BIOPAMA Regional Reference Information System and the Digital Observatory of Protected Areas Steve Peedell European Commission Joint Research Centre BIOPAMA Workshop, Brazzavile, 10 October 2014

Better Information for Protected Areas 1. The Protected Areas Component Result 1 – Improving the effective planning and management of PAs by using the best available scientific and policy information (JRC) Result 2 – Establishing a “Centre for PAs & Biodiversity” (Observatory) in each region and developing capacity building programmes (IUCN) 2. The Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) component (ABS Initiative)

What the BIOPAMA Project is Building Reference Information System – Ecological Assessments and Data Collection – Socio-economic Assessments and Data Collection – Management & Governance Assessments and Data Collection Regional Observatories Capacity Building Programme

BIOPAMA Information Categories Ecosystem Services Terrestrial Ecosystems Monitoring Species and Habitats Pressures and Threats Marine Ecosystems Monitoring Management & Governance Digital Observatory of Protected Areas BIOPAMA RRIS RRIS Deployment

Reference Information System Information exchange Built on standards Regional focus Analytical tools provided by the Digital Observatory of Protected Areas, DOPA Central node run by JRC, regional nodes run by the Observatories

Data and Processing Services (access to data, maps, models using recognised standards) eSpecies eHabitat Explorer Validato r Analyst catalogue eStation Databases “Big Data” e….. IUCN RedList WDPA GBIF REST database C/W Africa Caribbean Pacific E/S Africa JRC BIOPAMA Regional Reference Information System (RRIS) 3 rd Party Data and Services e.g. Databases Catalogues Portal(s) Consumes DOPA Services DOPA Tools Basic Services Contributes baseline data

Where we are today Basic information exchange platform (RIS) – Now being developed further according to regional priorities Digital Observatory of Protected Areas (DOPA) – Scientific and analytical tools, global biodiversity and protected area information Specific tools – Fire, land cover change, alien invasive species, ecosystem services – Step-by-step integration in the RIS Third party data and tools

RRIS Drupal Front End

Inventory Completeness Download.txt Map selected species: Microglossa pyrifolia

Digital Observatory of Protected Areas

Related Tools Fire Client : Ecosystem Services: Invasive Species :

GMIS dataset: on-line (WMS) and Download Services For each selected variable, it is possible to download the dataset related to the variable in NetCDF format, a geoTIFF image of the displayed bounds, a PDF document, or to access the WMS service corresponding to the variable eMarine tool combine the JRC dataset – GMIS- with the WDPA database to provide information to MPA managers -

The IMPACT tool – an automated protected areas satellite image selection, pre-processing, image classification and validation toolkit Data status: -Over 1000 IUCN Cat. I-IV PA’s in sub-Saharan Africa pre-processed, and classified -validation – work in progress - Caribbean and Pacific data screening ongoing

RRIS Key Features African PA Land Cover Change 1990,2000,2010 Island Biodiversity and Invasive Species - client/#!Home PA Context Assessment Central Africa Ecosystem Services Mapping - Data and Service Catalogue- DOPA Tools SMART Integration Plant Knowledge Gaps Fire Monitoring - Training Opportunities Database MPA’s Representativeness and Effectiveness Assessment - Yammer Network - ACP Biodiversity Projects Database

RRIS ingredients for success…. Common ownership Relevance to users Technical robustness Simplicity of use A culture of information sharing Authoritative input from partners Strong and clear regional inputs Simple to maintain and grow

Next Steps Put all tools under one RRIS banner Work with Observatory partners to create and share data, and build new functions – Data sharing agreements – Regionally-specific data and applications Set-up hardware and software for the Observatories – technical visits Showcase at CBD CoP, World Parks Congress Develop regional networks Content, content, content Decision support tools

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