WWW GBIF ORG GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION FACILITY GBIF

WWW. GBIF. ORG GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION FACILITY GBIF contributions to IABIN Beatriz Torres IABIN 5 th Council Meeting Punta del Este, Uruguay. 9 -11 May 2007 Global Biodiversity Information Facility

GBIF’s is a scientific initiative l Mission: Make primary biodiversity data freely and openly available via the internet. l l Development of tools, standards & protocols -> interoperability of databases. Digitization. Catalogues of names and capacity building. Members: Governments + international organizations l Obligations: share data and build node(s) Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Work started 2001 GBIF to date has mobilized ~125 mill. biodiversity data records (observational, names and specimen data) Global Biodiversity Information Facility

New GBIF Portal launching July 2007 Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Everything GBIF does is in partnership with others IABIN 2010 Indicators, GTI, GSPC, CHM Global Biodiversity Information Facility

GBIF’s objectives: To be fully in line with national needs and also help the implementation of international agreements: -> GBIF’s work is fully in line with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) -> GTI, GSPC, Protected Areas, Alien invasive species, 2010 target & indicators process and the CHM - CBD ex officio member of the GBIF GB - CBD participation in the OCB Science sub-committee GBIF member of the CM of the GTI GBIF member of the GSPC Steering Committee GBIF is a member of SIP (2010 target and indicators) Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Biodiversity and information about it are unevenly distributed…. biodiversity hotspot holder of large amounts of biodiversity data Global Biodiversity Information Facility GBIF actively promotes data repatriation

Putting biodiversity data to Use: Addressing Practical Applications l Where to locate protected areas? l Predict spread of alien invasive species. l Model the impact of global climate change on biodiversity. l Model spread of diseases (ebola virus) etc. Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Assessing species loss through time: Indices of biodiversity loss can be calculated, for species of national interest (endangered, commercially-valuable, …) Global Biodiversity Information Facility Illustrations from Conabio, Mexico and O. M. Chisano Source: Soberón & Peterson 2007

IABIN participation in GBIF l Organizations: IABIN is an associate member of GBIF. l Countries: Argentina, Costa Rica, Canada, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Nicaragua, USA. l Positive experiences of not duplicating efforts and rather fostering national collaboration and mutually supportive (IABIN, GBIF, CHM). Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Work Programme (2007 -08) Areas: l l Content Informatics Participation Campaigns: Pollinators, 2010 target and indicators, Amazon Basin Biodiversity Information Facility (ABBIF), World Registry of Marine Species (WORMS). - Final decision at GB 14 Oct. 2007. Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Capacity Building l l l Training: Workshops on georeferencing, for data providers, data quality, sensitive data, data modeling (tool for decision-making). CEPDEC (Capacity Enhancement Program Development Countries) - 3 year pilot in Tanzania. Mentoring (e. g. C. Rica-Argentina, C. Rica-Peru) l SEP (Sud-Experts Plantes) French project (Africa and Asia) -> 5 projects to build National Nodes + Capacity Building l Other: Expert Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights. Global Biodiversity Information Facility

GBIF-IABIN Survey Identification of possible areas of collaboration. l 18 themes considered. l l Priorities identified: l l l Development and implementation Plinian Core Capacity building in biodiversity informatics Promotion statement on Open Access Data cleaning and data quality validation Collaboration on the Invasive Species initiative Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Open Access: Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Decision VIII/11, 2006, under Scientific and Technical Cooperation (CHM) CBD. . . Invites Parties and other Governments, as appropriate, to provide free and open access to all past, present and future public-good research results, assessments, maps and databases on biodiversity, in accordance with national and international legislation; Global Biodiversity Information Facility

What is next ? Full implementation New Data Portal (July 2007). Integration of interactive maps, web services, multiple taxonomies display, improved validation and feedback to data providers. l Specialized training (Di. GIR/Tapir, sensitive data, georeferencing, data modelling). l Now: Development of standards for species (e. g. Plinian Core). l Work with IPRs (with the Science & Creative Commons) l New Open source tools to help data providers l improve data quality l Geo-reference descriptive locality data l Tools to help planning, address conservation issues and decisionmaking Global Biodiversity Information Facility l Involvement in the CBD 2010 indicators l

GBIF Data Portal launching July 2007 Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Sandwich tern distribution Sterna sandwichensis Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Integration of interactive maps Global Biodiversity Information Facility

New Portal More user friendly l Languages l Web services l Access to multiple taxonomies l Improved validation and l l Feedback to data providers Global Biodiversity Information Facility

How to contact GBIF? Web site: www. gbif. org Data portal: www. gbif. net GBIF Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 2100 Copenhagen Denmark E-mail: btorres@gbif. org Phone: +45 3532 1470 Fax: +45 3532 1480 New GBIF Secretariat headquarters, supported by grant from Aage. Global V. Jensens Fonde Biodiversity Information Facility

Modeling and predicting invasive species The Asian long-horned beetle invaded the United States from China in packing material Global Biodiversity Information Facility Source: Town Peterson

Distribution model applied to North American based on climatic conditions Places where the asian long-horned beetle has been recorded in the USA (Chicago and NY) Red: Highest Probability of invasion Global Biodiversity Information Facility Source: Town Peterson