d3 02 national checklists
DESCRIPTION
Scoping presentation on using the Global Names Architecture to assist processes for building national and regional species inventories. Presented to the Asian Regional Biodiversity Workshop in Bangkok, Thailand (Nov 2009).TRANSCRIPT
GLOBALBIODIVERSITY
GLOBALBIODIVERSITYINFORMATIONFACILITY Developing Strategies for
Building National Checklists/Species Inventories
David RemsenSenior Programme Officer, ECAT
Asian Regional Meeting and Biodiversity Informatics
Workshop 16-19 Nov 2009
Objectives
Objectives
1. Why? - National Species Inventories/Checklists
2. Terminology – Checklists?
3. Scope – What components in a Checklist
4. Strategies – How can we build one?
5. Sharing – How can I publish it?
6. Discussion – Who has experience in this
National Species Checklists: WHY
National Species Checklists: WHY
An inventory of flora and fauna for a country or region is an essential primary tool to assist conservation and other planning activities.
many country - driven activities supporting the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity depend on the scientific results of inventories
Inventories , and the collections they support, provide the foundation for national and regional programs of conservation and sustainable development
CBD Obligations National Biodiversity Inventory is a requirement!
Global Taxonomic Initiative of the CBD
Requirements
Requirements
• Access to Source Information
• Taxonomic Verification
• Informatics Facilitates Expert-driven processes
• Does not replace them
Terminology: Catalogues? Checklists?
Terminology: Catalogues? Checklists?
Catalogues Monographs Regional Flora/Fauna Primary Sources
Inventories/Species Lists
Secondary SourcesNomenclators
No Taxonomy at all
http://code.google.com/p/gbif-ecat/wiki/ChecklistDefinition
Scope Taxonomic Regional Thematic
Content
Content
Content: Inventories
Content: Inventories
Content: Species lists
Content: Species lists
Using E-taxonomy to build national species lists
Using E-taxonomy to build national species lists
Assessing available taxonomic knowledge
Assessing available taxonomic knowledge
Search: GBIF data portal
Search: GBIF data portal
All specimens 22,881 Species
Type Specimens 2,269
http://DATA.GBIF.ORG
Country=ThailandTypeStatus=TypeSpecimen
Output is a working species lists
Mine working lists from literature
Mine working lists from literature
http://www.silverbiology.com/clients/eol/svn/taxontagger/
Content: Inventories
Content: Inventories
DarwinCore Star Schema
DarwinCore Star Schema
Representative Taxon Record
Representative Taxon Record
Click to open spreadsheet
Questions
Questions
Any countries build/maintain national checklists?
Countries looking to build national checklists
Interest in knowledge sharing workshop?
Identify requirements
Evaluate methods
Design workflows
Infrastructure/Software
Resource Requirements