EU BON and CETAF joint informatics workshop
The European Biodiversity Observation Network
(EU BON): Structure, aims and links to CETAF
Florian Wetzel, Gregor Hagedorn, Anke Hoffmann, Christoph Häuser
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
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EU BON - key information
EC FP7 - Cooperation Theme 6 “Environment (incl. climate
change)”.
• Call ENV.2012.6.2-2: Assessing global biological resources:
the European contribution to the Global Earth
Observation Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON)
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Project start: 1st December, 2012
Duration: 54 months (until May 2017)
Project coordination: MfN, Berlin
Consortium: 32 partners (18 countries) + Simbiotica +
Univ. Granada
• Budget: 11.6 mio Euro, < 9 mio Euro EC contribution
EU BON – CETAF Meeting, Joensuu 2015
EU BON characteristics
Key features:
Delivery of integrated, near-real-time relevant data
– both from on-ground observation and remote sensing –
to various stakeholders and end users,
ranging from local to global levels.
Main objective:
Build a substantial part of the
Group on Earth Observation’s Biodiversity Observation
Network (GEO BON),
with special reference to the
Intergovernmental science-policy
Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
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Map: Johannes Penner
EU BON Partners
EU BON – CETAF Meeting, Joensuu 2015
Research Integration – Link to Partners &Associated Partners
Arctic BON
Museums
Universities
Taxonomy
Sites
Communities
Specific data providers
Mediators, repositories
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EU BON Workflow und Organization
EU BON – CETAF Meeting, Joensuu 2015
EU BON – People attending, WP 1 Tasks
• Lead, Co-Lead Work Package (UTARTU, MfN):
Requirements, gap analysis and data
mobilization
Data Sources
• Harmonization of European taxonomic
backbone and analysis of taxonomic coverage
(Task 1.2, BGBM)
• Integrated approaches for focused biodiversity
data mobilization (Task 1.4, NRM)
Urmas Köljalg
Florian Wetzel
Anton Güntsch
Fredrik Ronquist
Karin Karlsson
Veljo Runnel
• Exploring citizen science – based approaches
for mobilizing and generating biodiversity data
(Task 1.5, UTARTU)
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EU BON- People attending, WP 2 Tasks
• Lead Work Package (UEF):
Data integration and interoperability
Interoperability
• Improving data standards and interoperability
(Task 2.2). Metadata registry and catalogue (Task
2.4, GBIF).
Hannu Saarenmaa
Éamonn Ó Tuama
Antonio Camacho
Patricia Mergen
Larissa Smirnova
• Design of information architecture for EU BON (Task 2.1),
European Biodiversity Portal (Task 2.5, CSIC)
• Tools for data sharing (Task 2.3), Technical
support and helpdesk (Task 2.6), Training
programme (Task 2.8, MRAC)
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EU BON – WP 3 and WP 4
Improving tools and methods for data analysis and interface
• Advanced tools for interpreting satellite or aerial imagery using
environmental datasets and machine learning methods
• Techniques for up-scaling and downscaling biotic datasets
• Enhanced methods for species distribution modelling
• Developing tools to prepare, extract and mine published legacy and
prospective biodiversity literature
Link environment to biodiversity: analyses of patterns, processes and
trends
• Test and apply state-of-the-art methods and models  biodiversity
patterns, trends and their dependency on natural and anthropogenic
drivers
• Relationships to various drivers, focusing on populations and species
ranges, using newly available data
• To project possible future trends and threats to biodiversity across scales
based on EU scenario data + optimization monitoring efforts + quantify
different sources of uncertainty
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EU BON – WP 5 and WP 6
WP5 EU BON testing and validation of concepts, tools, and services
• To test and validate EU BON data integration and information services
• To subject EU BON analytical tools and modelling techniques
• To establish and operate a network of EU BON sites for integrated
biodiversity data recording, management, and analysis
WP6 Stakeholder engagement and science-policy dialogue
• To review policy requirements for biodiversity data
• To carry out regular engagement with relevant political authorities
• To build up stakeholder dialogue, test and refine interactive visualisation
and decision support tools
WP7 Implementation of GEO BON: strategies and solutions at
European and global levels
• To develop strategies for future integrated biodiversity information
management
• To develop new tools and improved procedures for support of CBD
and IPBES
EU BON – CETAF Meeting, Joensuu 2015
• Gregor Hagedorn, CETAF, EU BON, Museum für Naturkunde
• Aaike De Wever, CETAF, EU BON, Royal Belgian Institute of
Natural Sciences
• Franck
CETAF, EU BON,
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EU BON/CETAF Connections
Africa
•• 25%
both CETAF
and
EUInstitute
BON of
members
Karol Marhold,
CETAF, EU
BON,
Botany, Slovak
• Matúš Kempa, CETAF, EU BON, Institute of Botany, Slovak
Academy of Sciences
• Teodor Georgiev, EU BON, Pensoft Publishers
• Israel Peer, EU BON, GlueCAD
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Kjetil Ree, CC BY 2.5
Academy of Sciences
EU BON: Addressing Stakeholder needs
• Building strong links within the scientific and user communities
• Provide feedback mechanisms for tasks and products
(data, tools, portal)  Feedback from a CETAF perspective.
• Provide tailored products matching stakeholder needs
(research, policy).
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Addressing Research Needs
Scientific Community:
• Mobilize Data, improve accessibility, show data gaps
• Integrate different expert networks
• Update of existing databases, metadata catalogues
• Provide Data Portal & Visualization
• Provide suitable, integrated datasets
• Provide Data Analysis Tools
• Train the Community
Citizen Scientists:
• Mobilise citizen science (CS) data, train and educate: Standards, open
data, provide a gateway
• Developing tools (APIs, visualisation,…), Citizen Science Gateway
(UTARTU)
Test- Sites: Remote Sensing + in situ dara, testing of tools...
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Addressing policy needs: Data for reporting
EU BON – CETAF Meeting, Joensuu 2015
EU BON Task Forces and Policy Links
I.R. Geijzendorffer, E.C. Regan, H. M. Pereira, L. Brotons, N. Brummitt, Y. Gavish, P. Haase, C.S. Martin, J.B. Mihoub, C. Secades, D.S. Schmeller, S. Stoll, F. T. Wetzel, M. Walters (2015): Bridging the gap between
biodiversity data and policy reporting needs: An Essential Biodiversity Variables perspective
Journal of Applied Ecology, in press
EU BON – CETAF Meeting, Joensuu 2015
Linkage of work - Example: Gap Analysis
 The assessment particularly evaluates the spatial, taxonomic and temporal
gaps of assessment of current marine, terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity
data sources
 Outlining most important gaps, identifies priorities for improving the data
availability + give recommendations for closing gaps
 make data available!
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Linkage of work - Example: Gap Analysis
families
taxa
([sp:+ssp.]
– nom. ssp.
%
Online
accessible
187
39171
91,86
Still to be
edited and
published
45
3471
8,14
Total
222
42642
100
FaEu
Euro+Med
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Linkage of work - Example: Taxonomic Backbone
Improve and harmonize European and
national level taxonomic backbone data
• Preparation and improvement of merging
processes of the PESI taxonomic
database
• Provide services for the Data Portal
(taxonomic backbone for EU BON):
Unified Taxonomic Information Service
(UTIS)
http://cybertaxonomy.eu/eu-bon/utis
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Fauna Europaea Work in EU BON
• Migration to CDM
(BGBM)
• Reactivating the
network of specialists
• Updating datasets
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Example: Focused biodiversity data mobilisation
DINA related work (Coordination NRM):
• Further development of DINA system (APIs, interfaces, creating higher-level deployment
packages etc.)
BGBM:
• Optimized .xls form for capture collection and observational data  import interface for
JACQ + work on Annotation system (AnnoSys)
UTARTU:
• Taxonomy module as part of PlutoF cloud  working with an unlimited number of different
classifications.
• Data mobilisation toolkit for the molecular data, easy access to the molecular data on the
species level even when full species name is not available (e.g. Tedersoo et al. 2014,
Science)
EU BON – CETAF Meeting, Joensuu 2015
Data Mobilisation: Publishing Data Papers
Overview Paper Fauna Europaea - Biodiversity Data
Journal by PENSOFT Publishers
Contributions on Fauna Europaea - Data papers for the
major of the 56 taxonomic groups, currently on
Helminths (2014), Annelida– Hirudinea (2014), Diptera –
Brachycera (2015)…
de Jong et al. 2014
• Stimulates and motivates experts to hand over
descriptive details, activating the community,
networking & participation.
Gibson et al. 2014
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Linkage of work - Example: Data Portal
Develop a new portal to enable fast access to
EU BON integrated data and products by
researchers, decision makers and other
stakeholders.
• CSIC and IBM have been developing the
prototype of the portal
• user interface that will integrate GBIF, LTER
• Taxonomy: EU-Nomen, WoRMS ….
• Geospatial representation and filtering:
CartoDB
• Integration of testing sites, monitoring
schemes, citizen science platform
EU BON – CETAF Meeting, Joensuu 2015
Linkage of work – Example: Standards, Helpdesk
Develop a new portal to enable fast access to
EU BON integrated data and products by
researchers, decision makers and other
stakeholders.
• Overview of preferred and recommended
standards (data sharing tools repository,
standards repository, Citizen science tools,
project repository )
• Training activities for users like CETAF
(e.g. here at the Joensuu meeting)
EU BON – CETAF Meeting, Joensuu 2015
Main products - of the 1st Reporting Period
Deliverables and products
 Preliminary gap analysis of data sources (WP1)
 Draft outlines of the architectural design and guidelines
for using standards (WP2)
 Specification of data sharing tools (WP2)
 Draft of application software of enhanced remote
sensing techniques (WPs 2-5)
BON Meeting,
1st Technical
Review
EU BON EU
– CETAF
Joensuu
2015
10-11 September 2014, Brussels
Main products (2) - of the 1st Reporting Period
Deliverables and products
 Scoping out integrative analyses approaches for biodiversity
distribution modeling (WPs 3/4)
 Modelling framework to analyze abundance trends in species
developed
 Principles and guidelines for establishing and operating EU BON
test sites (WP5)
 GEO BON – EU BON linkages (WPs7/9)
 Establishment of the EBV + RS task forces (WPs 3/4, 6/7)
BON Meeting,
1st Technical
Review
EU BON EU
– CETAF
Joensuu
2015
10-11 September 2014, Brussels
Further Information on EU BON
• News and Tweet items regularly updated
and be published on the webpage
• Webpage: Reports, Policy Briefs,
Deliverables
• Roundtables for discussions
• Press releases and interviews
• Updated news regarding Biodiversity,
Data and ongoing European activities,
releveant conferences
www.eubon.eu
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Links EU BON and CETAF
• Finding synergies on common fields of work:
• EU BON Informatics Task Force + CETAF ISTC (e.g. joint
meetings, feedback on products, others)
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Work of DINA Consortium, EU BON Data Mobilization + CETAF
Common Work Taxonomy and Taxonomic Backbone
Development and Services of the EU BON Data Portal
Use experiences / support of Helpdesk and EU BON training
opportunities
• Networking: Extending the network, involve colleagues from other
disciplines and institutes and share ISTC work:
- e.g. on CETAF ISTC initiatives on standardization (stable identifiers..)
www.eubon.eu
EU BON – CETAF Meeting, Joensuu 2015
Further exchange EU BON - CETAF
• CETAF Conferences and Workshops ( e.g. CETAF 37 Meise, April
2015)
• EU BON General Meeting Cambridge June 2015
http://www.symposium.eubon.eu/
• Key Contacts EU BON / CETAF members
• Upcoming discussions at Joensuu Meeting
Questions to the Audience:
• Where do you see further potential linkages between EU BON and
CETAF?
• In which EU BON products are you mainly interested?
• What additional products are lacking / need to be enhanced?
• What are the most needed features for the CETAF community with
regards to datasets / data portal / helpdesk ?
www.eubon.eu
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Thank you very much for your attention!
www.eubon.eu
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Example: Focused biodiversity data mobilisation
Pensoft + University of Guelph, Canada:
Workflow for integration of DNA barcoding data from Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
into Biodiversity Data Journal (BDJ).
+ Focused data mobilisation in Denmark (UCPH) and Israel (GlueCad)
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Information architecture
GBIF
Remote
Sensing
Data
LTER /
DataONE
GBIF API
(REST)
“Model Web”
EBV Modelling
Process 1 .. N
DEIMS services
(REST)
GenBank
WSDL
Metadata mapping
processes
EU
BON
Testing
Sites
EU BON Data
Hosting
Services for
Monitoring
Networks
WSDL / REST
Search Engine process
Other processes
GEOSS Access Broker (THE SERVICE BUS)
EU BON external
services (API)
GEOSS
PORTAL
GEOSS Catalogue
of Services
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EU BON
PORTAL
The various portals
will be clients for the
middleware
architecture
Next steps Fauna Europaea...
Prioritization:
• Webportal online Start
2015 (taxa search,
export taxonomic &
distribution information)
• Involvement of
taxonomists (MfN +
FaEu community + other
interested partners like
CETAF)
• Start Updating
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Linking biodiversity information stakeholders:
EU BON Associates - and growing …
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The Challenge:
Integration of Biodiversity Information
Remote
sensing
Detailed challenges:
Freshwater
Marine
+ Data Standards, Interoperability
+ Common Monitoring Schemes
+ Analysis, Tools, Patterns and Trends
+ Science Policy Interface(s)
+ Dissemination
Terrestrial
Two realms: field (in situ) + remote sensing data
EU BON – CETAF Meeting, Joensuu 2015
EU BON output and products (1)
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Gap analysis for available data layers
Strategies for targeted data mobilization
Data standards for advancing interoperability
New European Biodiversity Portal
Software tools for improved recording / mapping of habitats, species
distributions and patterns
 Improved models for impacts of different drivers on abundance &
distribution
 Guidelines for integrated monitoring schemes
 Results & lessons learnt from operating EU BON test sites: for global
network of GEO BON sites
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EU BON output and products (2)
 Review of policy & (other) stakeholder requirements for use of
integrated biodiversity data
 Improved visualization and public interface software
 Recommendations for future integrated national / regional
biodiversity information infrastructures (BIFS / BONS), including
business plan
 Blueprint for a global biodiversity monitoring scheme /
infrastructure
 Contribution to IPBES (information) needs at European and national
levels
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EU BON – Data Integration
EU BON will be implementing the GEO BON vision:
• automated, streamlined data flow, from observations via EBVs, to indicators,
• using a plug-and-play service-oriented approach,
• coordinated through the GEO BON registry system
• linked to the GEOSS Common Infrastructure, and transparent to users through
portals (e.g. regarding processing of the EBVs, underlying data used)
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