Information Sharing for Informed Decision-making

1. Information Sharing for Informed Decision-making GISIN technical team

2. Why are we here today? • GISIN’s purpose: • Improve info sharing • Standardize content • Facilitate modeling • Enable creation of “watch lists” • Improve our ability to prioritize species and generate an effective response

3. GISIN IS • A protocol to exchange data • A collaborative effort • Focused on invasive species IS NOT • A database • A website • A single organization

4. Wide variety of data formats

5. Data portal – who contributed?

6. Combine data without losing ownership GISIN Search Result(clear data ownership)

7. IAS Global Cost Estimates • Pimentel et al. (2001) estimate IAS damage at 5% of the US$31 trillion World Economy, or • US$1,400,000,000,000 each year • Equivalent to China’s gross domestic product for 2003. More data sharing = better estimates

8. Global Invasive Species Information Network, Group on Earth Observations, Global Invasive Species Database, Global Biodiversity Information Facility… GLOBAL REGIONAL NAPIS, NatureServe, NAISN, DiscoverLife… EDDMapS, Cactus Moth Network, Mexican NISIS, US National Institute of Invasive Species Science, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species DB… NATIONAL Invaders DB, Invasive Plant Atlas of New England, Provincial phytosanitary unit, State extension agent, Land Manager, University, Nature Center, Museum… LOCAL Think Globally, Act Locally How your database fits into the bigger picture

9. Wide variety of DB purposes • Visualize existing invasions • Early detection • Track treatments • Map occurrences • Advertise successes • Highlight problem areas • Different taxonomic groups • Different habitat types

10. Distributed network • Framework that allows • invasive species databases to be accessed by other servers • Facilitates use of data from a variety of providers • Standardizes and integrates data http://www.gisin.org

11. A brief history of GISINhttp://www.gisin.org 2000: Ricciardiet al. paper calling for a Global IAS Info Network. Ricciardi A, W.W.M. Steiner, R.N. Mack, and D. Simberloff. 2000. Toward a global information system for invasive species. BioScience 50:239–244.

12. 2004: Global Experts Meeting to implement GISIN (Baltimore) A brief history of GISINhttp://www.gisin.org

13. 2006: CBD funds Invasive Alien Species Profile Schema Standards meeting held in Agadir, Morocco A brief history of GISINhttp://www.gisin.org Viewing invasive agricultural plant pests in Agadir

14. 2007: GEO Task – IAS Monitoring System A brief history of GISINhttp://www.gisin.org

15. A brief history of GISINhttp://www.gisin.org 2008: 1st & 2nd data providers workshops (USA) Athens, GA Elmira, NY

16. A brief history of GISINhttp://www.gisin.org 2009 standards working group, Elmira, NY • Six data models • SpeciesStatus • SpeciesResourceURL • Occurrence • ManagementStatus • ImpactStatus • DispersalStatus • DwC compliant

17. A brief history of GISINhttp://www.gisin.org • NAISN

18. GREAT LAKES EARLY DETECTION NETWORK FRAMEWORK Internal Verification Data Providers NORTH AMERICAN INVASIVE SPECIES NETWORK WEBSITE Stakeholders Natural Resource Managers Cattails EDDMaps Researchers Register For Alerts GLIFWC GISIN Customized Alert IBIS Tribal Governments Registration iMapInvasives Private Sector MISIN New Invaders Citizen Scientists SWIMS Verify A Species Others Verification Casual Observers Report A Sighting Acknowledgement

19. NORTH AMERICAN INVASIVE SPECIES NETWORK WEBSITE Stakeholders Natural Resource Managers GISIN Data Integration Via Web Services Across Data Providers Stakeholders Input Data Into Multiple Online Data Management Systems Throughout North America Researchers Data Providers Tribal Governments Conabio Private Sector EDDMaps IPAMS Citizen Scientists -Species Status -Occurrence Locations -Species Resource URL -Management Status -Impact Status -Dispersal Status IBIS iMapInvasives IPANE Others

20. The GISIN List http://www.gisin.org/gisinlist.htm • Online List of IAS Information Systems • Created in 2004 • Maintained through voluntary submissions and Internet research • http://www.gisin.org/gisinlist.htm • Databased in 2009

21. GISIN facilitates these data types: BioStatus Impacts Dispersal Management Taxon Location Date Language Occurrence data URLs of profiles, images, risk- assessments, bibliographies, etc. Source metadata Slide courtesy of Michael Browne, photos by IUCN ISSG

22. 2007 GISIN needs assessment results: • 136 respondents from 41 countries • Most are both providers and consumers of IAS data • Information they provide: • Spatial/temporal info (77%) • Profiles/species pages (65%) • Checklist info (59%)

23. Needs Assessment Gaps: • What level of web services does your organization provides and/or uses? (50% didn’t know) • What existing protocols are appropriate for IAS info management? (80% didn’t know) • What schemas or grammars are acceptable for the proposed system? (75% didn’t know) Administered by Jeremy Kranowitz of The Keystone Center

24. GISIN & NAISN information must • Ensure information source is persistent • Allow linkage back to original source • Facilitate feedback to data providers/owners for data correction • Be Darwin Core (DwC) compliant • Be freely available • Encourage cooperation vs. duplication • Provide guidance on how to become a data provider

25. Technical documentation: http://www.gisin.org Reports and publications:http://www.gisin.org/DH.php?WC=/WS/GISIN/pubs.html Results of Needs Assessment Survey: http://www.gisin.org/DH.php?WC=/WS/GISIN/pubsarchive.html