introduction to sis - web version
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The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
The IUCN Species
Information Service (SIS)
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Importance of storing, maintaining &
updating Red List data
Primary value of the Red List is the underlying data
• Red List assessment = more than just the category & criteria
• Data (documentation & map) tells us the whole story: why the
species is assessed as it is and what to do about it
• Data used for conservation planning, priority-setting and
decision-making
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The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
Species Information System (SIS)
What is the Species Information Service (SIS)?
• Online system for centralized data storage
• Direct link to Red List website
• Standardizes assessments
• Transparency
• Facilitates consistency checking and review
• Allows for convenient and informed
reassessments
• Source code is open-source and free: can
be used to produce national and regional
Red List assessments
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Sharks
Groupers
Seahorses
Gobies
Sticklebacks
Conifers
Orchids
Acacias
Cycads
Ferns Bees
Spiders
Dragonflies
Mayflies
Bivalves
Frogs
Newts
Salamanders
Toads
Mammals Birds
Reptiles Fungi
Ferns
Working Set
Internet
connection
Gobies &
Sticklebacks
Working Set
Internet
connection Dragonflies
& Mayflies
Working Set
Internet
connection
Bivalves
Working Set
Fern specialist Freshwater fish specialist
Mollusc specialist Odonata specialist
Ferns Gobies
Sticklebacks
Dragonflies
Mayflies Bivalves
Internet
connection
Online SIS
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Species Information System (SIS)
Online SIS
• Training site: https://train.iucnsis.org
−Practicing in SIS or testing functions before trying them on the live
SIS. Use this for Red List training.
• Live site: https://sis.iucnsis.org
−Entering assessment information for the IUCN Red List web site.
Use this for entering real data for the project and the IUCN Red List.
Offline SIS • Very careful management required to keep track of the current version of
the dataset and to ensure correct version is uploaded back into the live
SIS.
• Only one person should work on an offline dataset at any one time.
• MAKE REGULAR BACKUPS
Please contact the Red List Unit if you absolutely need to use offline SIS.
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Species Information System (SIS)
• Best internet browsers for SIS are:
− Mozilla Firefox
− Google Chrome
− Apple Safari
• Offline SIS requires JAVA be installed (free to download)
• Does not work very well through Internet Explorer (IE not
standards compliant)
System Requirements
Mozilla Firefox
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Species Information System (SIS)
Different versions of SIS are very similar:
It is useful to give each version
a different background colour
Offline
Online live
Online training
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Species Information System (SIS)
User accounts and permissions
• Each SIS user will get a specific Username and Password
• Permissions are tailored for each person:
− Only SIS managers and RLU staff have full access
− Users can edit and add new assessments only to those taxa
that they have permission to edit
• Taxonomic information is strictly controlled
− Very few people have permission to change taxonomy
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Supporting information
Supporting information
text fields in SIS
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Supporting information
In general, please…
• Enter text in all documentation fields
• Use “normal” language
• No one word answers
• Complete sentences please!
• Be specific (e.g. EOO = 4600 km² not EOO < 5000 km²)
• Enter references properly (check SIS before doing so!)
• Follow citation standards
• Follow IUCN style guidelines and Red List terminology
• Use consistency checklist
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Supporting information
In general, please…
• Enter text in all documentation fields
• Use “normal” language
• No one word answers
• Complete sentences please!
• Be specific (e.g. EOO = 4600 km² not EOO < 5000 km²)
• Enter references properly (check SIS before doing so!)
• Follow citation standards
• Follow IUCN style guidelines and Red List terminology
• Use consistency checklist
See the sheet “General questions to guide the amphibian assessment process”
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Supporting information
Classification Schemes
Download at http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes
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Supporting information
Prof. Philippe Bouchet
Taxonomic concepts and the
IUCN Red List
Dr Jan van Tol
Dr Maurice Kottelat
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Supporting information
2005: Species = LC 2010: Species = EN
The taxonomic concept has changed since 2005, so the 2010 assessment
should not include the 2005 assessment as part of its assessment history.
CHANGING TAXONOMIC CONCEPTS
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The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
Now on to SIS for a demonstration….
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