science and Technology were expected to take the lead in the implementation with support from the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Prime Minister’s Office and in coordination with the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning. To meet the needs of cross-sectoral and inter-agency actions, effective knowledge and information management are needed and would include conducting inventories, improving biodiversity databases, developing biodiversity meta-databases and enlisting biological resources and relevant local knowledge that adhere to internationally recognized standards.