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GEO BON WG3 achievements and plan Aims WG3 Harmonise ecosystem mapping and monitoring Stratify a global network of Biodiversity Observation Sites to reflect major global environments and threats Coordinate (with WG2) to extend
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1. Terrestrial Ecosystem Change Monitoring Handbook
– Required to harmonize data collection efforts – Basis for capacity building – Funding through Horizon 2020 – Collaboration across WGs
2. Ecosystem related Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs)
– Definition and elaboration of the EBV concept – Practical need to link and compare EO and in situ data – Basis for capacity building – Link to other WGs – Link to task 1. Monitoring Handbook
3. Derivation of key Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) at a regional/global scale from EO
– Demonstration and implementation of EBV concept – FP7 proposal – Horizon 2020 funding
reflecting major global environments and major threats to biodiversity
– in situ ecosystem change monitoring system – knowledge from ILTER, BirdLife, IUCN, CAS, CBMP, BIOTA projects etc – Link to WG7
knowledge based at different scales
– Reference material – Complements the handbook – Uses existing material available worldwide; thus facilitating collaboration in a global context and will be web based linking in situ and RS methods – A-Globe-II proposal?
6. In Europe GEOBON WG3 will develop and promote the INSPIRE/EUROGI principles of data sharing infrastructure and open data policies;
– Policy documents + standards preparation – Contribute to the lobby and preparation of policy to ensure open data access and data sharing infrastructure – Complements and supports INSPIRE, EUROGI
7. In the Americas GEOBON WG3 will develop and promote the FGDC, PC-IDEA, GEOSUR/CAF/PAIGH principles of data sharing infrastructure and open data policies
– Same idea as 6, but focussed on the Americas – FGDC, PC-IDEA, GeoSUR/CAF/ PAIGH – knowledge and access to key policy instruments and documents, plus technological development
– Design capacity development level relevant to target groups – A core curriculum – Development and adaptation of technology for data as well as data using the latest IT developments, tablets and smart phones as input devices to automate data collection – Cooperation with WG 4
– A new map of global ecosystems at a 250 m spatial resolution – landforms, lithology, bioclimate, and surface moisture
habitat/species distribution models, particularly the 3D and temporal components.
promote routine use of EO data in biodiversity observation and monitoring, with responsibility to countries.
currently occurring with biodiversity observations and monitoring.
modelling?