In order to promote biodiversity data sharing and in accordance with international targets related to biodiversity data knowledge and sharing, the Borrower, through MEP, undertakes to share, or procure that its third party contractors share, the biodiversity data (raw or processed) generated in relation with the Project with the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) worldwide database, in order to enable its publication.

For this purpose, the Borrower, through MEP, undertakes to take all appropriate measures towards its third party contractors so that they allow the sharing on the GBIF worldwide database of the processed biodiversity data on which they may have intellectual property rights, regardless of the medium.

The data sharing on the GBIF database shall be carried out in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in Schedule 10 (Biodiversity data sharing).

The AFD and the Co-Financier shall be mentioned as “project funders” in the metadata section.