Benefits of a GBOL participation

The active participation in GBOL offers the following benefits to taxon experts:

• Free access to sequences and metadata in the BOLD database. GBOL partners can use the analytical tools of BOLD to solve taxonomic questions.
• Comprehensive intraspecific sequence coverage (˃ 10 individuals per species) is available on request for species with an interesting taxonomy
• Possibility of co-authorship in joint publications with GBOL members.
• Reliable and experienced citizen scientists will receive an expert certification as an official GBOL partner.
• GBOL partners should follow the species and nature protection laws during fieldwork. GBOL supports their partners in obtaining collection permits.
• Visualization of citizen scientist´s contributions on the GBOL-website
• Building DNA, voucher and tissue collections of local biodiversity.
• Payment of a standard allowance for usefully collected and identified material.