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Challenge Grant Update: Linking the Network of Natural Heritage Biodiversity Data to the Environmental Information Exchange Network. Challenge Grant Update. EPA Challenge Grant Project: Benefits Timeline Participants Proposed Data Flow The NatureServe Network Unique Challenges
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Challenge Grant Update: Linking the Network of Natural Heritage Biodiversity Data to the Environmental Information Exchange Network
Challenge Grant Update • EPA Challenge Grant Project: • Benefits • Timeline • Participants • Proposed Data Flow • The NatureServe Network • Unique Challenges • NatureServe Vista Pilot • Additional Resources • Contacts • Questions
Project Benefits • Implement a new, voluntary biodiversity data flow: • Provides EPA and Exchange Network users with access to locations of threatened and endangered species • Supports conservation planning, environmental regulation and decision-making • Creates opportunity for applications that can consume biodiversity data • Document and share results: • Promotes knowledge transfer to NatureServe network members • Expands audience for Exchange Network to other conservation organizations with similar biodiversity data holdings
Project Timeline • Year 1: • Develop and register XML schema for biodiversity data flow • Develop and implement data access requirements • Develop and implement data exchange tools • Year 2: • Develop and implement web service APIs • Prototype user interfaces to the biodiversity data • Pilot a direct application link between Delaware Natural Heritage data and the NatureServe Vista decision support system • Document and share results
Project Participants • Challenge Grant Lead • State of Delaware, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control • Participating Agencies • NatureServe • State of Washington, Department of Ecology • State of Washington, Department of Natural Resources • State of Illinois, Department of Natural Resources • State of New Mexico, Natural Heritage New Mexico
US Virgin Islands Puerto Rico The NatureServe Network NatureServe 90 staff in 6 offices - Member Services - Conservation Science Services - Information Technology Services • Member Programs • 800 staff • - 53 U.S. programs • - 7 Canadian programs • 11 Latin American / Caribbean • programs
NatureServe Key Activities • NatureServe: • Establish scientific standards for biological inventory and biodiversity data management • Develop comprehensive and current databases for at-risk species and ecological communities • Provide information products and conservation services to guide natural resource decision-making • Member Programs: • Collect, analyze, and distribute detailed data about plants, animals, and ecosystems • Track distribution and conservation status of species and natural communities and map the locations of at-risk populations • Conduct environmental reviews and assessments
Proposed Data Flow SQL Server Biodiversity Database XML NHNM CDX NAAS for Authentication and Access Control Oracle Central Database Exchange Network Node Oracle Biotics 4 XML NatureServe IL DNR Authorized NEIEN User or Application Internet DNREC Oracle Biotics 4 MS SQL Server XML Exchange Network Node Exchange Network Node WA DNR Biodiversity Database MS SQL Server Oracle Biotics 4 Exchange Network Node XML Future NatureServe Network Participants
Unique Challenges • Spatial Data • Expose species location data • Provide Web Services to access and query spatial data • Create map-based user interface to spatial data • Security • Fine grained authorization roles • Attribute-level authorization • Data specific authorization • Impact on performance and caching must be taken into account • Heterogeneous Network • Different deployment environments • Different physical data models – similar logical data models
NatureServe Vista PilotTo Guide Implementation of Delaware’s Comprehensive State Wildlife Plan • Demonstrate the use of the Exchange Network to flow biodiversity data from the Delaware Natural Heritage Program to a decision support system • Develop the interface within the NatureServe Vista decision support system to consume the biodiversity data Web Service • Use other available data services appropriate for the project area chosen by Delaware
6. Query and Reporting 5. Conservation & Land Use Scenarios NatureServe Vista 3. Conservation Summary Layer 1.Element Selection Decision or Alternative Scenario 2. Element Conservation Layer 4. Evaluate Goals
Additional Resources • NatureServe: http://www.natureserve.org/aboutUs/index.jsp • NatureServe Network: http://www.natureserve.org/aboutUs/network.jsp • NatureServe Vista: http://www.natureserve.org/prodServices/vista.jsp