Nature Information System for the Basque Country www.euskadi.eus/natura Marta Iturribarria
2015/05/29
Why • The Basque Environmental Strategy for Sustainable Development 2000 – GOAL 3. PROTECTION OF NATURE & BIODIVERSITY: A UNIQUE ASSET TO BE FOSTERED • UNDERTAKINGS: – Set up a network of biodiversity observatories in the Basque Autonomous Community (BAC) by 2004 – Set up a programme to collect data and information on nature and biodiversity in the BAC by 2006
– CONDITIONS REQUIRED • CONDITION 4:ENABLE THE PUBLIC, THE AUTHORITIES AND BUSINESSES, MAKING THEM JOINTLY RESPONSIBLE, AND MODIFY THEIR BEHAVIOUR IN FAVOUR OF SUSTAINABILITY – OBJECTIVES » Establish an environmental information system that guarantees high-quality, up-todate, reliable information (databases, IT applications, etc.). » Create effective mechanisms for the communication of environmental information (reliable and accessible), strengthening the role of new information technologies such as the Internet. – UNDERTAKINGS: » As from 2002, draw up annual reports on environmental indicators in the BAC
Timeline • 2003 Metodological basis for biodiversity and landscape indicators (es) • 2004 Observatories: Fauna (IKT), Flora (Aranzadi), Marine (AZTI) • 2005 Meetings with the experts from the observatories to agree a common data base • 2006-2007 Preliminary study and Prototype • 2008-2015 Construction of the application • 2009 Working group GBIF+Environmental administrations: Annual meetings, training, standards, … • 2013 Working group Nature and citizen science: discussion paper, workshops, agreements, … • 2015 ornitho.eus and inaturalist.gbif.es +info (es)
Baseline • To keep our house in order: – What information we have: inventory of information and sources of information – What inforrmation we must have: inventory of obligations included in regulations and policies (reporting, dissemination, …)
• To analyse existing systems in order to take good ideas • To internalize the european information systems’ principles: EUNISBISE, SEIS, INSPIRE • To build the system in phases: modular construction following the same base model, so that people can use the system from the beginning without having to wait until it is finished
Facts • There is more information «outside» than «inside»: – GBIF more than 250.000 records from Basque Country – Citizen science: • data are not usually in governmental sites; volunteers sometimes prefere to organize themselves: there is enough technology for doing that • There is a huge (and increasing) offer of technological solutions to collect data • There are iniciatives with demonstrated success
Easy to use
Public procurement
agreements
subsidies
Decision making
Reporting interoperability
reuse
Nature Information System for the Basque Country
dissemination
participation Citizen science
Other information systems accessibility
Indicators
References
Habitats
Multimedia
People
Cartography Ocurrences
Species
Sites
Entities (System administration): classifications , groups or hierarchies which situate NATURA objets in different areas (organizational, legal, geographical, taxonomic, etc.)
fact sheets
Our proposal • A bottom-up approach: networking, knowledge community, knowing who is who, enhancing collaboration, reaching consensus – workshops on Nature and citizen science (es) – Website for interchanging experiences and knowledge (es)
• Support existing iniciatives/technologies that have a demonstrated success – Documents on existing platforms (es) – Ornitho.eus – Inaturalist.gbif.es
• Enable openness by wide participation from all potential actors • Improve the knowledge and data flow between different systems/communities • Ally with strong leaders
Ornitho.eus • Presentation on march 17th (es) • Publicize the initiative: – informative sessions • In different areas • To different collectives: naturalist associations, academic institutions (university), administrations and public bodies (local authorities, HAZI, nature interpretation centers, …
– Events: ornithological marathon, … – media outreach
• Consolidation of the social support to the project: – increase the number of users – promote the signing of agreements and collaborations
• Consolidation of the verification committees • Training: – train qualified observers – Promote the use of ornitho
iNaturalist.gbif.es • The Coordination Unit of GBIF Spanish Node in collaboration with CREAF, have launched a web platform for associations, schools and the general public to register their own observation on-line and contribute to our knowledge on nature. • This platform http://inaturalist.gbif.es is based on the iNaturalist’s, which is widely used in other countries. This web allows you to record observations about animals, plants and other organisms. You can also do it using a smartphone; download the android app at here.
iNaturalist
eBird MAGRAMA
Ornitho Other platforms
ZamiaDroid
SIVIM
GBIF
Nature Information System for the Basque Country
University of the Basque Country
Aranzadi Sciences Society
Other data providers
Marta Iturribarria Departament of Environment&Regional Planning Basque Government hari-berdea@euskadi.eus www.ingurumena.net natura.blog.euskadi.net https://twitter.com/#!/IngurumenEJGV http://www.facebook.com/Ingurumena http://ingurumena.blog.euskadi.net http://issuu.com/ingurumena https://www.youtube.com/user/IngurumenaEJGV