Transcript Slide 1
Mapping Ireland’s Biodiversity National Biodiversity Data Centre’s information portal & mapping system http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/ What will the Mapping System do? • Produce an on-line Atlas of Ireland’s Biodiversity • Report on progress with implementation of EU Directives and international conventions • Provide local authorities with data for strategic planning and development control • Provide a resource for researchers & assist knowledge transfer • Enable an early warning system for invasive species to be developed • Track species distributions as they respond to climate change National Biodiversity Database c. 400,000 records 3,700 species 22 National databases Target of 1 million records by end of 2009! http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/ http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/ Freshwater Crayfish Freshwater Crayfish Freshwater Crayfish Freshwater Crayfish Http//[email protected] INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES: Chub Leuciscus cephalus INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES: Chub Leuciscus cephalus Japanese Knotweed – Here to stay! Invasive alien species – Early Warning System CLIMATE CHANGE? Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta colonisation of Ireland since 2000 2000 CLIMATE CHANGE? Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta colonisation of Ireland since 2000 2001 CLIMATE CHANGE? Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta colonisation of Ireland since 2000 2002 CLIMATE CHANGE? Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta colonisation of Ireland since 2000 2003 http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/ Ireland’s squirrels • Red Squirrel – Species Action Plan • Grey Squirrel – invasive species Irish Squirrel Survey 2007 - Metadata Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris in Ireland Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis in Ireland Comparison of Red and Grey Squirrel distribution in Ireland National Biodiversity Data Management System • Central repository for biodiversity data •Resource for researchers, recorders, stakeholders • On-line publishing facility • Tools for making data & information accessible to data users • Efficiencies in delivery of public policy