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European GBIF Nodes Meeting 2013

GBIF Portugal. European GBIF Nodes Meeting 2013. Digitarium , Joensuu , Finland , March 6-8 2013. Rui Figueira rui.figueira@iict.pt. www.gbif.pt. content. Pré-node establishment status:. Only collection data, no observation data 5 providers, 7 collections

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European GBIF Nodes Meeting 2013

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  1. GBIF Portugal European GBIFNodes Meeting 2013 Digitarium, Joensuu, Finland, March 6-8 2013 Rui Figueirarui.figueira@iict.pt www.gbif.pt

  2. content Pré-node establishment status: • Only collection data, no observation data • 5 providers, 7 collections • ~87,789 records, 5162 with coordinates, 65% from other countries European GBIF Nodes Meeting 2013, Joensuu, March 6-8

  3. node Foundation of Science and Technology appointed the Tropical Research Institute (IICT) to be Portuguese Node (signed protocol, dec 2012) Publication in the national official journal (in preparation) The Tropical Research Institute (IICT) promotestropical knowledge by pursuing interdisciplinary research of relevance to countries in tropical regions. It has a special mandate towards the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) European GBIF Nodes Meeting 2013, Joensuu, March 6-8

  4. infrastructure • IICT has built a deep knowledge on biological collections, based on the botanical and zoological missions, mainly in African Portuguese Speaking Countries. • Collections for several groups including mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibian, mussels, insects. • GBIF provider since 2009. Ongoing programs for collection cataloguing • GPI, Tropical Digital Repository (ACTD) European GBIF Nodes Meeting 2013, Joensuu, March 6-8

  5. team Rui Figueira Yuri Binev Node Manager ICT Biologists, MSc in Georesources, Technical University of Lisbon, PhD in Biology, University of Lisbon. Ecology, biodiversity informatics, lichenology and biomonitoring. MSc in Organic and Analytical Chemistry from University of Sofia and PhD from Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Specialized in chemo- and biodiversity informatics, software and web development And one more collaborator in the near future, biologist (aff.), for documentation and user support... European GBIF Nodes Meeting 2013, Joensuu, March 6-8

  6. participation • Potentially 2,5 million records corresponding to specimens in NH collections, in 17 institutions; • Ofthese, 7 ofthelargestinstitutions (representing more than 50% ofallspecimens) are membersofNatColconsortium; • Plans for participation for 2013 alreadyagreed for 2 institutions (MNHNC and ISA) • Workshop onScientificCollections in midjanuary, with 150 participantsfrom 50 institutions, agreedoncommonstrategy, andconsider GBIF.PT as data infrastructurefacility European GBIF Nodes Meeting 2013, Joensuu, March 6-8

  7. highlights & bootlenecks Launch of the GBIF.PT portal – March 2013 National survey to update 2006 information on national institutions Two workshops in 2013 – IPT and Data Uses (including GBIF data portal) European GBIF Nodes Meeting 2013, Joensuu, March 6-8

  8. highlights & bootlenecks Limitation: Institutions' capacity to cataloge in a rapidpace Zoology 5 All collections 16 7 Nº of collections Percent of specimens 18 0 94% Botany 7 1 9 6 38 7 90% 60 Microbiology 92% 36% 6 6 1 1 European GBIF Nodes Meeting 2013, Joensuu, March 6-8

  9. future developments & needs • Prepare portuguese versions for key documents and tools • Promote collaboration with Brazil and the engagement of other Portuguese Speaking Countries • Integrate data visualization in the portal • Learn from other nodes how GBIF was relevant for answering to common needs: ex. requirements of European directives Habitats directive, Birds Directive) European GBIF Nodes Meeting 2013, Joensuu, March 6-8

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