1. Designing a Global Interoperable Information Network Gilberto Câmara National Institute for Space Research, Brazil Eye on Earth Summit, Abu Dhabi, 2011

2. Framework for environmental information Data collection Archival Sharing Analysis Modelling Decisions Actions Communication PoliticalEconomicSocialTechnicalLegal Source: Recommendations for the Technical Design of a Global Interoperable Information Network

3. Framework for environmental information Data collection Archival Sharing Analysis Modelling Decisions Actions Communication PoliticalEconomicSocialTechnicalLegal How hard is to carry out this vision?

4. Best practices Social http://www.cormtech.com/ StandardsData clouds

5. Best practices Social http://www.cormtech.com/ StandardsData clouds What’s missing? What should be done first?

6. Data (we need a lot of it) Deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia (1988-2011) dropped from 27,000 km 2 to 6,200 km 2

7. 166-112 116-113 116-112 30 Tb of data 500.000 lines of code 150 man/years of software dev 200 man/years of interpreters How much it takes to survey Amazonia?

8. Communicating location is easy Deforestation hotspots in Amazonia

9. Weather source: WMO 11,000 land stations (3000 automated) 900 radiosondes, 3000 aircraft 6000 ships, 1300 buoys 5 polar, 6 geostationary satellites Communicating about data is feasible

10. Communicating concepts is hard Image source: WMO vulnerability? climate change? poverty?

11. degradation We’re bad at representing meaning deforestation? degradation? disturbance? Communicating concepts is hard

12. When did the Aral Sea reach the tipping point? Communicating change is very hard

13. Describing events and processes is very hard When did the flood occur?

14. © GEO Secretariat 14 A Global, Coordinated, Comprehensive and Sustained System of Observing Systems GEOSS

15. registry GEO Web Portal searches Offerors registers GEOSS Clearinghouse Catalogues User accesses searches references

16. GEOSS registry GEO Web Portal searches Offerors registers GEOSS Clearinghouse Catalogues User accesses searches references There is not a uniform, consistent way that data are registered, stored, and accessed in GEOSS (Evaluation Report, 2011)

17. 100,000 10,000 1,500 1,000 Services Data sets Systems 500 191 43 141 2010 Growth of Discoverable Resources 10,000,000 1,000,000 Users could not find data they wanted No incentive to share source: R.Shibasaki

18. 28,000,000+ Data sets 100,000 10,000 1500+ Services 1,500 1,000 Systems 500+ 500 191 43 141 2011(Nov.)2010 Growth of Discoverable Resources 10,000,000 1,000,000 source: R.Shibasaki What happened?

19. 28,000,000+ Data sets 100,000 10,000 1500+ Services 1,500 1,000 Systems 500+ 500 191 43 141 2011(Nov.)2010 Growth of Discoverable Resources 10,000,000 1,000,000 Big space agencies loaded their metadata source: R.Shibasaki

20. The future: improving GEOSS with brokers source: R.Shibasaki

21. Data democracy = community building through knowledge hubs

22. Full and open access to environmental data is indispensable for global sustainable development

23. RDC forest surveillance service (Brazilian support thru FAO)

24. Data democracy needs to reach the masses! photo: Yann Arthus Bertrand