Partnership

International Union Forest Research Organizations Global Forest Information SystemPortland, Oregon August 12-15, 2001

Federal Partners

http://www.nbii.gov/about/partner/world.html

International Partners

Intra-Agency PartnersNon-Governmental/Non-Profit Partners

Academic Partners

Private Industry Partners

Other Partners

NBII-2The Next Generation

Next Generation

NBII-2 is to be considered a fully

digital, distributed, and

interactive system that allows a

vast community of users access to

the nations biological holdings. President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology, 1999

NBII Nodes

NBII Nodes serve an overall framework for all biological information on regional and national levels by providing:

Analytical capabilitiesTechnical supportSynthesis capabilitiesData warehousingData miningCollaborationTraining

Challenges

Distributed data sets

Vast amounts of information

NBII national focus

Varying customer capabilities

Limited resources

“Bridging” the IT & biological communities

NBII Nodes Vision

NBII Program

Office

NBII Clearinghouse

Nodes

NBII Regional Nodes

NBII Thematic

NodesUniversities

National Laboratories

Centers of Expertise

NGO’s

Societies

Private Industry

Federal Agencies

Implementation Approach

National Program Office

Clearinghouse Nodes

Regional Nodes National Laboratories Universities Centers of Expertise NGO’s

Program Manager Technology Manager Regional staff

Societies Private Industry Federal Agencies

Thematic Nodes

Content Manager Marketing/Outreach Manager Executive Director

NBII-2 Thematic Nodes

Node Activities:

Provide location for coordination, management, and dissemination of data and information related to North American bird fauna.

Provide fisheries information in a single location from the latest research to real-time stream-flow data to fishing statistics and species profiles.

Bird Conservation Node

USGSFWS ABIState Agencies Mexico

Migratory Bird:Population dataHabit data Data Integration WEB based query and coverage system

Key Partners

Topics

“FY 2001 Focus”

Fisheries & Aquatic Resources

USGS Penn St. Penn NSDI

Fish Strain Registry Delaware river basin Database integration Great Lakes DBs Chesapeake workshop

Key Partners:

Topics:

“FY 2001 Focus”

NBII-2 Regional Nodes

Node Activities:

Analytical capabilities

Technology support

Synthesis capabilities

Data warehousing

Collaboration

Training

!!! Research is needed!!!

California Information Node

Univ. Cal. Davis USGS USDA +Cal. State Agencies International – IABIN, MAB, ..

Invasive Species/Watershed: Documenting & modelingbiodiversity patterns Database Integration Access to datasets Vocabulary/metadata

Key Partners:

Topics:

“FY 2001 Focus”

Central SW/GulfCoast Node

HARC USGS +State Agencies EPA, NASA +Universities

Sustainable development: STRATMAP Nodes Outreach/Business Plan NAFTA highway (I-69) Sustainable Forest in TX/LA Big Bend NP 3D Visualization Bayou Preservation

Key Partners:

Topics:

“FY 2001 Focus”

Northern Rockies Information

Node

USGS Montana St. Univ. NPS, FWS, Forest Service State Agencies County Government

Yellowstone & Rockies: Fire issues DSS & Analysis Tools Workshops “Single interface”

Key Partners

Topics

“FY 2001 Focus”

USGS Bishop Museum Heritage Universities State/Federal Agencies Community organizations

Invasive Species: Quick Response capabilities Training Modeling of threats Hazards GAP Analysis

Pacific Basin Information Node

Key Partners

Topics

“FY 2001 Focus”

SAMAB ORNL +Universities +State Agencies TVA TNC Aquarium ATBI+ Private Industry

Key Partners

Topics System Integration National metadata CH Education portal Tennessee River Gorge

“FY 2001 Focus”

Southern Appalachian Information Node

Pacific Northwest Information Node

USGS Univ. of Washington Northwest Alliance CSE+ Univ. of British Columbia

Forest Research Mgt: Biophysical data Bibliographic summaries Mgt. Principles Regulatory information DSS Tools

Key Partners:

Topics:

“FY 2001 Focus”

Initial all-node meeting in January

Final proposals received & approved

http://www.nbii.gov/about/partner/nodes/index.html

Nodes activity development phase

Initial products in mid-July

Report node developments at all-node meeting in July.

Status