GEO-X Plenary + Geneva Ministerial Summit 2014 15 – 17 January 2014, Geneva, Switzerland

GEO-X Plenary + Geneva Ministerial Summit 2014

GEO-X Plenary + Geneva Ministerial Summit 201415 – 17 January 2014, Geneva, Switzerland

Dr. Christoph L. Häuser Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Research

on Evolution and Biodiversity

Integrating biodiversity information for Europe – from informatics to environmental politics:

advancing the European Biodiversity Observation Network (EU BON)


• Biodiversity loss,• Climate change,• Water & Food scarcity,• Poverty.

The Knowledge Society is based on science and technology, i.e., the availability of sound & reliable scientific data, analysis and tools

Global challenges


The Challenge: Integration of Biodiversity Information

Detailed Challenges:

+ Data Standards, Interoperability,

+ Common Monitoring Schemes,

+ Analysis Tools, Patterns and Trends, Indicators,

+ Science Policy Interface(s), Dissemination

Freshwater Terrestrial Marine

Two realms: field (in situ) + remote sensing data


EC FP7 - Cooperation Theme 6 “Environment (incl. climate change)”.•Call ENV.2012.6.2-2: Assessing global biological resources: the European contribution to the Global Earth Observation Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON)

•Project start: 1st December, 2012•Duration: 54 months (until May 2017) •Projektkoordination: MfN, Berlin•Consortium: 30 partners (18 countries)•Budget: 11.6 mio Euro, < 9 mio Euro EC contribution

EU BON - key information


EU BON Partners

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EU BON characteristics

Key feature of EU BON:Delivery of integrated, near-real-time relevant data – both from on-

ground observation and remote sensing – to the various stakeholders and end users ranging from local to global levels.

The main objective of EU BON:

Build a substantial part of the Group on Earth Observation’s Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON), also in light of the new Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).


EU BON – Meetings for the project kick-off

First WP5 Meeting EU BON test site in Spain2-4 April 2013, Doñana Biological Station

•Goal: Sharing data among testing sites, principles and guidelines for establishing and operating EU BON test sites

First WP4 Meeting Solsona 25-27 November 2013, Spain

•Goal: Defining next steps for developing tools, methods, and analyses of biodiversity data

Informatics Task Force Meeting in Trondheim 29-31 May 2013, NBIC

•Goal: Discussing data architectures, standards and interoperability for EU BON data portal

First Stakeholder Roundtable in Brussels 18 June 2013, Leibniz Association

•Goal: Determining policy needs in Europe regarding biodiversity information

Next General Meeting: EU BON in Crete, Greece 30.3. – 2.4. 2014


EU BON will be implementing the GEO BON vision:•automated, streamlined data flow, from observations via EBVs, to indicators,•using a plug-and-play service-oriented approach, •coordinated through the GEO BON registry system •linked to the GEOSS Common Infrastructure, and transparent to users through portals

EU BON –Data Integration (WP2)


• User authentication and authorization• Upload data: datasets & related metadata, different formats (DwC, EML, ABCD).• Edit data and metadata (only allowed users).• Search biodiversity occurrence (returning data from any connected data provider)• Visualize data and metadata:

• Grids, forms and maps.• Charts, statistics and reports.• Export and download:

• Obtain statistics and EBV’s estimation from related data.

EU BON – Plans for Biodiversity data portal (WP2)


EU BON achievements for data analyis:

•For advanced tools for interpreting satellite or aerial imagery: Assessment of available remote-sensing approaches.

•Methods for analyzing datasets:

•survey of existing spatial niche modeling approaches,

•focus on a novel hierarchical classification algorithm for habitat classification,

•species population downscaling approaches developed,

•developing up-scaling approaches e.g. for plant - red lists, 3-dimentional “manifold” techniques,

•enhanced version of Aquamaps software

Improving tools and methods for data analysis and interface (WP3 )


Science-policy dialogue (WP 6)

EU BON – Using biodiversity data for policy:

•Biodiversity data is often collected to support policy development, reporting and monitoring purposes at all levels

•A large number of policies have reporting requirements

•In addition, there are many processes which are biodiversity data hungry

•Data and information is used both directly and indirectly

•Being aware of the policy landscape will help:

• Making the most out of existing data. The same data can be used to report to various policies and inform various processes.

• Identify existing gaps. This will help to prioritize areas for further work and allocation of resources


MDGs/SDGs

Ecosystem Accounting

Green Economy

WFD

MSFD Floods Directive

Wildlife Trade

Regulations

Birds Directiv

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Habitats Directive

IAS Directive

GMO Directiv

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CAP

CFP

EIA Directive

Kyiv (SEA) Protocol

ELD

Nitrates Directive

EU Biodiversity Strategy

RD priorities

EU level

OSPAR

Helsinki

Barcelona

Bucharest

Bern

Alpine

Carpathian

Florence

Pan-European strategy

Regional seas

ICRW

Antarctic

ITTAEspoo

Water Conv.

CMS

Ramsar

CBD

CITES

WHC

ITPGRF

UNCCD

UNFCCC

IPPC

MEAs

IPBES

IPCC

GEO

FRA

Genetic resources

WOA

Assessments


EU BON dissemination strategy (WP8)

Flow chart showing how multiple uses will be made of project results for dissemination and knowledge transfer purposes.


67 news items (news and events) published on the website

4 press releases and 2 interviews published

EU BON presented at 32 conferences and workshops

Website statistics for 2013: 11 079 visits, 5939 unique visitors, 49 416 page views

Dissemination and outreach (WP8)

www.eubon.euwww.eubon.eu


EU BON – Scientific Papers

Planned scientific papers of EU BON partners:

I)Big data for biodiversity – challenges and opportunities for integration

II)Availability/usability of - integrated - biodiversity information: challenges and opportunities for IPBES

III)Biodiversity recording and information management in Europe – state of the art and prospects

IV)Can EBVs deliver what they promise: monitoring of biodiversity targets

V)Global DNA-derived datasets and taxonomy


Thank you very much for your attentionand

to all EU BON partners & associates !!!

www.eubon.eu


What can EBVs deliver?EU 2020 Target 1 Fully implement the Birds and Habitats Directives:

To halt the deterioration in the status of all species and habitats covered by EU nature legislation and achieve a significant and measurable improvement in their status so that, by 2020, compared to current assessments.

Relevant EBVs•Genetic composition (co-ancestry, allelic diversity, population genetic differentiation), •Species population (Species distribution and Population abundance), •Species traits (Migratory behaviour) •Community composition (Taxonomic diversity) and •Ecosystem structure (Habitat structure and ecosystem extent and fragmentation)

Data availability for•all biomes: terrestrial, fresh water and marine•geographical coverage•specific taxa•common versus rare species•Time series

Existing knowledge and data gaps


EU BON dissemination strategy

Figure 2.The following scheme illustrates the EU BON Social Media Strategy workflow.


EU BON Work Packages

WP1: Data sources: requirements, gap analysis & data mobilization [University Tartu];

WP2: Data integration & interoperability [Univ Eastern Finland - Digitarium]; WP3: Improving tools and methods for data analysis & interface [Univ

Leeds]; WP4: Link environment to biodiversity: analyses of patterns, processes &

trends [UFZ]; WP5: EU BON testing and validation of concepts, tools, and services

[CSIC]; WP6: Stakeholder engagement & science-policy dialogue [Univ Cambridge]; WP7: Implementation of GEO BON: strategies & solutions at European (&

global) levels [CNRS: IMEB]; WP8: Dissemination and outreach [Pensoft]; WP9: Consortium management & organization [MfN].


EU BON Workflow und Organization


Linking biodiversity information stakeholders:

EU BON Associates - and growing …


GEOSS

Linkage to projects and processes

GEO-X Plenary + Geneva Ministerial Summit 2014 15 – 17 January 2014, Geneva, Switzerland

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