Aaike De Wever BioFresh: Integrating Freshwater Biodiversity Data © J. Freyhof, A. Hartl

EU Nodes – March 2013 –Joensuu The BioFresh project ( ) Biodiversity of Freshwater Ecosystems: Status, Trends, Pressures, and Conservation Priorities EU FP7 project, 18 partner institutions, Co-ordination: Klement Tockner at IGB Berlin © nasaimages.org

EU Nodes – March 2013 –Joensuu BioFresh rationale Freshwater biodiversity information hub –Thematic GBIF node / Freshwater SCAR-MarBIN/OBIS Main components of the “BioFresh-platform” –Data portal comprising metadatabase and occurrence database –Global Freshwater Biodiversity Atlas –Resources and research outputs, blog,…

EU Nodes – March 2013 –Joensuu BioFresh metadatabase Tailored for freshwater data Pro-active mobilisation of metadata Export to EML –E.g. for use when uploading data through IPT Exchange with other initiatives planned –EnvEurope - LTER –GBIF –…

EU Nodes – March 2013 –Joensuu BioFresh occurrence database Data model –Set off with GBIF data (due to project design) – Hosting own data first (cfr. Canadensys) Data sources –‘BioFresh’ data through BioFresh IPT (digitised data, partner data,…) –Freshwater datasets shared with GBIF: if possible direct harvesting from source IPT –‘Mixed’ datasets: harvested through web services based on a list of freshwater species names (FADA) –…

EU Nodes – March 2013 –Joensuu BioFresh Information Platform Bring freshwater biodiversity data together in a network of interoperable databases and make these (meta)data public –Primary biodiversity data / species occurrences (data available through GBIF and mobilised by BioFresh, which are to be exchanged with GBIF) –Implies use and promotion of GBIF tools such as Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT) and possibly the Harvesting and Indexing Toolkit (HIT) –Topical freshwater GBIF node

EU Nodes – March 2013 –Joensuu Key products of BioFresh -Freshwater Biodiversity Matrix -Contemporary and Climatic Freshwater Biodiversity Models -Climate Vulnerability Index -Comparative biodiversity trend analysis -Invasive species spread -Response signatures -AquaMaps © J. Freyhof, A. Hartl

EU Nodes – March 2013 –Joensuu BioFresh and GBIF Establish Memorandum of Collaboration with GBIF secretariat –Promote GBIF informatics processes and tools –Promote incentive mechanisms (data paper, data citation…) –Demand-driven data discovery Engage with (EU) GBIF participant nodes –Possibility to jointly mobilize data and publication through GBIF country nodes –Explore possibilities of joint freshwater theme for data mobilization activities –Possibility for joint workshops to encourage institutional data providers to set up and publish data through an IPT instance

EU Nodes – March 2013 –Joensuu Partners Forschungsverbund Berlin, FVB.IGB, Germany Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, RBINS Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, BOKU, Austria WorldFish Center (formerly ICLARM), WorldFish, Malaysia Institute de Recherche pour le Développement IRD, France Universität Duisburg-Essen, UDE, Germany The International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN, Switzerland Oxford University, UOXF.AC, UK Universitat de Barcelona, UB, Spain Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung, UFZ, Germany University College of London, UCL, UK Université Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, UCBL, France Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse 3, UPS, France Ecologic GmbH, Institut für Internationale und Europäische Umweltpolitik, Ecologic, Germany Commission of the European Communities - Directorate General Joint Research Centre, EC-JRC, Italy University of Debrecen, UD, Hungary Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, NRM, Sweden © nasaimages.org