“…As we confront escalating challenges to protect biodiversity, it is crucial to ensure that rigorous and relevant data guide our decisions and actions [ 4 ]. Considerable data that would be relevant for biodiversity decisions has been compiled, but is not necessarily used for decision-making in ways that promote better outcomes [ 7 ], as discussed by Hawkins in this issue [ 8 ]. Decision-makers are often not equipped to determine the biodiversity outcomes of their choices or what data are most relevant to the decision at hand (e.g., [ 9 ]).…”