1. The Biodiversity Information System for Europe - BISE v.0
Ivone Pereira Martins
Head of Biodiversity Group

2. The BISE Objective
To build a consistent and updated knowledge base for biodiversity in Europe, that will:
Assist an effective uptake of this knowledge by EU, national, regional, local or sectoral decision makers and
Promote a greater level of coordination among the relevant sectoral policies and among different institutional levels
In support of the post 2010 policies

3. Conditions : BISE should
accommodate information from multiple sources,
provide a unified information and knowledge service for the development of biodiversity policies,
build where relevant on existing operating systems in view of enhancing content management and interoperability, and
Form a partnership for its further development

5. BISE : A Biodiversity Clearing House for Europe
The Clearing House Mechanism in the Convention for Biological Diversity has 3 Strategic Goals
To facilitate technical and scientific cooperation
To promote information exchange
To develop a network of partners
The European Communities Clearing House Mechanism has developed into the European Biodiversity CHM network with countries (CHM Focal Points) during the past 10 years
In November 2009, a vision to embrace a view of the continent’s biodiversity rather than what is happening within country borders was discussed with the network.
In support of IPBES – or an IPBES for Europe??

6. BISE and Data Centers in the MDIAK chain – European level
Biodiversity
Data Center
BISE – CHM M D I A K
Stocks
Intellectual
capital
Data QC and acceptance
Data maintenance and data integration
Analysis and synthesis
Assimilation in to user’s framework
Processes
Other
Environmental
Data Centers
Access

7. The Biodiversity Data Center
currently contains information on species, habitats and protected sites in Europe.
A coordinated entry point on the EEA web site, to link with data and map viewers of Natura 2000 sites, conservation status databases and EUNIS

8. The BISE v.0
Is being developed by EEA, ETC-BD in partnership with DGENV, DGJRC, EUROSTAT
to be published in June are :
A concept paper v.0
A prototype on the EC Clearing House portal
With a governance proposal that will allow its further development

9. The Biodiversity Information System for Europe – first concept Sept 09
EU Policy
Data
Entry to
Data Centers
Entry to
BAP
Entry to
SEBI 2010
Indicators
Projects
Research
Entry to
EU funded
projects
Entry to
Assessments

13. A multilingual glossary is under development within the European Biodiversity Clearing House network The next meeting of this network is on April 23-24, in EEA

14. Thank you for your attention
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