Digitization and mobilization of regional biodiversity data on the example of the information portal “Nature of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania”

Abstract

The article is devoted to the project on creation of a digital database on flora and fauna of North Ossetia. The paper discusses the need for biodiversity databases and digitalisation of biological collections. Information on existing biological databases is given, and the experience of developing an interactive web portal “Nature of Ossetia”, its functionality and the structure of the created database is described.