The IPBES data management tutorials are short videos to help experts implement the IPBES data management Policy. They cover topics ranging from data management policy, reports, active research data, tools, and examples. This chapter provides an introduction of the IPBES data management policy. It discusses why IPBES has a data management policy and who is responsible for what in the implementation and further development of this policy. The chapter includes the following sessions: Session 2.1: Introduction to the data management policy (10.5281/zenodo.4018580) Session 2.2: Why IPBES has a data management policy and how it concerns experts (10.5281/zenodo.4014818) Session 2.3: Roles and responsibilities (10.5281/zenodo.4014820) Session 2.4: Implementation of the data management policy (10.5281/zenodo.4018587)

{"references": ["IPBES (2020): IPBES Data Management Policy ver. 1.0. Task Force on Knowledge and Data, Krug, R.M., Omare, B., and Niamir, A. (eds.) IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3551079"]}

These tutorials were created in collaboration between the IPBES task force on knowledge and data and the IPBES task force on capacity building. For inquires please contact tsu.data@ipbes.net