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GEO BON and EBONE: Monitoring biodiversity, Europe as a global pilot

GEO BON and EBONE: Monitoring biodiversity, Europe as a global pilot. Rob Jongman, Alterra Wageningen UR, rob.jongman@wur.nl. What is GEO BON?.

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GEO BON and EBONE: Monitoring biodiversity, Europe as a global pilot

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  1. GEO BON and EBONE: Monitoring biodiversity, Europe as a global pilot Rob Jongman, Alterra Wageningen UR, rob.jongman@wur.nl

  2. What is GEO BON? • GEO BON (GEO Biodiversity Observation Network) is a global partnership to help collect, manage, analyse & report data relating to the status of the world’s biodiversity

  3. What is GEO BON’s mission? GEO BON aims to: Provide a global, scientifically robust framework for observations on the detection of biodiversity change; Coordinate the data gathering and the delivery of information; Ensure long term continuity of data supply (operational observations); Provide a set of innovative and relevant -global- products (eg forecasts)

  4. GEO: Group on Earth Observations GEO is a response to the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development: Global collaboration needed Enhance interoperability Voluntary partnership 77 governments + EC 56 participating organizations What is GEO

  5. The aim of GEO: GEOSS

  6. GEOSS a unique opportunity Intergovernmental/ multi-stakeholder process (long term commitment); Synergistic (Societal Benefit Areas; Integration across observing systems)

  7. Who are the beneficiaries of GEO BON? Parties to international treaty processes CBD, CCD, CITES, Ramsar, CMS Biodiversity and conservation organisations: UNEP-WCMC, IUCN, CI, WCS, TNC, etc. National conservation agencies and biodiversity custodians (governments, EC) Researchers Society as a whole - Parties to GEO

  8. What has happened so far? 2005: Group on Earth Observations (GEO) established Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) Apr 2008: 2nd International workshop (Potsdam) Revised Draft GEO BON concept document Produced 1st draft GEO BON implementation plan June 2009: Topical working groups established (Steering Committee Meeting Geneva, Preparation of the communication with CBD (Japan) and progress report and early products to the GEO Ministerial Conference ( both autumn 2010)

  9. Genetics Terrestrial Species monitoring Terrestrial Ecosystem Change Freshwater Ecosystem Change Marine Ecosystem Change Ecosystem services  In-situ / remote sensing integration: integration and modelling across scales Data integration and inter-operability; informatics and portals GEO BON Topical working groups

  10. What is EBONE? • A European project for… • Interoperating biodiversity observation systems in Europe • A pilot on global biodiversity monitoring (GEO BON) • Improving systems to collect, manage, analyze, share data on biodiversity • Stimulating the science-policy interface on biodiversity Page 10

  11. Institutes and agencies from 13 European countries The partners are from all biogeographical zones, emphasis Mediterrranean Global extension through Israel and South African partners (Mediterranean and Desert) Participating Organisations

  12. National responsibility: 21 member states + Norway Regional but with national Guidelines 3 Member states: Germany (16 Bundesländer), UK (4 countries), Italy (21 regions) Regional: 3 Member states, Austria (9 Bundesländer), Belgium (3 regions), Spain (17 autonomous regions) + Switzerland (26 Cantons) National and international NGOs Totally: 22 countries + 96 regions + x NGOs Who are responsible for biodiversity conservation in EU member states, Norway and Switzerland?

  13. National and regional monitoring schemes: total 622, species 453, habitats 169 National portals: Norway: http://www.artsdatabanken.no Netherlands: http://www.gegevensautoriteitnatuur.nl Global portals and data: http://data.gbif.org/ http://www.wingsoverwetlands.org Monitoring data available

  14. Biological Records Centre Long Term Ecosystem Research Sites (LTER) Land Cover Map Countryside Survey Long-term ecosystem research sites NATURA 2000 Art 17 Reporting Biodiversity observatories Birds, butterflies etc. Designated sites e.g. condition monitoring Wide-scale survey e.g. biological records, countryside survey Butterfly Monitoring Scheme Remote Sensing - Land cover/habitat EBONE wants to integrate Intensive/ process based Extensive survey

  15. Detailed in Situ Data Habitat Data Earth Observation Data Species/ Indicators Reflectivity Life Form Categories Habitat Quality measures Land cover Habitat Classifications Vegetation Quality Measures Landscape Pattern Habitat Patterns at the landscape level CORINE/ Biodiversity /Natura2000 Phenology Habitat Data: linking in Situ and EO-Data

  16. Newts are habitat related Foto’s: Jeanne Soetens

  17. Badgers are multiple habitat (wider landscape) species

  18. Wetland birds: global species

  19. National and regional differences in policy and priority habitats and species No commonly agreed definitions for habitat and land cover: what is agricultural land or forest? No harmonisation of environmental definitions (humid, dry, montane) No sharing and coordination on technical issues Problem: cooperation and harmonisation between countries

  20. NILS CSS SISPARES SINUS The European Environmental Stratification reflects biogeographical differences and makes international monitoring programmes possible and cost effective. 13 Environmental zones 84 EnS strata, Sample units:1x1 km2 (Metzger et al 2005, Jongman et al 2006)

  21. Conversion matrices between habitat categories of UK, SE, A and ES in general Habitat Codes A handbook on habitat monitoring with coding to enable global comparisons A field key for Annex 1 habitats (European Habitats and Species Directive); Software to be shared at field computers for habitat and species monitoring Intercalibration and post stratification results of Earth observation (CORINE land cover and national Land cover) and field data. Our early results (2009)

  22. Example Correspondence Matrix, percent cover

  23. Post-stratification Corine data GHC derived from NILS data Post-stratification Improved statistics

  24. A global stratification (highest level of the ecosystem classification), task EC-06-02 A database to share field data from different regions into a common system Procedure for cost efficient and statistically reliable wider countryside sampling schemes (based on NILS, CSS and own field testing) Our early results (2010)

  25. We can realise a harmonised European biodiversity monitoring system (Natura 2000 + wider countryside); The challenge is cooperation and harmonisation between regions and countries; Issues of importance are species knowledge, definitions, data ownership and data access; It can be cost-effective by sharing efforts, knowledge and database systems; It is a contribution to the Lisbon Agenda. The European Challenge:

  26. We have sent in a COST action proposal, bringing together experiences from all Europe into (25 sept): Several European meetings, Information to be shared on biodiversity monitoring procedures Guidelines in an online handbook. If the proposal is successful we will invite agencies and institutes to join us Work to be done

  27. Thank youwww.ebone.wur.nlhttp://www.earthobservations.org/

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