Objectives

Advancements in the political and technical considerations in improving databases, metadata, tracking tools, geoportals, and with hemispheric networks to create a user-friendly, decentralized system for storing, managing and reporting on trends in coverage for all biophysical and socio-economic aspects of PA's and biological corridors.

Specific Objectives

1.    advancements in the political and technical considerations in improving the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)

2.    and reference to other database systems (e.g. Andes Amazon PA database, AZE, GBIF, REMIB, INBio, Humboldt, IABIN databases on PAs, Invasives, pollinators, ecosystems, ICE Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas,  etc.)

3.    and metadata cataloguers (e.g,. Biobot, ATTA, Humboldt’s system) 4.    and value added tools (e.g. GEOSS, GITAN, Conservation

Geoportal project,  Proteus, Servir, etc) 5.    and improving coverage with hemispheric networks of players e.g.

RAMSAR CREHO, IABIN, WHMSI, BioNet, CATHALAC   6.    and ways to evaluate progress -- e.g. Biodiversity 2010, targets,

scorecards and evaluation tools -- 7.    all with the view to further develop a user-friendly, decentralized

system for storing, managing and reporting on trends in coverage for all biophysical and socio-economic aspects of PA's and biological corridors.

Speakers

Frank Biasi  -- Geoportal and WCMC WDPA redevelopment -- NGS

Andrea Grosse – I3N – IABIN Invasive Species Thematic Network

Jack Hill  -- Biobot, World Data Center for Biodiversity and Ecology and GITAN/GEOSS

Richard Huber OAS IABIN – advancements in the 5 Thematic Networks

John Waugh  -- IUCN – Bariloche Workshop Diane Davies, Department of Geography, University of

Maryland  Fire Kristin Barker NatureServe activities and NS Vista. Leo Sotomayor  -- TNC ecosystem and threat

assessment  -- classification and mapping methodology Daan Vreugdenhil  --  Ecosystems Maps as Baselines for

Protected Areas Systems Monitoring.

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Based on National Initiatives

Based on National Initiatives

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Photo by R. Westbrooks. U. S. Geological Survey. 2001.

Thematic Networks IABINThematic Networks IABIN

1. Specimens

2. Species

3. Ecosystems

4. Invasive Species

5. Pollinators

6. Protected Areas

Status of Thematic Networks (Species and Specimens, Protected Areas,

Ecosystems, Invasive Species, and Pollinators) and the Catalogue Service: Thematic Network/ Catalogue Service

Objective Coordinating Institution Signed MOC/ CI Transfer

Agreement

Invasive Species

Encourage the creation and standardization of national and sub-national databases on invasive species, promote their interoperability, create value-added products, and expanded this network to all IABIN member countries

United States Geological Survey

(US) with funds managed by GS/OAS

Species and Specimens

Define and implement the architecture, tools, standards and protocols to access specimen and species information located in institutions throughout the region by using distributed access standards

Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Costa Rica)

Protected Areas

Promote more effective sharing of information on protected areas within and between the countries of the region, building on and contributing to existing global experience in this area through close collaboration with the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas and the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Fundação O Boticário de Proteção à Natureza

(Brazil)

Ecosystems

Implement an electronic and institutional network dedicated to regional ecosystem information that supports the decision making process. Ultimately, tools developed by the Network should allow the user to consult specimen, species and ecosystems databases in an integrated manner (in coordination with other Thematic Networks).

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Panama)

with funds managed by GS/OAS

Pollinators

Develop an electronic Global Species Database (GSD) of Pollinators as a linking element to facilitate the integration of biological, ecological and agricultural information, in an efficient retrieval system

Coevolution Institute (US)

Catalogue Service

Provide a mechanism to locate, evaluate, and access biological data and information from a distributed network of cooperating data and information sources from across the Americas through an Internet-based search service. Allow Internet users to search through an assortment of standardized descriptions (metadata) of different information products (such as databases, maps, websites, other information systems, etc.) to identify those that meet their particular requirements

US Geological Survey (US) with funds managed by

GS/OAS

Inter relationships between TNsIABIN

Interoperability & Data Creation

Value Added Info

Thematic Network Coordinating Institutions

Species

Specimen

Ecosystems

Invasive Species

Network Capabilities

Protected Areas

Establish TWG

Create Tool kits

Incorporate Data

Network Capabilities

Maintenance

New Thematic AreasCoral Reefs

Baseline

Tool developmentTraining core

• Uso de los mismos estándares y protocolos desarrollados por IABIN & GBIF

• Protocolos de comunicación

• Herramienta de búsqueda compartida para el usuario con capacidad de acceder a todas las bases de dato

• En Línea

Speciesdatabase

Invasive speciesdatabase

Protected areas

database

Geospatialdatabase

Pollinatorsdatabase

INFRAESTRUCTURASNACIONALES

IABIN RED DISTRIBUIDA

Interoperabilidad entre Infraestructuras Nacionales de Información sobre Biodiversidad e

IABIN

Ecosystems

IABINRede Virt. de información sobre Biod.

Ecosistemas

Áreas Protegidasdatabase

Polinizadoresdatabase

Especiesdatabase

Especies Invasorasdatabase

Geo-espatialdatabase

Otros Sistemas Inf. Biod. (e.g.,

GBIF)

XML SCHEMA DesignXSD

XML

XSL/XSLT SOAP

RDBMSXM DB

HTMLWML

PDF

?

Remote Process

?

INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY

FOR

DATA SHARING

AND

INTEROPERABILITY

• ACTIONS- Policies

• KNOWLEDGE– Prediction tools

• INFORMATION– Decision making tools, indicators.

• METADATA – Reference to datasets and knowledge objects (quality, availability, property,etc)

• DATA – observations or measurements recorded and reported in a standard way

Data

Information

Knowledge

Actions

MetaData

Levels in the Information Process

LEARNING

Thematic Networks

A thematic network will contain data and information on a specific theme or topic.

The data and information could be physically centralized or distributed depending on efficiency, existing infrastructure and sustainability issues.

In either case a “Coordinating Institution” will administer the thematic network.

Thematic Networks (TNs)

1. Assemble a Technical Advisory Group to evaluate protected area information.

2. Host workshop to analyze and prioritize protected areas information requirements from national protected areas systems.

3. Disseminate tools for analyses (e.g. compile baseline info, protected areas management effectiveness, support taxonomic programming within PAs

4. Assist with data Content Grants of about 15k each (1.3m or about 18 data content grants/TN)

Example Specimens Thematic Networks DATA Content

Grant Applications

Institution/Country Fundación Miguel Lillo/Argentina

Museo Nacional/Costa Rica

Belice Tropical Forest Studies/Belice

ANCON/ Panama

Museo NKempffM/Bolivia

Universidad Mayor/Bolivia

Finding Species/ USANYBG/USA

Herbario Nacional/Bolivia

Circulo Herpetologico /Panama

Red Obs Aves/Colombia

INVERMAR/Colombia

Inst Ciencias Nat/Colombia

Univ. San Marcos/Peru

Museo Entom/Nicaragua

Protected Areas Thematic Network

Internet databases to disseminate information and to allow for specific queries.

Achieve consensus on standards, protocols, information use policies

Develop Web services and user interfaces for integrated searches of protected areas information

Coordinate communications with Network participants regarding advances and changes in protocols and tools

Create and maintain a protected areas expert database and directory

Evaluation to Award Grants Procedure to evaluate Proposals

1.37m in Matching Grants will be awarded to institutions with high quality data, to support their efforts to improve the availability of critical data and metadata through the network.

Institutions with the highest scores will qualify to receive grants (next slide).

subregional balance Grants will be in the range of 10-15k/year and may

be multi-year to a maximum of 45k.  But can be smaller and only for one year.

Criteria to Receive Matching Grants Commitment to IABIN standards and

protocols Commitment to public access Relevance to multiple countries and

Hemispheric IABIN initiatives Impact of filling data gaps Linkage to IABIN thematic priorities Availability of co-financing (beyond 1:1) Assignation of qualified personnel

Data providers in Central America Belize Herbarium,BRH (Ministry of National Resources) Guatemala FAUSAC/CEDIA (Centro de Investigaciones Agronómicas) U San Carlos. Herbario

AGUAT Museo de Historia Natural, USAC Herbario UVAL, U del Valle El Salvador Universidad de El Salvador Escuela de Biología (UES) Asociación Jardín Botánico La Laguna (JBLL) Honduras Escuela Agrícola Panamericana. Herbario Paul C. Standley. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras. Herbario TEFH

Data providers in Central America Nicaragua Herbario Nacional de Nicaragua,HNMN - UCA (Universidad C.A) Centro de Malacología – UCA Museo Entomológico de León Costa Rica Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad-INBio Herbario USJ, Escuela de Biología-UCR Museo de Zoología-Escuela Biología Universidad de Costa Rica-UCR Museo Nacional de Costa Rica Herbario Juvenal Valerio Rodríguez. Escuela Ciencias Ambientales-UNA Panamá Herbario PMA Universidad de Panamá. Departamento de Botánica Herbario Instituto Smithsonian – SCZ

Andean Countries+Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad/Tobago

Bolivia CBF – Colleción Boliviana de Fauna LPB – Herbario Nacional de Bolivia MHNNKM – Museo de Historia Natural-Noel Kempf Mercado Colombia ICN – Instituto de Ciencias Naturales Ecuador EPN - PUCE – Museo de Historia Natural de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador QCNE – Herbario Nacional del Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales Perú MHSN - MHNURP – Museo de Historia Natural Universidad Ricardo Palma

Andean Countries+Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad/Tobago

Venezuela Vertebrate Collection Information Network, Phelps Ornithological Collection, Universidad Central Zoological Collections, La Salle Natural History Museum, Biocentro Fresh Water Fish Database, ONBIDIO- Rancho Grande Mammalian collection, Insect Collection at MIZA, Mammalian Collection Universidad de los Andes, National Herbarium, Herpetological Collection Universidad de los Andes

Guyana Centre for Study of Biological Diversity and U.G Herbarium Suriname Zoological Collection, Herbarium Trinidad and Tobago Insect collection (CARINET), CAB International Arthropod Collection, National Herbarium,

Orchid Society Collection

ICE Biological Inventory DatabasesICE Biological Inventory Databases

Served in Microsoft SQL Server Possess all elements of Darwin Core + extensions Existing structure does not allow remote query Funding sought for re-engineering:

Open-source software Use Semantic Web and derivative technologies Full compliance with Conservation Commons Data to be made available through GBIF, other international

protected area and data-sharing initiatives Contact rjmeese@ucdavis.edu

Components of ICE Biological Inventories of Components of ICE Biological Inventories of the World’s Protected Areasthe World’s Protected Areas

1. Technical Expertisedatabase management, programming, taxonomic

reconciliationsapply to existing, or “legacy”, electronic data

2. Custom data input deviceBioInventory Builder - used to input new data

3. Collaborationstaxonomists, taxonomic institutionsdata providers (protected area agencies, staff, individuals)

4. Data dissemination via Internethttp://ice.ucdavis.edu/bioinventory/bioinventory.html

Document sources of information Document data entry person(s) Standardize associated data (e.g., abundance, origin,

residence and breeding status, etc.) in vocabularies (e.g., abundance categories) and formats

> 492,000 records from > 1,400 protected areas in 133 countries

Currently vertebrate animals, non-vascular + vascular plants Data freely available via internet and free BioInventory Builder

software on CD

ICE Biological Inventory DatabasesICE Biological Inventory Databases

Collaborators Include:Collaborators Include: