Sustaining Practical Biodiversity Informatics Initiatives for Decision Support
Sustaining Practical Biodiversity Informatics Initiatives for Decision Support in Natural Resources Management sector, Rwanda Prosper Karame Ines Institute of Applied Fundamental Sciences Centre of Excellence in Biodiversity and Natural Resources Management National Commission of Science and Technology
Country profile Biodiversity information profile Area: 26, 338 km² (10, 169 sq. mi. ) Population: 11, 262, 564 197 occurrence datasets 55, 979 records Population density 445 /Sq km 24 countries Focus: NP and protected areas (NISR 2015) Georeferencing: only 50%
Effective management of natural resources and biodiversity conservation sustainability Ecology 2 0 1 2 Natural science collections Digitization
Challenges Unsolved challenges in terms of : - The lack of information, gaps and inaccuracies at species, habitat and ecosystems levels -What is there, status and trends - The lack of research facilities and expertise - Science and development Sustainable solutions - Integration of Bioinformatics-led solutions in the natural resources management-related programmes
The “ bioinformatics journey towards biodiversity information availability and use in Rwanda” 2 0 1 3
A bioinformatics-based research solutions towards rational planning for sustainable natural resources management 2 0 1 4 ü Biodiversity informatics programmes ü Ownership and coordination challenges…
2 0 1 5 Encourage, enable and support stakeholders generate and apply knowledge on biodiversity and natural resources management for sustainable development üResearch Monitoring üBioprospecting üEducation for Biodiversity Conservation üBioinformatics and Information sharing
Progress ü 15 nodes contacted and a shared collaborative framework initiated ( Research institutions, relevant 2 NGOs) national, regional and international) 0 1 ü ICT, biodiversity informatics approaches for 5 informed decision support (mobilisation, digitization…) ü Merging biodiversity, agriculture and IT üEmpowering international e-collaboration for sustainability (Rwanda gbif node? )
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