Transcript NBII invasive species and USGS

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
[email protected]
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.
IAS Databases: purpose can vary:
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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
The Global Invasive Species Information Network (GISIN)
is developing 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
http://www.gisin.org
• Integration of IAS data with other biodiversity data
e.g. Overlay IAS data with vulnerable species data to
analyse the footprint of invasive species on biodiversity.
A brief history of GISIN http://www.gisin.org
2000:
2004:
2006:
Ricciardi et al. paper calling for a Global IAS Info Network.
Global Experts Meeting to implement GISIN (Baltimore)
Invasive Alien Species Profile Schema development funded by CBD;
standards meeting in Agadir, Morocco.
2008:
2009:
1st & 2nd data providers workshop, Athens, GA & Elmira, NY (USA)
3rd standards working group, Elmira, NY
The GISIN Steering Team
Name
Organization
Country
Malika
Bounfour
Ministère de l'Agriculture, Direction de la Protection des
Vegetaux
Morocco
Michael Browne
Invasive Species Specialist Group, Species Survival
Commission, IUCN-The World Conservation Union
New
Zealand
Jian-Ying Guo
Ministry of Agriculture; Center for Management of Invasive Alien
Species
China
Andrea Hahn
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Denmark
Donald Hobern
Atlas of Living Australia
Australia
Soetikno
Sastroutomo
CAB International-South East Asia Regional Centre; ASEANET
(South East Asian LOOP of BioNET-INTERNATIONAL)
Malaysia
Gritta Schrader
Federal Biological Research Centre
Germany
Annie Simpson
National Biological Information Infrastructure; US Geological
Survey
United
States
Richard Smith
BioNET-INTERNATIONAL
Great
Britain
Wei Wang
Wildlife Conservation Society China Program
China
Sergio Zalba
Global Invasive Species Programme; Univ. Nacional del Sur
Argentina
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
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)
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%)
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
IAS Database Purpose can vary:
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Visualize existing invasions
Early detection
Track treatments
Occurrences only
Advertise successes
Highlight problem areas
Different taxonomic groups
Different habitat types
Smaller, simpler non-relational schema
Data types supported by GISIN
• 3 data models are implemented
1. Occurrences
2. Species Status
3. Species Resource URL
• 3 more being defined:
1. Impact Status
2. Dispersal Status
3. Management Status
Photos courtesy of IUCN SSC's GISD
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
GISIN data model for Species Status
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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
Progress since TDWG 2008
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Progress since TDWG 2008
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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
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
Some ways to interact with GISIN
Users
Be an End-User
Create a
portal
Download
data for modeling
Portals
Inspection
Databases
Cache
Invasive
Databases
Become a data provider
Modelers
GBIF
Data
Consolidators
Upload data
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 upto-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.
Some partners and contributors
International
Collaboration
Group on Earth Observations, GEO
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
Working group topics
2 sessions on Tuesday afternoon
1) Brainstorm the problems we think data
providers will have and generate ideas
for solutions;
2) Map the GISIN protocol concepts to the
GBIF IPT star schema;
3) Determine which of the available online
information systems, based on their
content, are highest priority to recruit as
data providers;
4) Discuss needed user manuals and begin
to outline their content.