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GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY. INFORMATION FACILITY. Georeferencing Workshop. Larry Speers. Dec. 5-7, 2006. WWW.GBIF.ORG. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Global Biodiversity Information Facility
GLOBALBIODIVERSITY
INFORMATIONFACILITY
WWW.GBIF.ORG
Georeferencing Georeferencing WorkshopWorkshop
Dec. 5-7, 2006
Larry Speers
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
“Taken collectively, the plant and animal specimens in the world’s museum collections combined with recent observational and monitoring data provide our most complete picture of the biological diversity of the planet.”
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
History of Collections Development
• Collection growth has not been strategic but has been dependent on the:
• Taxonomic interests of individual staff members present at any particular time
• Changing emphasis and interests of funding agencies
• Opportunities for staff to participate in various collecting activities/expeditions
• National interests - changing political situations • Personal networks of individual staff members
for the exchange of material
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Impact of Historic Development Impact of Historic Development
Critical material is often not located in local collections
It is impossible to predict the holdings of any collection either taxonomically, temporally or geographically.
Each collection only has a small portion of the relevant material that is needed to address most scientific questions.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Why was GBIF established ?Why was GBIF established ? To make primary scientific data about
biodiversity openly and freely accessible to everyone, no matter where in the world they live. Calls from governments, industry and the
public for scientific biodiversity information are increasing steadily.
Basic biodiversity information is needed for environmental decision-making, scientific inquiry, and economic development.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
GBIF Voting Participants: GBIF Voting Participants: 26 26 Australia Belgium Canada Costa Rica Denmark Equatorial
Guinea Estonia
Finland France Germany Iceland Japan Rep. of
Korea Mexico Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua Peru Portugal Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden UK USA
as of 30 Sep 2005
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
GBIF Associate Participants: 20 countries GBIF Associate Participants: 20 countries
Argentina
Austria
Benin
Bulgaria
Cameroon
Colombia
Czech Rep.
Ghana
Guinea
India
Indonesia
Madagascar
Morocco
Pakistan Papua New
Guinea Philippines Poland Slovakia Switzerland Tanzania
as of 30 Sep 2005
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
GBIF Associate Participants: 32 International Organisations / Economies
GBIF Associate Participants: 32 International Organisations / Economies
ARCBC ASEANET BGBC BioNET BIOSIS CABI Bioscience CBOL EASIANET European
Commission ETI Finding Species FreshwaterLife IABIN ICIPE ICZN ITIS
IUCN NatureServe NGB NSCA OBIS PBIF SAFRINET SBSV Species 2000 Taiwan TDWG UNESCO MAB UNEP WDCBE WFCC Wildscreen Trust
as of 30 Sep 2005
Growth of GBIF data
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20000000
40000000
60000000
80000000
100000000
120000000
Time
Reco
rds
World data (80 million records)
Taxonomy
Geography
Datasets
Animalia Fungi Plantae
Annelida Arthropoda Ascomycota Basidiomycota Coniferophyta Equisetophyta
India
NCL
NBN
INBio
BeBIF
GA000028
GA000027
CCWJMP03
BSBIDEMO
BRCCRAY0
Atta
IHEM
LMG
MUCL
Xylarium
Exploring biodiversity data
Asia
Africa
Europe
China
Benin
Belgium
Bangladesh
Angola
Congo
Andorra
Italy
India
ChordataChordata
IndOBISIndOBIS
Organisation of biodiversity data:
1. By taxonomy(taxonomists, naturalists, public, etc.)
2. By geography(GBIF participants, public, etc.)
3. By data resources(GBIF participants, data providers, etc.)