Global Biodiversity Information Facility GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION FACILITY Beatriz Torres IABIN 5th Council Meeting Punta del Este, Uruguay May GBIF contributions to IABIN

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

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

Global Biodiversity Information Facility New GBIF Portal launching July 2007

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

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 GBIF actively promotes data repatriation

Global Biodiversity Information Facility 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, …) Illustrations from Conabio, Mexico and O. M. Chisano Source: Soberón & Peterson 2007

Global Biodiversity Information Facility 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 ( ) Areas: l Content l Informatics l Participation l Campaigns: Pollinators, 2010 target and indicators, Amazon Basin Biodiversity Information Facility (ABBIF), World Registry of Marine Species (WORMS). - Final decision at GB14 Oct

Global Biodiversity Information Facility Capacity Building l Training: Workshops on georeferencing, for data providers, data quality, sensitive data, data modeling (tool for decision-making). l CEPDEC (Capacity Enhancement Program Development Countries) - 3 year pilot in Tanzania. l 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 l Identification of possible areas of collaboration. l 18 themes considered. l Priorities identified: l Development and implementation Plinian Core l Capacity building in biodiversity informatics l Promotion statement on Open Access l Data cleaning and data quality validation l 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 l New Data Portal (July 2007). Integration of interactive maps, web services, multiple taxonomies display, improved validation and feedback to data providers. l Specialized training (DiGIR/Tapir, sensitive data, geo- referencing, 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 decision-making l Involvement in the CBD 2010 indicators

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

Global Biodiversity Information Facility How to contact GBIF? Web site: Data portal: GBIF Secretariat Universitetsparken Copenhagen Denmark Phone: Fax: New GBIF Secretariat headquarters, supported by grant from Aage V. Jensens Fonde

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

Global Biodiversity Information Facility 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 Source: Town Peterson