BIOPAMARegional Reference Information System

and the Digital Observatory of

Protected Areas Steve PeedellEuropean Commission Joint Research CentreBIOPAMA Workshop, Brazzavile, 10 October 2014

Better Information for Protected Areas

1. The Protected Areas Component

Result 1 – Improving the effective planning and management of PAs by using the best available scientific and

policy information

(JRC)

Result 2 – Establishing a “Centre for PAs & Biodiversity” (Observatory) in each region and developing capacity

building programmes

(IUCN)

2. The Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS)

component (ABS Initiative)

What the BIOPAMA Project is Building

• Reference Information System– Ecological Assessments and Data Collection– Socio-economic Assessments and Data Collection– Management & Governance Assessments and

Data Collection

• Regional Observatories• Capacity Building Programme

BIOPAMA Information Categories

Ecosystem Services

Terrestrial Ecosystems Monitoring

Species and Habitats

Pressures and Threats

Marine Ecosystems Monitoring

Management &

Governance

Digital Observatory of Protected Areas

BIOPAMA RRIS

RRIS Deployment

Reference Information System• Information exchange• Built on standards• Regional focus• Analytical tools provided by the Digital

Observatory of Protected Areas, DOPA• Central node run by JRC, regional nodes run by

the Observatories

Data and Processing

Services (access to data, maps, models using recognised standards)

eSpecies

eHabitat

ExplorerValidato

rAnalyst

catalogue

eStation

Databases “Big Data”

e….. IUCN RedList

WDPA GBIFREST

database

C/W AfricaCaribbean

Pacific

E/S Africa

JRC

BIOPAMA Regional Reference Information System (RRIS)

3rd Party Data and Services

e.g.

Databases

Catalogues

Portal(s)

Consumes DOPA Services

DOPA Tools

Basic Services

Contributes baseline data

Where we are today• Basic information exchange platform (RIS)– Now being developed further according to regional

priorities• Digital Observatory of Protected Areas (DOPA)– Scientific and analytical tools, global biodiversity and

protected area information• Specific tools– Fire, land cover change, alien invasive species, ecosystem

services– Step-by-step integration in the RIS

• Third party data and tools

RRIS Drupal Front End

http://biopama.jrc.ec.europa.eu

Inventory Completeness

Download .txt

Map selected species: Microglossa pyrifolia

Digital Observatory of Protected Areas

http://dopa.jrc.ec.europa.eu/explorer

Related Tools

Fire Client : http://acpobservatory.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/fire-monitoring?wdpa_id=865

Ecosystem Services: http://esp-mapping.net

Invasive Species : http://ibis.duckdns.org/ibis-client/

GMIS dataset: on-line (WMS) and Download Services

For each selected variable, it is possible to download the dataset related to the variable in NetCDF format, a geoTIFF image of the displayed bounds, a PDF document, or to access the WMS service corresponding to the variable

eMarine tool combine the JRC dataset – GMIS- with the WDPA database to provide information to MPA managers - http://gmis.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

The IMPACT tool – an automated protected areas satellite image selection, pre-processing, image classification and validation toolkit

Data status:- Over 1000 IUCN Cat. I-IV PA’s in sub-Saharan Africa pre-processed, and

classified- validation – work in progress- Caribbean and Pacific data screening ongoing

1990 2000 2010

RRIS Key Features• African PA Land Cover Change 1990,2000,2010• Island Biodiversity and Invasive Species - http://ibis.duckdns.org/ibis-client/#!

Home• PA Context Assessment Central Africa• Ecosystem Services Mapping - http://esp-mapping.net• Data and Service Catalogue- http://lrm-maps.jrc.ec.europa.eu/geonetwork• DOPA Tools• SMART Integration• Plant Knowledge Gaps• Fire Monitoring - http://acpobservatory.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/fire-monitoring• Training Opportunities Database• MPA’s Representativeness and Effectiveness Assessment -

http://gmis.jrc.ec.europa.eu/• Yammer Network - https://www.yammer.com/biopama• ACP Biodiversity Projects Database

RRIS ingredients for success….• Common ownership• Relevance to users• Technical robustness• Simplicity of use• A culture of information sharing• Authoritative input from partners• Strong and clear regional inputs• Simple to maintain and grow

Next Steps• Put all tools under one RRIS banner• Work with Observatory partners to create and share

data, and build new functions– Data sharing agreements– Regionally-specific data and applications

• Set-up hardware and software for the Observatories – technical visits

• Showcase at CBD CoP, World Parks Congress• Develop regional networks• Content, content, content• Decision support tools

Merci pour votre attention

biopama@jrc.ec.europa.eu