These handbooks were prepared by the members of the Biodiversity Conservation Information System (BCIS) consortium to support BCIS Members and others making decisions on the conservation and sustainable use of living resources. The handbooks form part of a comprehensive set of supporting materials designed to build information management capacity and improve decision-making.

• Overview(pdf, 688Kb)
• Volume 1 Principles(pdf, 163Kb)
• Volume 1 Principles French(pdf, 179Kb)
• Volume 1 Principles Spanish(pdf, 171Kb)
• Volume 2 Procedures Manual(pdf, 128Kb)
• Volume 2 Procedures Manual French(pdf, 132Kb)
• Volume 2 Procedures Manual Spanish(pdf, 130Kb)
• Volume 3 Custodianship(pdf, 204Kb)
• Volume 3 Custodianship French(pdf, 173Kb)
• Volume 3 Custodianship Spanish(pdf, 172Kb)
• Volume 4 Data Access(pdf, 199Kb)
• Volume 4 Data Access French(pdf, 185Kb)
• Volume 4 Data Access Spanish(pdf, 184Kb)
• Volume 5 Metadata(pdf, 358Kb)
• Volume 5 Metadata French(pdf, 383Kb)
• Volume 5 Metadata Spanish(pdf, 367Kb)
• Volume 6 Standards and Quality Assurance(pdf, 362Kb)
• Volume 6 Standards and Quality Assurance French(pdf, 361Kb)
• Volume 6 Standards and Quality Assurance Spanish(pdf, 362Kb)
• Volume 7 Core Datasets(pdf, 395Kb)
• Volume 7 Core Datasets French(pdf, 411Kb)
• Volume 7 Core Datasets Spanish(pdf, 388Kb)
• Volume 8 Tools and Technologies(pdf, 245Kb)
• Volume 8 Tools and Technologies French(pdf, 415Kb)
• Volume 8 Tools and Technologies Spanish(pdf, 508Kb)