For authors
NaturaList is designed for anyone who needs to publish, share, or maintain structured biodiversity data - from single-author projects to institutional databases. It can be a simple and effective means to accompany a published paper with continually updated data.
Researchers and individual experts
Taxonomists, systematists, field biologists, and independent researchers or citizen scientists producing regional checklists, annotated faunas, floras, or biodiversity inventories at any institutional scale - from university departments and herbaria to single-author projects. The spreadsheet-based workflow keeps data in an open, portable format, and the living-document model allows continuous updates rather than discrete new publications.
Conservation organisations and environmental consultancies
NGOs, government environment departments, protected area managers, and survey firms who need to deliver species data in an interactive, browsable format - to non-specialist stakeholders or alongside a written report - without complex database infrastructure. Offline capability is particularly relevant for organisations operating in areas with unreliable connectivity.
Natural history collections and museums
Curators and collection managers publishing occurrence catalogues, type occurrence indices, or annotated inventories. The occurrence mode makes NaturaList a lightweight alternative to full collection management systems for institutions with limited IT resources while keeping the data in a fully open format without proprietary database lock-in.
Education institutions and community groups
Teachers, nature centres, and botanical gardens making local biodiversity data explorable for students or the public. Indigenous and community groups documenting folk taxonomies, traditional ecological knowledge, or vernacular names benefit equally: NaturaList imposes no predefined taxonomic hierarchy and supports multilingual content, so it can accommodate classification systems that do not follow Linnaean conventions and come in any language the user chooses to use.
Next steps
- See Use Cases for the full range of project types NaturaList supports.
- Ready to begin? Start with the Author Guide