Community fair Introduction of the D4Science communities, their challenges and the synergies M. Taconet (FAO) - chair L. Fusco (ESA), N. Bailly (WFC), R. Grainger (FAO) World User Meeting 25 th November 2009 Rome (Italy)

2 D4Science World User Meeting Rome, 25 th November 2009 Panel introduction From keynote speach to Community fair Demands on scientific information are increasing Source: S. Garcia, WUM

3 D4Science World User Meeting Rome, 25 th November 2009 Panel introduction Community fair - actors Who we are, since when in this initiative, what is our role in project ? Luigi Fusco ESA Nicolas Bailly WorldFish Richard Grainger FAO Marc Taconet FAO

4 D4Science World User Meeting Rome, 25 th November 2009 Panel introduction Community fair - objectives Objectives of the community fair Raise your awareness of concept of Virtual Research Environment (VRE) in an effort to mobilize a broad range of user communities

5 D4Science World User Meeting Rome, 25 th November 2009 Panel introduction Community fair - road map How shall we proceed 1. this panel will explain which motivations brought us together which challenges we are facing which synergies we are looking for 2. a live demonstration of VREs will concretely illustrate on-going achievements

6 D4Science World User Meeting Rome, 25 th November 2009 User communities High level / strategic drivers What are the high level / strategic drivers to our presence in this project, by ESA... WorldFish... FAO

7 D4Science World User Meeting Rome, 25 th November 2009 Species prediction modeling Earth / Ocean spatial observation Integrated Catch Information System FisheriesBiodiversity Oceanography/ Vegetation Satellite imagery Species occurrence maps Fishing activity / Catch Fishery Country Profiles Fisheries comprehensive profiles FCPPS AquaMaps GCM GVM Challenges, envisaged solutions and identified application scenarios ICIS Information challenges faced, and envisaged responses; introduction to D4Science application scenarios

8 D4Science World User Meeting Rome, 25 th November Global ocean chlorophyll profile necessary to understand role of phytoplankton in fisheries, biogeochemical cycling and climate changeclimate -Sensors onboard EO satellites enable the measurement of chlorophyll concentrations in oceans and inland waters -Chlorophyll concentration indicates the distribution and amount of phytoplankton GCM - Global ocean Chlorophyll Monitoring Challenges, envisaged solutions and identified application scenarios Environmental Monitoring:

9 D4Science World User Meeting Rome, 25 th November Integrates heterogeneous information for ocean chlorophyll monitoring -Marine scientists, fishery experts, biologists, climatologists fall among the target audience -Blends satellite data products (ESA’s Envisat), satellite imagery (ESA’s image archive), technical reports and documentation from ESA, EEA, UNEP -Links to ESA’s G-POD Grid facilities to issue on-demand generation of satellite imagery and products and will serve the requirements of other User Communities Challenges, envisaged solutions and identified application scenarios Environmental Monitoring: GCM - Global ocean Chlorophyll Monitoring

10 D4Science World User Meeting Rome, 25 th November 2009 GVM – Global land Vegetation Monitoring -Vegetation type, extent, change detection is fundamental for resources management, e.g. energy and water budgets, atmospheric composition, land surface stabilization/roughness, food production, natural habitats… -Earth images and satellite data products enable to measure and map the density of vegetation -Global carbon cycle models require vegetative land cover data -Study of land vegetation impact on forestry, biology, agronomy, hydrology, meteorology … Challenges, envisaged solutions and identified application scenarios Environmental Monitoring:

11 D4Science World User Meeting Rome, 25 th November 2009 Produced about 9,000 maps in 3 years:  7,800 marine fish species  1,200 non-fish marine species Started freshwaters, and thoughts about terrestrial The number of species on Earth is 1 to 2 orders of magnitude higher than expected  1970s: 1.5 million described, 3.0 million expected  2000s: 1.8 million described, 10 (30) 100 million expected Business as usual:  3 million species: 1,000 years  30 million species: 10,000 years Challenges, envisaged solutions and identified application scenarios Aquamaps

12 D4Science World User Meeting Rome, 25 th November 2009  Research level: Compute one map under various parameter configuration  Compute many times and quickly the same map. [Scientists, FishBase and SeaLifeBase Teams]  Production level: Update maps  Re-compute all maps after new data or algorithm are in. [FishBase and SeaLifeBase Teams, IT Group]  Applied level: Use maps for natural resource management (exploitation & conservation)  Combine maps to create the so-called Biodiversity maps (species richness). [Conservationists, Fishery Biologists, Biodiversity managers]  General dissemination level: Display of distribution maps like in naturalist field guides. [General public] Challenges, envisaged solutions and identified application scenarios Aquamaps

13 D4Science World User Meeting Rome, 25 th November 2009 AquaMaps potential presently hampered by the difficulty of access to existing data sources, and by the intensive nature of the computations Functionalities have to be developed at the level of one map creation by researchers in such a way to achieve the following goals, increasing:  Precision  Accuracy  Interoperability  Different spatial and temporal resolution levels  Prediction capability Challenges, envisaged solutions and identified application scenarios Aquamaps

14 D4Science World User Meeting Rome, 25 th November 2009 Integrated Capture Information System – time series  a response to UNGA recommendations:  FAO should provide indicators for assessment of High Seas stocks “distinguish catch in the High Seas from catch within EEZs”  current status reporting by Major FAO statistical fishing areas Challenges, envisaged solutions and identified application scenarios ICIS – time series

15 D4Science World User Meeting Rome, 25 th November 2009 Integrated Capture Information System – time series  a response to CWP recommendations:  enhance quality of global catch statistics, through “stronger interaction of existing catch databases”  current status non integrated data bases Challenges, envisaged solutions and identified application scenarios ICIS – time series

16 D4Science World User Meeting Rome, 25 th November 2009 Requirements  harmonization of time series data  querying, with aggregation and reallocation rules  combining biodiversity information with fisheries Catch time series  spatial dimension and mapping (GIS) x ICIS Fisheries Fishing activity / Catch Integrated Capture Information System  product: harmonized and reallocated catch statistics Challenges, envisaged solutions and identified application scenarios ICIS – time series

17 D4Science World User Meeting Rome, 25 th November 2009  Timeliness and relevance  Efficiency – avoiding duplications, promoting reuse  Positioning the product Challenges, envisaged solutions and identified application scenarios Fishery Country Profiles production system Our FCP: a very popular product Three main issues  long history  most visited information in FI

18 D4Science World User Meeting Rome, 25 th November 2009 A unique Product: a multilingual, comprehensive, globally harmonized, introduction of fisheries and aquaculture on a country level  providing a basis for the understanding of regional and global trends affecting the fishery sector a monitoring tool, composed of template of structured topics  including analysis of status and trends  articulated with supporting database information  mainstreaming major indicators of sector performance Challenges, envisaged solutions and identified application scenarios Fishery Country Profiles production system

19 D4Science World User Meeting Rome, 25 th November 2009 Innovative knowledge gathering and editing workflow in support to relevance, timeliness and efficiency stimulate generation of knowledge with those who have it  distribute responsibilities and promote decentralized inputs of knowledge – importance of partnerships for information exchange  capturing staff knowledge and routine workflow - importance of annotations ability to recycle and aggregate parts of other profiles automatic feeds from live databases  including through partnerships with trusted data providers support to concurrent editing, reviewing and publishing workflow  will reduce publishing delays Challenges, envisaged solutions and identified application scenarios Fishery Country Profiles production system

20 D4Science World User Meeting Rome, 25 th November 2009 Local Aquamaps GVM ICIS D4Science FisheriesBiodiversity Oceanography Habitats Geo-forms Hydrography Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems Fishing activity / Catch GIS areas - species FAO RFBs Catch statistics Reference system Catch statistics Reference system Aquamaps WFC Species occurence FishBase OBIS SealifeBase UBC Satellite oceanography ESA G-POD end-users services Synergies among communities Integration of scenarios and cross- fertilization among scenarios

21 D4Science World User Meeting Rome, 25 th November 2009 Synergies among communities : integration of user scenarios and cross-fertilization achieving a true dialog of partnership for information sharing identification of similar functionality – reuse across scenarios Synergies among communities Various facets

22 D4Science World User Meeting Rome, 25 th November 2009 Main innovative features with D4Science - collaborative working environments - Integrate heterogeneous data sources - Interoperability - Ecosystem of infrastructure - Computing power - Dynamic and shared reporting - workflow management Synergies among communities Main innovative features with D4Science

Community Fair Showcasing “Building dynamic research environments using D4Science technology” M. Taconet (FAO) - chair A. Ellenbroek (FAO), V. Guidetti (ESA), K. Kaschner (WFC) World User Meeting 25 th November 2009 Rome (Italy)