GBIF Portugal
European GBIF
Nodes Meeting 2013
Digitarium, Joensuu, Finland, March 6-8 2013
Rui Figueira
rui.figueira@iict.pt
www.gbif.pt
content
Pré-node establishment status:
 Only collection data, no observation data
 5 providers, 7 collections
 ~87,789 records, 5162 with coordinates, 65% from other
countries
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node
Foundation of Science and Technology appointed the
Tropical Research Institute (IICT) to be Portuguese Node
(signed protocol, dec 2012)
Publication in the national official journal (in preparation)
The Tropical Research Institute (IICT) promotes
tropical knowledge by pursuing interdisciplinary
research of relevance to countries in tropical regions.
It has a special mandate towards the Community of
Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP)
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infrastructure
 IICT has built a deep knowledge on biological collections,
based on the botanical and zoological missions, mainly in
African Portuguese Speaking Countries.
 Collections for several groups including mammals, birds,
reptiles and amphibian, mussels, insects.
 GBIF provider since 2009. Ongoing programs for
collection cataloguing
 GPI, Tropical Digital Repository (ACTD)
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team
Rui Figueira
Yuri Binev
Node Manager
ICT
Biologists, MSc in
Georesources, Technical
University of Lisbon, PhD
in Biology, University of
Lisbon. Ecology,
biodiversity informatics,
lichenology and
biomonitoring.
MSc in Organic and
Analytical Chemistry
from University of Sofia
and PhD from Bulgarian
Academy of Sciences.
Specialized in chemoand biodiversity
informatics, software and
web development
And one more collaborator in the near future, biologist (aff.), for documentation and user support...
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participation
 Potentially 2,5 million records corresponding to specimens in NH
collections, in 17 institutions;
 Of these, 7 of the largest institutions (representing more than 50% of
all specimens) are members of NatCol consortium;
 Plans for participation for 2013 already agreed for 2 institutions
(MNHNC and ISA)
 Workshop on Scientific Collections in mid january, with 150
participants from 50 institutions, agreed on common strategy, and
consider GBIF.PT as data infrastructure facility
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highlights & bootlenecks
Launch of the GBIF.PT portal – March 2013
National survey to update 2006 information on national institutions
Two workshops in 2013 – IPT and Data Uses (including GBIF data portal)
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highlights & bootlenecks
Limitation: Institutions' capacity to cataloge in a rapid pace
Zoology
5
All collections
Nº of collections
18
16
<25%
25-50%
50-75%
7
Percent of specimens
0
7
9
>75%
94%
Botany
1
6
38
7
90%
60
Microbiology
92%
36%
6
6
1
1
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future developments & needs
 Prepare portuguese versions for key documents and tools
 Promote collaboration with Brazil and the engagement of other Portuguese
Speaking Countries
 Integrate data visualization in the portal
 Learn from other nodes how GBIF was
relevant for answering to common needs:
ex. requirements of European directives
Habitats directive, Birds Directive)
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