Biodiversity assessment (BDA) pertains to the documentation of flora and fauna of the area. Inventories are with respect to specie’s habit, habitat and characteristics.
BDA is important for conservation planning.
Biodiversity Assessment (BA) can be exhaustive or in-exhaustive.
In-exhaustive biodiversity assessment can be called as Rapid Biodiversity Assessment (RBA).
RBA is provided when data is required for planning and management in a given short time frame.
Detailed of exhaustive BA is season wise assessment of the area, observing, identifying and documenting species and ecological processes .