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Advances and Barriers Taxonomic Databases Working Group Annual Meeting Montpellier, France

The Global Invasive Species Information Network. Advances and Barriers Taxonomic Databases Working Group Annual Meeting Montpellier, France 09-13 November 2009 Michael Browne and others GISIN Steering Committtee mtjbro@xtra.co.nz.

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Advances and Barriers Taxonomic Databases Working Group Annual Meeting Montpellier, France

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  1. The Global Invasive Species Information Network Advances and Barriers Taxonomic Databases Working Group Annual Meeting Montpellier, France 09-13 November 2009 Michael Browne and others GISIN Steering Committtee mtjbro@xtra.co.nz Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP) definition: “Invasive alien species” are non-native organisms that cause, or have the potential to cause, harm to the environment, economies, or human health.

  2. IAS Databases: purpose can vary: • Inventory • Fact sheets • Early detection • Control, eradication • Identfication(e.g. Plantnet’s IDAO) • Outreach • Different taxonomic groups • Freshwater, marine, terrestrial • Local, national, regional, global • A lot of secondary data from scientific publications and technical reports

  3. The Global Invasive Species Information Network (GISIN) • isdeveloping an infrastructure that will link IAS data bases with • each other and expose IAS data to the broader biodiversity • community via a standard interface. • GISIN will enable: • Searches across databases • Improved access to global data • Integration of IAS data with other biodiversity data http://www.gisin.org • e.g. Overlay IAS data with vulnerable species data to • analyse the footprint of invasive species on biodiversity.

  4. A brief history of GISINhttp://www.gisin.org 2000: Ricciardi et al. paper calling for a Global IAS Info Network. 2004: Global Experts Meeting to implement GISIN (Baltimore) 2006: Invasive Alien Species Profile Schema development funded by CBD; standards meeting in Agadir, Morocco. 2008: 1st & 2nd data providers workshop, Athens, GA & Elmira, NY (USA) 2009: 3rd standards working group, Elmira, NY

  5. The GISIN Steering Team

  6. TDWG helped to create IAS-PS Invasive Alien Species Profile Schema • Commissioned by the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2005 • Created by Jerry Cooper and Michael Browne • Strong typing with Bob Morris in 2006 • Comprehensive and complex • IAS-PS addressed pests and weeds of the productive sector as well as threats to biodiversity • Jim Graham leading technical development since 2006

  7. Online List of IAS Information Systems • Created in 2004 • Maintained through voluntary submissions and Internet research • Databased in 2009 • At www.gisin.org under "Directory“ • Fewer than 30 countries have online IAS databases, so we need to provide repository services (e.g. cache)

  8. Results of GISIN Needs Assessment • 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%)

  9. Needs Assessment Knowledge 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) Questionnaire administered by Jeremy Kranowitz of The Keystone Center

  10. IAS Database Purpose can vary: • Visualize existing invasions • Early detection • Track treatments • Occurrences only • Advertise successes • Highlight problem areas • Different taxonomic groups • Different habitat types

  11. Smaller, simpler non-relational schema • Data types supported by GISIN • 3 data models are implemented • Occurrences • Species Status • Species Resource URL • 3 more being defined: • Impact Status • Dispersal Status • Management Status Photos courtesy of IUCN SSC's GISD

  12. Major components of the GISIN • Portal with a data cache • Registry of data providers • Specification for a web services protocol • see www.gisin.org under “technical” GISIN provides open access to data and information Providers maintain control of data and information

  13. GISIN data model for Species Status * *

  14. Progress since TDWG 2008 • New URL: http://www.gisin.org • TAPIR-lite protocol with controlled vocabularies • allows fast, reliable searches • Network with 5 providers actively providing data • GISD, NIISS, DAISIE, I3N, GLIFWC • Toolkit in PHP used by 5 providers • 500,000 records cached • File upload system prototyped

  15. Progress since TDWG 2008 Bullets from w/shop report Acknowledge Jim

  16. Progress since TDWG 2008 Bullets from w/shop report Acknowledge Jim

  17. Barriers • GISIN providers creating GUIDs that will need to be inserted into standard GUID formats when defined • Many providers do not have ability to maintain a web service • need for file upload capability • Resolving species names: Global Names Architecture? • Long term funding for technical support

  18. Barriers: lack of good global data • Need more inventory efforts • Provide repository services (e.g. cache or the Global Register of Invasive Species GRIS) • Provide free IAS database tool (I3N)Invasives group of the Inter-American Biodiversity Info Network Tamarix :L=US data sources; R=global data sources Tamarix :Left =US data sources; Right =global data sources

  19. Some ways to interact with GISIN Upload data Users Be an End-User Create a portal Downloaddata for modeling Fund Us! Portals Cache Modelers Inspection Databases Invasive Databases GBIF Data Consolidators Become a data provider

  20. Data integration and interoperability • Invasive species databases can be linked and inventory data shared globally. • GBIF data can enhance the spatial and temporal resolution of IAS distribution data. • Biodiversity databases such as the IUCN Red List, protected areas and islands can access up-to-date IAS data. • Model the potential distribution of IAS. • IAS data can add value to GBIF observation and museum records by tagging records with native/alien status and harmful status.

  21. Some partners and contributors

  22. Group on Earth Observations, GEO International Collaboration

  23. Important Links Technical documentation: http://www.gisin.org Reports and publications:http://www.gisinetwork.org/pubs.html Results of Needs Assessment Survey: http://www.gisinetwork.org/pubs.html TDWG Wiki: http://wiki.tdwg.org/InvasiveSpecies

  24. Working group topics 2 sessions on Tuesday afternoon • Brainstorm the problems we think data providers will have and generate ideas for solutions; • Map the GISIN protocol concepts to the GBIF IPT star schema; • Determine which of the available online information systems, based on their content, are highest priority to recruit as data providers; • Discuss needed user manuals and begin to outline their content.

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