European Nodes Meeting 2013 Wednesday 6 – 8 March Joensuu Finland

1. European Nodes Meeting 2013 Wednesday 6 – 8 March Joensuu Finland Update on GBIF engagement issues Olaf Bánki Senior Programme Officer for Participation

2. Current status of GBIF Participation Status on 1 March 2013

3. Global Biodiversity Informatics Outlook components Assessments and Indicators Multiscalar Spatial Modelling Trends & Predictions Modelling Biological Systems Visualization & Dissemination Prioritising New Data Capture Knowledge Generation Environmental, Climatic and Sociological Data Foundations and Context Biodiversity Knowledge Network Open Access & Reuse Culture Fitness-for-use & Annotations Taxonomic Framework Integrated Occurrence Data Aggregated Species Trait Data Comprehensive Knowledge Access Discovery Published Materials Collections & Specimens Automated & Remote-sensed Observations Field Surveys & Observations Sequences & Genomes Data Data Standards Persistent Storage & Archival Policy Incentives

4. GBIO timeline • 2-4 Jul 2012 – GBIC Conference • Jul-Oct 2012 – team input/editing • 11 Oct 2012 – GBIO outline at CBD COP 11 • Oct 2012-Feb 2013 – review/response • Feb-Mar 2013 – contract for author to create circulation draft • Apr-May 2013 – review by GBIC attendees • May-June 2013 – final release

5. GIASIP Partnership Global Invasive Alien Species Information Partnership

6. Objectives The GIASIPartnership has come together in order to assist Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, and others, implement Article 8(h) and Target 9 of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: “By 2020, invasive alien species and pathways are identified and prioritized, priority species are controlled or eradicated, and measures are in place to manage pathways to prevent their introduction and establishment”

7. Working Groups During its first phase, the following Working Groups are established: • The Partnership Gateway functionalities; • Database interoperability, data gaps and quality improvement; • Information synthesis and assessment; • Taxonomic information services; and • Best practices for the non-electronic means of information access and exchange.

8. Join us! Since COP11, many organizations have already signed a memorandum of cooperation with the CBD to set up a Global Invasive Alien Species Information Partnership (GIASIP) GBIF NHM-Paris IUCN/ISSG NHM-London

9. GBIF – contributing 10+ years of biodiversity informatics ’construction’ expertise to GEO BON (and GEOSS) WG8 on Data Integration & Interoperability Advancing with infrastructure to combine species occurrence and abundances data

10. Increasing GBIF’s relevance for REDD+ Access, discovery, and use of tree abundance data Project to develop standards for data flow from forest plot inventories in GBIF to serve biomass assessments Phase II proposal submitted SEP-CEPDEC

11. IPBES origins ”…the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has broughtabout a scientificconsensus on the reality and significance of global warming … Weneed a similar type of mechanism for biodiversity…  I herebycall on all scientists to join forces in order to set up a worldwidenetwork of experts … the creation of an intergovernmentalgroup on biodiversitychanges.” Jacques Chirac – UNESCO conference, Biodiversity, Science and Governance Jan 2005

12. Main functions: • To identify and prioritize key scientific information needed for policymakers and to catalyse efforts to generate new knowledge; • To perform regular and timely assessments of knowledge on biodiversity and ecosystem services and their interlinkages; • To support policy formulation and implementation by identifying policy-relevant tools and methodologies; • To prioritize key capacity-building needs to improve the science-policy interface, and to provide and call for financial and other support for the highest-priority needs related directly to its activities.

13. Possible IPBES WP elements (from intersessional doc) of particular relevance to GBIF • Identifying and filling knowledge gaps • Partnerships with ‘long term monitoring programmes and .. Programmes that help to ensure the availability of … data’ • Link those with capacity building needs with those in a position to address those needs • ‘Promote free and open access to data, information and knowledge.. And build capacity to use such data, information and knowledge’

14. GBIF-IPBES engagement 2012-13 • April 2012, IPBES Plenary, Panama: joint info doc with IUCN, UNEP-WCMC, GBIFS: ‘Building effectively on … existing organizations and initiatives’ UNEP/IPBES.MI/2/INF/15 • Joint side event with IUCN and UNEP-WCMC at Panama plenary • August 2012, intersessional submission from GBIFS: ‘GBIF and IPBES’ (on capacity building and scoping process) • Jan 2013, briefing for IPBES-1: ‘GBIF and IPBES’ http://www.gbif.org/orc/?doc_id=5079

15. GBIF-IPBES engagement 2012-13 • Key decisions from IPBES-1 (Bonn, Jan 2013) • Set up IPBES Bureau (inc. chair, vice-chairs), includes 2 GBIF HoDs • http://www.ipbes.net/about-ipbes/current-bureau-members.html • Set up Multidisciplinary Expert Panel (MEP), 5 experts per UN region • http://www.ipbes.net/about-ipbes/current-mep-members.html • Established intersessional process for drafting first IPBES work programme, guidance on partnerships etc. before IPBES-2 (Dec 2013?)

16. GBIF-IPBES engagement 2012-13 • Key upcoming opportunities: • By 5 May 2013: Submission of requests (for countries) and inputs/suggestions (stakeholders e.g. GBIF) to IPBES – template at http://www.ipbes.net/plenary/intersessional • 27-31 May 2013: 7th Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity – first MEP meeting? • Before IPBES-2 (Dec 2013): • Opportunity to comment on draft IPBES work programme • Opportunity to comment on guidance for possible strategic partnerships with IPBES

17. Issues to raise • How to engage with IPBES? • GBIF as a data-science interface • What is the regional approach of the EU Nodes? • Connection to KNEU project about setting up a network of knowledge in Europe • Relation EU Nodes & European Commission