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Annual Conference of Compass Informatics – September 2010
What Value Biodiversity Data?
Roles for Our New National Biodiversity Data Resource.
Annual Conference of Compass Informatics – September 2010
Ireland’s designated sites Ireland’s non-designated areas
Annual Conference of Compass Informatics – September 2010
Integration into sectoral activities
Photo: courtesy of Liz McCabe
Annual Conference of Compass Informatics – September 2010
• National Biodiversity Database
• National Biodiversity Web Resource
• National Biodiversity Mapping System
National Biodiversity Information Management System
Annual Conference of Compass Informatics – September 2010
National Biodiversity Database
1,553,187 records
10,417 species
50 National databases
Annual Conference of Compass Informatics – September 2010
National Biodiversity Database
c. 969,174 records
>4,000 species
27 National databases
Well in excess of 1 million records by end of 2009!
Annual Conference of Compass Informatics – September 2010
CLIMATE CHANGE? Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta colonisation of Ireland
since 2000
2000
Annual Conference of Compass Informatics – September 2010
CLIMATE CHANGE? Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta colonisation of Ireland
since 2000
2001
Annual Conference of Compass Informatics – September 2010
CLIMATE CHANGE? Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta colonisation of Ireland
since 2000
2002
Annual Conference of Compass Informatics – September 2010
CLIMATE CHANGE? Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta colonisation of Ireland
since 2000
2003
Annual Conference of Compass Informatics – September 2010
Ireland’s squirrels
Red Squirrel – Species Action Plan Grey Squirrel – invasive species
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Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis in Ireland
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Comparison of Red and Grey Squirrel distribution in Ireland