Specifically, for example, CABS is working with researchers at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in the US and at the Distance Learning Open University in England to organize and make use of a databases developed by the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force (DAPTF). As part of this global collaborative effort to predict and arrest species extinctions, CABS has also linked up with Species Survival Commission (SSC) of the World Conservation Union to support the formation of a Specialist Group on Amphibians. Partnership with the SSC has also enabled CABS to invest in improving the usability of the international listing of highly threatened species, referred to as the Red List database, to extract information useful in predicting trends in species extinction and vulnerability.

To successfully confront conservation challenges, CABS is also leading an effort to develop a large-scale program of biodiversity monitoring that will provide early warnings of emerging threats to biodiversity. Through its working relationships with government agencies, NGOs, museums, universities, and other institutions, CABS is promoting a network of field research stations and related monitoring sites. CABS leadership is drawing together experts to evaluate how to use biodiversity-relevant variables (such as species abundance, community composition, biomass, land cover and others) to systematically measure biodiversity. These expert teams are also developing a baseline set of empirical methods for monitoring biodiversity which will allow for more valid comparisons of change in biodiversity concentrations in hotspots around the globe.