PORBIOTA aims at advancing the application of biodiversity and ecosystems-based approaches in the effective implementation of environmental-related policies, governance, conservation planning and management of protected areas and human-shaped environments.

Developed for core areas such ecosystem monitoring, species occurrence, genetics and environmental metagenomics, atmosphere and biosphere interfaces in alignment with the researcher community, academic community, technicians working in conservation, curators, policy makers and the public (e.g. citizen science).

PORBIOTA also aims at providing the national interface with European and international infrastructures working in similar areas, and it is at present the national node of Life Watch ERIC, and it has strong links with eLTER RI, ICOS RI and GBIF.