1. Development of the East Asian Seas Knowledgebase Durairaju Kumaran Raju Tropical Marine Science Institute National University of Singapore GESAMP Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand 15-19 February, 2010

2. . The development of the East Asian Seas (EAS) Knowledgebase has been initiated to serve as a one-stop-shop for accessing data and information on coastal and marine environment in the EAS region EAS Knowledgebase Member Countries  Australia  Cambodia  China  Korea  Indonesia  Malaysia  Philippines  Singapore  Thailand  Vietnam GESAMP Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand 15-19 February, 2010

3. The development of the EAS Knowledgebase mainly focused on: –Compile information from different activities in the East Asian Seas region to provide an overview of coastal and marine initiatives; –Present the valuable lessons learned from these activities; and –Share information in the form of: Resources by themes, Metadata: coastal and marine related projects, activities, publications and reports GESAMP Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand 15-19 February, 2010

4. The development of the EAS Knowledgebase –Web based content management system (allows online submission, edit and manage information) –Ensure the quality of information through national coordinators (Data submission & review process) –Tools for data visualization as tables, graphs and maps GESAMP Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand 15-19 February, 2010

5. EAST ASIAN SEAS KNOWLEDGEBASE Regional –Information resources –Regional activities National –Provide information on country profile, environment data statistics, and indicators Interoperability – Other Regional Databases –NOWPAP – DINRAC East Asian Seas - GIS http://137.132.140.188/easkbII/ GESAMP Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand 15-19 February, 2010

9. East Asian Seas Knowledge Base – National Information on data statistics on the following six themes and time period coverage of the contents: –Country and population statistics –Coastal development trends –Pollution statistics –Ecosystems and natural resources –Response measures –Monitoring data (marine water, sediments, fauna and flora) GESAMP Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand 15-19 February, 2010

17. Search information from all databases

19. Data submission – Remote access GESAMP Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand 15-19 February, 2010

20. National Coordinators The member countries will appoint “National coordinators” on data submission and updation to EAS Knowledgebase GESAMP Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand 15-19 February, 2010

21. Roles Coordinator - Role: –Adding new information –Editing/updating the existing information Reviewer - Role –Verifying the added/edited contents –Approve or Reject GESAMP Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand 15-19 February, 2010

22. Development of the East Asian Seas Knowledgebase The EAS Knowledgebase is a growing database. It will be constantly updated and expanded to better serve the member countries, programmes, projects and donors that are actively involved in the management of the coastal and marine environment in the East Asian Seas region. GESAMP Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand 15-19 February, 2010

23. Thanks GESAMP Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand 15-19 February, 2010

27. After Login the changes in the interface Click on the Data Template to Download

28. Save the Template

29. Update the Template with new dataset then use Load Data option to upload the data into the database.

30. After Successful upload, the Review button will be enabled.

34. Reviewers – List of pending jobs

35. Newly update information - Highlighted

36. .. Approve or Reject data c