Transcript GBIFs_Update_on_engagement_issues_Olaf Bankix

European Nodes Meeting 2013
Wednesday 6 – 8 March Joensuu Finland
Update on GBIF engagement issues
Olaf Bánki
Senior Programme Officer for Participation
Current status of GBIF Participation
Status on 1 March 2013
Global Biodiversity Informatics
Outlook components
Multiscalar
Spatial
Modelling
Trends &
Predictions
Modelling
Biological
Systems
Visualization &
Dissemination
Prioritising
New Data
Capture
Fitness-for-use
& Annotations
Taxonomic
Framework
Integrated
Occurrence
Data
Aggregated
Species Trait
Data
Comprehensive
Knowledge
Access
Field Surveys &
Observations
Sequences &
Genomes
Discovery
Published
Materials
Collections &
Specimens
Automated &
Remote-sensed
Observations
Data
Data Standards
Persistent Storage & Archival
Policy Incentives
Open Access & Reuse Culture
Biodiversity Knowledge Network
Knowledge Generation
Foundations and Context
Environmental, Climatic and Sociological Data
Assessments and Indicators
GBIO timeline
• 2-4 Jul 2012 – GBIC Conference
• Jul-Oct 2012 – team input/editing
• 11 Oct 2012 – GBIO outline at CBD COP 11
• Oct 2012-Feb 2013 – review/response
• Feb-Mar 2013 – contract for author to create
circulation draft
• Apr-May 2013 – review by GBIC attendees
• May-June 2013 – final release
GIASIP
Partnership
Global Invasive Alien Species
Information Partnership
Objectives
The GIASIPartnership has come together in order
to assist Parties to the Convention on Biological
Diversity, and others, implement Article 8(h) and
Target 9 of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets:
“By 2020, invasive alien species and pathways are
identified and prioritized, priority species are controlled
or eradicated, and measures are in place to manage
pathways to prevent their introduction and
establishment”
Working Groups
During its first phase, the following Working Groups are
established:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The Partnership Gateway functionalities;
Database interoperability, data gaps and quality
improvement;
Information synthesis and assessment;
Taxonomic information services; and
Best practices for the non-electronic means of
information access and exchange.
Join us!
Since COP11, many organizations have already
signed a memorandum of cooperation with the
CBD to set up a Global Invasive Alien Species
Information Partnership (GIASIP)
GBIF
NHM-Paris
IUCN/ISSG
NHM-London
GBIF – contributing 10+ years of biodiversity informatics
’construction’ expertise to GEO BON (and GEOSS)
WG8 on Data Integration & Interoperability
Advancing with infrastructure to combine
species occurrence and abundances data
Increasing GBIF’s relevance for REDD+
Access, discovery, and use of tree abundance data
Project to develop standards for data flow from forest plot
inventories in GBIF to serve biomass assessments
SEP-CEPDEC
Phase II proposal submitted
IPBES origins
”…the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has brought
about a scientific consensus on the reality and significance of global
warming … We need a similar type of mechanism for
biodiversity… I hereby call on all scientists to join forces in order to
set up a worldwide network of experts … the creation of an
intergovernmental group on biodiversity changes.”
Jacques Chirac – UNESCO conference, Biodiversity, Science and Governance
Jan 2005
Main
functions:
•
To identify and prioritize key scientific information needed for
policymakers and to catalyse efforts to generate new knowledge;
•
To perform regular and timely assessments of knowledge on
biodiversity and ecosystem services and their interlinkages;
•
To support policy formulation and implementation by identifying
policy-relevant tools and methodologies;
•
To prioritize key capacity-building needs to improve the sciencepolicy interface, and to provide and call for financial and other
support for the highest-priority needs related directly to its
activities.
Possible IPBES WP elements
(from intersessional doc) of particular relevance to GBIF
• Identifying and filling knowledge gaps
• Partnerships with ‘long term monitoring programmes and ..
Programmes that help to ensure the availability of … data’
• Link those with capacity building needs with those in a position
to address those needs
• ‘Promote free and open access to data, information and
knowledge.. And build capacity to use such data, information
and knowledge’
GBIF-IPBES engagement 2012-13
• April 2012, IPBES Plenary, Panama: joint info doc with IUCN,
UNEP-WCMC, GBIFS: ‘Building effectively on … existing
organizations and initiatives’ UNEP/IPBES.MI/2/INF/15
• Joint side event with IUCN and UNEP-WCMC at Panama plenary
• August 2012, intersessional submission from GBIFS: ‘GBIF and
IPBES’ (on capacity building and scoping process)
• Jan 2013, briefing for IPBES-1: ‘GBIF and IPBES’
http://www.gbif.org/orc/?doc_id=5079
GBIF-IPBES engagement 2012-13
Key decisions from IPBES-1 (Bonn, Jan 2013)
• Set up IPBES Bureau (inc. chair, vice-chairs), includes 2 GBIF HoDs
http://www.ipbes.net/about-ipbes/current-bureau-members.html
• Set up Multidisciplinary Expert Panel (MEP), 5 experts per UN
region
http://www.ipbes.net/about-ipbes/current-mep-members.html
• Established intersessional process for drafting first IPBES work
programme, guidance on partnerships etc. before IPBES-2 (Dec
2013?)
GBIF-IPBES engagement 2012-13
Key upcoming opportunities:
• By 5 May 2013: Submission of requests (for countries) and
inputs/suggestions (stakeholders e.g. GBIF) to IPBES – template
at http://www.ipbes.net/plenary/intersessional
• 27-31 May 2013: 7th Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity –
first MEP meeting?
• Before IPBES-2 (Dec 2013):
• Opportunity to comment on draft IPBES work programme
• Opportunity to comment on guidance for possible strategic
partnerships with IPBES
Issues to raise
• How to engage with IPBES?
• GBIF as a data-science interface
• What is the regional approach of the EU
Nodes?
• Connection to KNEU project about setting
up a network of knowledge in Europe
• Relation EU Nodes & European
Commission