How secure is iNaturalist data in the event of a catastrophe?

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What measures are in place to conserve iNaturalist’s observations and identifications in the event of a catastrophe, such as:

  • A server breakdown due to software error, ageing hardware, natural disaster, cyberattack, etc.
  • The liquidation of iNaturalist due to funding cuts, loss of user engagement, or some other unforeseen reason.

These are uncomfortable but important scenarios to prepare for. Is everything backed-up regularly on secure hard-drives? If so, would iNaturalist be able to be restored from such a backup if necessary? If iNaturalist ceases to exist, would the data be able (both technically and legally) to be imported into an alternative scheme?

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I think there’s pretty frequent backups based on other threads I’ve read. I’ve had concerns about this too, though. Especially because my iNaturalist-obsessed son is a lot more likely to see things to the end than I would be. The future is a scary thing but I agree that it’s best to discuss it rather than avoid it.

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These old related threads might be of interest:
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/long-range-funding-plan-for-inaturalist-is-there-one/8818
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-confident-can-we-be-that-inaturalist-data-will-be-preserved/3248

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