1. Environmental data management Dar es Salaam, 21.10.2014 rla@miljodir.no

2. Agenda  Our work in the environmental data section at NEA  Development cooperation  Important environmental data types  Naturbase – environmental database example  Aggregating environmental data, a standardizations approach  Standarization (INSPIRE, metadata, national spatial data infrastrucure - NSDI)  Commercial and open source software - challenges

3. Core business of the Environmental data management with NEA

4. NEAs strategy for environmental information  In cooperation with other institutions, be an active and reliable source of information for: Geographical data on biodiversity Aggregated knowledge for national and international reporting  In cooperation with other institutions, publish all relevant information  Ensure that we collect and present this information in a way that contribute to further use Photo: Bård Bredesen, Naturarkivet

5. Responsibility Environmental data division  Advising – data management biodiversity and nature conservation.  Development databases/GIS/web-portal  Distribution of important datasets  Technical support  International reporting  GIS-analysis, quality assurance, management  Internal and external coordination and representation Software and applications: ESRI/ArcMap, (QGIS), FME, Geoserver, SQL server, (Access), (PostGIS), Geocortex, OpenLayers (OpenSource and Licensed)

6. Aggregating environmental data, a standardizations approach

10. A partner in development cooperation through the Oil for Development program

11. The role of external development cooperation partners  Development cooperation is when a developing country enters into a partnership with a more developed country to work on a thematic area with development as an expected outcome.  Development cooperation GIS is when GIS is an important tool in the thematic area under the development cooperation.  Oil for Development has three pillars – environment is one of them

12. Oil for Development  Norway has national level discussions on the petroleum management

13. The general public is provided current information www.oceanvalues.no  Full access  Themes  Species  Nature types  Protected areas  Sensitive areas

15. Environmental data types - What kinds of data do we manage?

16. Biodiversity – data types Biodiversity  species distribution  habitat types  protected sites (international, national, local)  conservation plans and management plans points, lines, polygons, raster, grid Baseline

17. Data types continue..  Outdoor recreation areas  Air pollution  Freshwater  Waste  Noise  Climate Monitoring  Drivers, indicators and parameters Photo: Tore Høyland

18. Species distribution - birds www.dirnat.no

19. Species - priorities..priority species with an area with specific ecological functions in Naturbase. These species have been adopted by the King in Council as priority species by the Nature Diversity Act § 23.

20. Species distribution – grid value www.dirnat.no

21. Protected sites www.dirnat.no

22. Attributes protected sites http://iucn.org/ http://www.protectedplanet.net/

23. Land cover or vegetation cover www.dirnat.no

24. Marine areas www.dirnat.no

25. Habitat types - corals www.dirnat.no

26. Habitat types - sponges www.dirnat.no

27. Mapping marine biotopes MAREANO maps depth and topography, sediment composition, contaminants, biotopes and habitats in Norwegian waters. The results of the surveys are available on this website, visualised through maps. http://www.mareano.no/en/

28. Habitat types – values A, B, C www.dirnat.no Very important (A) Important (B) Locally important (C )..for biological diversity

29. Enviromental database example Naturbase.no

30. Environmental database example: The Nature Database - ”Naturbase” national “library” on important parts of the Norwegian nature more than 145.000 objects covering: Protected areas Biodiversity - important habitats, migration routes, feeding areas etc Recreation areas Cultural landscapes data visualized in maps detailed information about objects is available

31. Naturbase – thematic data  National level  detailed level  Choose thematic layer(s)  Detailed information available about objects Protected area

32. Naturbase - combining thematic data Habitat area with important biodiversity (A) that has become a protected area.

33. An environmental resource database also represents a potential for reuse, over and over again

34. All this – alone?

35. Can we do all this alone?  Of course not!  We are part of a collaborative where we all provide data sets for our partners through a national level spatial data infrastructure.  It is based on an agreement (MoU) and trust  Norway diglitaly  We can not do without – nor can our partners!

36. This is our framework – it is also the framework of any other NSDI partner

37. Contact Information www.miljodirektoratet.no ragnvald.larsen@miljodir.no