BIOPAMA Progress Report by the Joint Research Centre Steve Peedell European Commission Joint Research Centre BIOPAMA Steering Committee Meeting, Brussels, 25 September 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

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Key Expected Outputs 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

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

Key Themes and Organisation 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

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

Reference Information System Built on, and linked to, the tools from the Digital Observatory of Protected Areas, DOPA – Developed in first phase of the project – DOPA provides geo-scientific information – BIOPAMA enhances this with other PA data Central node run by JRC, regional nodes run by the Observatories

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 -

RRIS Drupal Front End (demo)

Inventory Completeness Download.txt Map selected species: Microglossa pyrifolia

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 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 Regional flavour and priorities 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 Set-up hardware and software for the Observatories – technical visits Showcase at CBD CoP, World Parks Congress Develop regional networks Content, content, content

RRIS Opportunities ZSL LPI Abundance Database WCPA Body of Knowledge Illegal Resource Exploitation Socio-economic Data Integration Regional WDPA Validation Hubs Big Data processing Sentinel-2 Image Data

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

Milestones and Events Yr 3 end July 20 th 2014 Gabon data collection mission support July GCFI Barbados November ICAN Caribbean Coastal Atlas Kickoff August SIDS 4-9 September SPREP Visit Observatory Pacific CBFP Meeting & C/W Africa Obs Launch 8-11 October Mid-term review World Parks Congress November ESP Conference September