1. The Biodiversity Information System for Europe (BISE)
& the Biodiversity Data Centre (BDC)
Anne Teller DG ENV.B2
Danny Charbonneau DG ENV.B3

2. What is BISE?
Partnership between the EC (DG ENV, JRC, ESTAT, RTD) and EEA.
DG ENV leads the policy and strategic aspect of BISE. It liases with MS through:
- Nature Directors meeting
- Coordination Group for Biodiversity & Nature
- Reporting Expert Group (reporting under Nature Directives)
EEA is the biodiversity data centre and will host the public BISE webpage and the section on themes and data (EC CHM).
JRC, ESTAT and RTD are contributing to data (other EDCs), projects and research

3. BISE Concept, 1/07/09
Implementing 2005 Go4 Technical Arrangement and Environmental Data Centres
Implementing 2007 EC Directive 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE)
Implementing 2008 EC Communication concerning a Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS)
Need for developing a common vision, close cooperation on the practical work & and division of tasks, clear work-plans

4. SEIS BISE ? Other data centers Data for Biodiversity Action Plans
EEA meeting January
BIODIVERSITY DATA CENTER Data for Nature directives
Data for Biodiversity Action Plans
INSPIRE
Other Data for indicators/ assessments from GMES, EU
RESEARCH ….
SEIS
BISE ?
Other data centers

5. Two-step approach Biodiversity Data Centre developed by EEA and DG ENV
BISE common concept agreed at first joint meeting between DG ENV, JRC, ESTAT and EEA on 1/07/09 and further discussed on 11/12/09

6. Dataflows under EU Biodiversity policy
The local picture  individual dataflows on Biodiversity:
Natura 2000
Article 17 – Habitats Directive
Article 6 – Birds Directive
Derogation reporting
The bigger picture  Streamlining, integration, interoperability of existing dataflows
Environmental Data Centres: Biodiversity, Air, Climate Change, Land Use, etc.
“Information” Systems
BISE: Biodiversity System for Europe

7. BISE 1/07/09

8. BISE and Data Centres in the MDIAK chain – European level
BDC
BISE
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
EDCs

9. Existing dataflows: summary

10. Dataflows: typical model

11. Natura 2000 tools and viewers:
Natura 2000 Public Viewer
Natura 2000 Internal application
Downloadable databases
Maps
Statistics, analyses: area calculations, indicators, etc.
WMS, WFS services (coming soon)
All available from this link:

12. Biodiversity Data Centre
Information on species, habitats and protected sites in Europe.
Coordinated entry point on the EEA web site, to link with data and map viewers of Natura 2000 sites, conservation status databases and EUNIS
BDC launched together with 4 Environment Data centres by EEA in spring 2010

13. 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

14. 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

17. A multilingual glossary is under development within the European Biodiversity Clearing House network (April 23-24, in EEA)

18. Next steps Launch of BISE at 2010 GW (1/6/10)
Governance structure (1/6/10)
BISE/WISE pilot project to be discussed (June 2010)?

19. Examples of overlay between water and biodiversity-related maps

20. Thanks for your attention For more information see: