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Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum

Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum rather than just read about it. In short: Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum or PBIF, is a regional, non-governmental, scholarly organization that seeks to provide a multilateral venue to support knowledge transfer and information access in the Pacific Islands. Establishment PBIF was established in 2003 under the auspices of the Pacific Science Association.

Key takeaways

Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum or PBIF, is a regional, non-governmental, scholarly organization that seeks to provide a multilateral venue to support knowledge transfer and information access in the Pacific Islands.

Establishment PBIF was established in 2003 under the auspices of the Pacific Science Association. Preliminary discussions to create the forum began in 2001 at the third Global Biodiversity Information Facility meeting and an initial planning session convened in 2002. In 2004, a workshop took place to 1) further refine the PBIF concept as a vehicle for collaboration and innovation; 2) explore ways to make biodiversity data more fully available to the Pacific Basin and rim nations; and 3) to identify potential pilot projects that would further biodiversity efforts in the Pacific. The workshop attendees, Asia/Oceania-based governmental, intergovernmental, and non-governmental organizations, embraced PBIF as a vehicle to provide access to credible scientific information that is both easy to find and targeted to specific needs of the people in the region.

Activities Whereas many current regional informatics initiatives focus much of their attention on information management of non-living resources, PBIF invests wholly in the information management of Pacific island organisms. PBIF is designed to aggregate, organize, and disseminate available biodiversity data in an electronically accessible information system. The PBIF effort is not intended to replace any existing activity, but to complement, link and strengthen current regional activities.

Mission statement The Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum seeks to develop a complete, scientifically sound, and electronically accessible Pacific biological knowledge base and make it widely available to local, national, regional and global users for decision-making.

Scope Geographic- Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Southeast Asia Thematic- Taxonomy, Invasive Species, Threatened and Endangered Species User Base- Resource managers, scientists, policy makers in the public, private, and civic sectors, and the general public

Administration Dr. Mark Fornwall serves as the Gateway Node Manager; Rhyn Davies coordinated Content and Technical Development.

New locations of data and services Since mid-2011, some data and services formerly provided by PBIF are now available at other online locations:

E-mail lists formerly hosted by PBIF are now hosted by the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk (HEAR) project.

External links PBIF's official website was formerly www.pbif.org Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program Bishop Museum Pacific Science Association

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum

In research: Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Biology organizations, Nature conservation organizations, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum in simple terms?

Why does Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum.