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This collection comprises two sets of transcripts of semi structured interviews, one with biological recorders (identified with ‘P’ codes) and the other with end users of biodiversity data collected by biological recorders (Identified with ‘DEU ‘codes). These interviews were recorded in 2021 as a part of the DECIDE project. The biological recorder interviews were collected to understand the motivations and practices of biological recorders with the intention of finding points of leverage where behaviours might be modified to fill gaps in existing data. The end user interviews were designed to understand attitudes to modelled biodiversity data and how this might be used in the work of the interviewees. This information was used to develop use cases for modelled data and to produce data products to fit those use cases. The interviewees were drawn from two areas of the UK, however this information is redacted in order to protect the anonymity of the participants. The DEU interview set contains 33 interviews. The biological recorder interview set contains 32 interviews. Interview topic guides are included alongside the interview transcripts, together with a document showing the participant types in the DEU interviews. Interviews lasted approximately 0.5-1.5 hours.Biodiversity is under increasing pressure, with consequent impacts on the benefits people gain from nature. This means that it is vital to include biodiversity in our decision-making and for this we need high quality, fine-resolution, spatial biodiversity information. With this information we can better value nature, and this can be done formally through a process called 'natural capital' assessment, such as by government agencies or local economic partnerships. We also need this information to develop better plans for protecting nature, undertaking ecological restoration to develop resilient ecological networks, and make good decisions about infrastructure development (to achieve net biodiversity gain, as...