Observatories for Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management Steve Peedell European Commission Joint Research Centre
Spatial Information, tools and approaches • Digital Observatory of Protected Areas • Internet-based information services in the Pacific • Priority spatial data and analyses for the region • Towards a Regional Reference Information System
Partners
Structure of the programme 2. The Access and Benefit Sharing 1. The Protected (ABS) component Areas Component (ABS Initiative) Result 2 – Establishing a “Centre Result 1 – Improving the effective for PAs & Biodiversity” planning and management of PAs (Observatory) in each region and by using the best available developing capacity building scientific and policy information programmes (JRC) (IUCN)
Expected Results Understanding Improving PA Understanding interactions between management through ecology of PA’s and PA’s and local better understanding ecosystem services economy of governance Data, indicators, models, reports, tools Regional Reference Information System
JRC Internal Organisation Marine Ecosystems Monitoring Digital Observatory of Ecosystem Species and Protected Areas Services Habitats BIOPAMA RRIS RRIS Deployment Management Pressures and & Threats Governance Terrestrial Ecosystems Monitoring
Project Timeline & Milestones Inception Elaboration Construction Transition 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Year 4 Year 5….. Year 2 Year 3 Year 1 ★ ★ PIRTNC WPC Observatories & RRIS DOPA, ACP Observatory DOPA Explorer Fire Tool ESP Mapping Jan/Feb 2013 Pacific, Caribbean, PACO WS Dec 2012 ESARO WS Mar 2012 Inception WS Feb 2012 IUCN July 2011 JRC
Key Principles • Geography matters – BIOPAMA RRIS is based on geospatial information • Simplifying technology – BIOPAMA RRIS aims to create simple, targeted web services • Sharing, organising, coordinating – Technology facilitates this, but these are primarily non- technical challenges – A lot of the BIOPAMA project is about orchestration • Actionable information – Not just information for its own sake – Basis for measurable targets
From theory to practice • Requirements, stakeholder engagement – Data needs questionnaire – Regional workshops, regional studies • RRIS development – Datasets – Digital Observatory of Protected Areas (DOPA) – RRIS Pilots • Reports and publications
DOPA – Our Current Dashboard http://dopa.jrc.ec.europa.eu/explorer
DOPA opportunities, challenges and limitations • Initial development on large terrestrial ecosystems • Not all significant biodiversity areas (currently subset of WDPA) • Rank and compare, assess pressure, status and vulnerability • Modular – can be extended as required • Interoperable – basis for collaboration – Orchestration of existing information • Open source and internet based
PA Pressures and Threats - Key Achievements • Database of land cover changes in sub-Saharan Africa 1990-2000-(2005)-2010 – Need to produce similar analysis for the Pacific • Fire tool for PA’s • Analysis of requirements for poaching / illegal resource use tool • Land degradation work at global scale – Still too coarse for application in Pacific
PA Fire Monitoring http://acpobservatory.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/fire-monitoring
Fundamental Datasets – Global Marine Information System http://gmis.jrc.ec.europa.eu
Web Services for Environmental Monitoring* • Generated from the JRC eStation • 47 African countries • Fire, temperature, precipitation, vegetation, surface water • Integration of fire web service in SMART tool * Currently Africa only, working on extension to Pacific and Caribbean. Fire is a global service.
Spatially enabling IBIS
Island Biodiversity and Invasive Species Database IBIS Goal - develop IBIS as a primary source of invasive species management information and supporting countries make progress to achieve Aichi Target 9, 11, 12, 17 Aichi Target 9 - 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. Aichi Target 11- By 2020, at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services, are conserved through effectively and equitably managed, ecologically representative and well connected systems of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures, and integrated into the wider landscapes and seascapes. Aichi Target 12- By 2020 the extinction of known threatened species has been prevented and their conservation status, particularly of those most in decline, has been improved and sustained.
Island Biodiversity and Invasive Species Database IBIS Summary • Four countries- Timor Leste, Fiji, Cook Islands and Kiribati • Close to 2000 native and endemic species featured • Close to 1500 records of Invasive alien species documented on islands and sites where information was available • Close to 150 recorded evidence of impacts documented • Mammal predators biggest threat • Paucity of information on impacts of invasive alien plants • Big gaps in levels of biodiversity information availabity from Timor Leste
Ecosystem Services • DOPA Carbon Tool. Change of the tool structure and function • Design and development of the Ecosystem Services Partnership visualisation tool – www.esp-mapping.net • Mapping of Carbon sequestration in the Caribbean basin
PA Management & Governance - Key Achievements • Close consultation with METT & PAME groups – Queensland University, WCMC • First draft PA “Identity Card” • Scoping of pilot for Central African Region
Hadoop – Big Data for BIOPAMA
Communication
DIY • The following services return information about species in countries, protected areas and species irreplaceability values by country: • http://dopa-services.jrc.ec.europa.eu/services/especies/get_country_species_list • http://dopa-services.jrc.ec.europa.eu/services/especies/get_pa_species_list • http://dopa-services.jrc.ec.europa.eu/services/especies/get_species_irreplacibility_country • Spatial data services returning species richness maps available from http://lrm- maps.jrc.ec.europa.eu/geoserver/ • DOPA REST Services Directory here • Species list validator for Votua Village here • Google Earth Engine Demo here • Charismatic species gallery here • Global tourism potential here 12 December 2013 23
Developing capacity for a Protected Planet www.iucn.org/biopama stephen.peedell@jrc.ec.europa.eu
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