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BARCODING IN SOUTH AMERICA MEETING

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Campinas, Sao Paulo, BrazilMar 19 – 20th, 2007

Iván A. Valdespino, IABIN

PANAMA9,520 plants1,144 end.

MINN.1,700 plants1 end.

40 – 90% of all species live inTropical Forests

MADAGASCAR10% of all known plants5 times more tree species than in the USAECUADOR

20,000 plants4,000 end.

Why IABIN?

Information relevant to a nation’s biodiversity

conservation effort extends beyond that nation’s borders

Information relevant to a nation’s biodiversity

conservation effort extends beyond that nation’s borders

Biodiversity conservation requires timely, accurate and scientifically credible information

Biodiversity conservation requires timely, accurate and scientifically credible information

Emphasis on sustainable development

Nations of the Americas, generally, work individually

An initiative of the Summit of the Americas on Sustainable Development (Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 1996)

Mission:

Internet-based forum for technical and scientific collaboration for the collection, exchange, and use of biodiversity information relevant to decision-making and education

34 national governments, academia, non-governmental and inter-governmental

organizations, natural history collections and private sector

34 national governments, academia, non-governmental and inter-governmental

organizations, natural history collections and private sector

Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN) -

Background

IABIN Council (Next Meeting – May 9-11th in Punta

del Este, Uruguay)

• Official Focal Points (34 countries)

• IGO representatives (CHM, GBIF)

• NGO representatives

IABIN Executive Committee

• 8 countries + 1 IGO/NGO

Secretariat

Consensus decisionsConsensus decisions

Governance

Create infrastructure for a distributed information sharing network

•Institutional structure

•Standards (taxonomy, metadata, etc.)

•Interface development

Identify existing resources

Increase Internet access and connectivity

Fill information gaps relevant to decision-making

IABIN MAIN GOALS

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Projects / Inst. / Specialist

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Integration: Biodiversity / Geospatial / Socioeconomic Information

Integration: Biodiversity / Geospatial / Socioeconomic Information

IABIN informatics infrastructure

Modified from M. Lane, GBIF, 2005

Modified from M. Lane, GBIF, 2005

To conserve earth's biodiversity it is necessary to create and use biodiversity information systems capable of managing diverse data, including biological, ecological, socio-economic, and geospatial in an integrated and interoperable manner

To conserve earth's biodiversity it is necessary to create and use biodiversity information systems capable of managing diverse data, including biological, ecological, socio-economic, and geospatial in an integrated and interoperable manner

IABIN Collaboration with Other Initiatives

GBIF CBD Clearing-House Mechanism Man and the Biosphere Program

IABINIABIN, SIAM/CCAD, PBIF, PAIGH, etc.

NBII, REMIB, CBIN, etc.

Conservation Data Centers U.S. GAP State Information

GLOBAL

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Works with primary data

Point occurrence data with the basic attributes:

1. Identification

2. Location

3. Time

Primary data

Secondaryinformation

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Data Applications

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Predicting geographic distributions with primary data makes possible ...

Projecting species invasions

Designing reintroduction programs

Understanding the effects of global climate change and other types of change

Understanding rare and endangered species’ distributions

Designing biodiversity conservation plans

Many models such as Bioclim, GARP

Data Refinement and Use

data

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Increasing refinement & utility of data

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observations

Envir. decision making• conservation• restoration biology• resource mgmt• utilization

Policy & strategy• government• corporate• individual

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Summary

Overall approach: build on existing strengths - adopting,

adapting and implementing technical standards, reference authority archives, methods and approaches that have been successful elsewhere

focus on supporting regional needs for decision-making - providing information exchange capacity directed at solving identified problems

Summary

Technical standards: clearly identify and document user

needs for information exchange and interoperability services and related applications before choosing and implementing technical standards

always emphasize agreed “open” standards and systems rather than proprietary solutions

A network… is a collaborative effort

Where we IABIN and CBoL can initiate collaboration:

•Link primary and DNA barcoding data

•Standards and protocols

• Information technologies

•Development of information / Decision making products

Summary

Some of our partners:CCAD, CI, CIAT, City of Knowledge, Ecociencia, EROS-USGS, Fund. Boticario, GBIF, INBio, IUCN, I. von Humboldt, NASA, NatureServe, NBII, OBIS, PAIGH, STRI, SERVIR, SIAM, TNC, UNEP-WCMC, WB, WWF.

SecretariatIván Valdespino, Directorivaldespino@iabin.netRita Besana, Data Content Managerrbesana@iabin.netBoris Ramírez, TN Coordinator bramirez@iabin.netCiudad del Saber, Edificio 801, Clayton, República de PanamáTelephones: +507 317-1993 & 317-1994 Fax: +507 317-1992

www. iabin.net

Principal Activities of IABIN TNs

Create Thematic Working Groups (TWG) Define information use policies Discuss and adopt architecture, standards and protocols

specific to the TN Development of:

Multilingual data entry tools (data providers, servers) Data search and retrieval tools Capacity building (training, multilingual training material) Value-added decision making tools Web site to allow searches and access to available

information Maintain and operate TN Integrate specific TN with other IABIN TNs Create and maintain an expert database and directory Promote metadata creation for TN Support participants and partners involvement in IABIN

TNs Coordinate activities with IABIN Secretariat