Transcript Guidelines for environmental information management in WB projects

Guidelines for environmental
information management in
WB projects
Boris Ramirez
IABIN Thematic Networks Coordinator
[email protected]
Ángela M. Suárez-Mayorga
Coordinator Team
Biodiversity Information System of Colombia
Washington DC, May 1, 2008
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World Bank projects are investing
significant resources to collect biological
and geospatial data not only in
environmental projects, but also in
agriculture, infrastructure, and rural
development projects
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Internet changed the world
Internet changed the way we see
the world
 Internet is a worldwide, publicly
accessible series of interconnected
computer networks that transmit
data using the standard Internet
Data is using forProtocol
multipurpose
(IP)
 The World Wide Web is a huge set
of interlinked documents, images
and other resources, linked by
hyperlinks and URLs.
 Web services also use HTTP to
allow software systems to
communicate in order to share and
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exchange business logic and data.
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What type of biodiversity information do
I have?
Data about organisms
IABIN Thematic Networks
specimens and observations
information about species
SSTN species & specimens
pollinators
invasive species
PTN pollinators
I3N invasive species
Data about areas
ecosystems
ETN ecosystems
protected areas
PATN protected areas
Images (pictures)
Metadata (of biological resources, bibliographic, geospatial)
Geospatial data
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How to assemble data?
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Data is only useful when combined
IABIN is working in four areas at the
same time:
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Semantic web – automated assembly over
network
Standards – agree on database format,
individuals contribute
Locate the data – Where the data is at
Datawarehousing – specific people pull it
together and maintain
Cost $
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Effectiveness
World Bank Business
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In environmental, agriculture, infrastructure,
and rural development projects:
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Data collected are often full of errors and sometimes
unusable for other projects.
Data access and manipulation is almost impossible if
raw data are
being collected
poor
Resources
are notwith
invested
documentation of field
techniques and without
efficiently
standards
The GIS files are not documented.
Data difficult to locate or disappear after the project
ends.
Then another investment is needed to collect data to
be useful
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Guidelines addresses quality issues in
Data capture and recording at the time of gathering
Data manipulation prior to digitisation
Identification of the collection and its recording
Digitization of the data
Documentation of the data
Data storage and archiving
Data presentation and dissemination
Data analysis and manipulation (use)
Chapman, A. D. 2005. Principles of data quality. Global Biodiversity Information Facility., online publication.
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Principles of data quality
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Methods and attributes for obtaining the data
must be clearly established
Proper documentation of datasets
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Proper documentation of data
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METADATA
Data standards
Data verification against authority resources
(taxonomic authority files, tesauri)
Data exchange in common formats
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How the Guidelines address issues in
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Data capture and
recording
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• Controlled sources of
methods and attributes
• Controlled sources of values
for attributes
• Standardized processes for
data recording
• Taxonomic referent
• Methodological referent
• Geospatial referent
• Temporal referent
• Source referent
How the Guidelines address issues in
• Identification of the
collection (dataset)
• Documentation of
data
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• Metadata strategies
• Recommendation of
metadata standards and
capturing tools
• Description of the use of
international data standards
• Recommendations to the
country level
How the Guidelines address issues in
• Digitization of data
• Data presentation and
dissemination
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• Recommendations for
managing data in digital
formats
• Storing and physical
security
• Recommended tools
according to the national
capacity
• The IABIN network and the
public knowledge
• Data about organisms
• Data about areas
• Images
How the Guidelines address issues in
• Data presentation and
dissemination
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• The IABIN network and the
public knowledge
• Data about organisms
• Data about areas
• Images
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Licenses for use of the
data
• Correct attribution of data
• Data:
• value vs cost
To start the process
Select the most addecuate option
Do you have data abour orgnisms?
yes
no
Your dat a describe specimens orobservatiopns?
yes
Route No. 1
Do you have data about ecosystems/areas?
no
yes
See section
3.1.1
Your data describe species
no
Return to the
first step
yes
no
Your data describe protected areas?
yes
no
¿Are your species pollinators?
Route No. 6
See section
2.2.4.3
Route No. 5
Unknown
no
Route No. 3
yes
Are your species invassive/alien?
See section
2.2.4.4
yes
Route No. 4
Unknown
no
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Route No. 2