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India Biodiversity PortalWestern Ghats Portal
http://indiabiodiversity.org
http://thewesternghats.in
October 2011
Outline of Slide Deck
Biodiversity Portals in India Background of India Biodiversity Portal
(IBP) and Western Ghats Portal (WGP) Under the hood: Technology and Structure Citizen Participation
Biodiversity Portals in India
Biodiversity Portals in India We believe there is a lot of information on the
Biodiversity in India that is dissipated among many people.
We believe strategic investment in collating, aggregating, and publishing already available information on Indian biodiversity will provide huge dividends.
Over the last few years there have been many initiatives to address this.
Species Pages InitiativesURL Focus Content People
Butterflies of Indiahttp://ifoundbutterflies.org/January 2010
ButterflySpecies Pages
576 species; 178 lifecycles; 3 keys; 8500 Images
Krishnamegh Kunte Ecologist
Indian Bio-resource Information Network (IBIN) http://sec.org.in/programs/indianbioresourceshttp://www.bisindia.org/2001
PlantsSpecies Pages Spatial data
Flora digitized; Large content;Distribution data in grids;Distributed Nodes.
KN Ganeshiah , UAS, Bangalore
Project Brahma http://www.projectbrahma.org/Summer 2010
All SpeciesSpecies Data
670 species PhD Students
Flowers of India http://www.flowersofindia.inMay 2005
Flowering PlantsSpecies DataIdentification Keys
Many species Dinesh Valkeindiatreepix
Species Pages InitiativesURL Focus Content People
French Institute of Pondicherry http://www.ifpindia.org/biodiversityportal/index.php?lang=en2008
Western Ghats Tree SpeciesHerbarium dataIdentification KeysEco DatabasesVegetation maps
500 species6 vegetation maps
BR RameshIFP
Flora of Nilgiri. http://opendata.keystone-foundation.org2008
Species Page 271 species T BalaKeystone Foundation
efloraindia website https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/June 2007
Plants Species Photos
Many PM Gargindiatreepix
Traditional medicine http://envis.frlht.org/~2006
Medicinal PlantSpecies Pages
6198 species;Herbarium;Atlas;Species Names
Darshan Shankar, FRLTHIBP Partner
Species Pages InitiativesURL Focus Content People
AVIS-IBIS http://avis.indianbiodiversity.org/December 2010
Species pages for birdsExpanding to other taxa
~1000 bird species
Arpit Deomurari, FESIBP partner
India Biodiversity PortalWestern Ghats Portalhttp://indiabiodiversity.orghttp://thewesternghats.inDecember 2008
Species PagesChecklistsSpecies DistributionBiodiversity Conservation
611 species 150 maps112127 occurrence records
ATREE, IFP, Consortium of partners
Madhya Pradesh Forest http://mpforest.org/~2006
Governance and monitoring
Maps Government initiativesData source for protected areas
Anil Oberoi, Forest Officer
Citizen Science InitiativesURL Focus Content People
MigrantWatch http://www.migrantwatch.in/July 2007
Citizen ScienceBird migration
30 species1400 participants
Suhel Quader, NCBS
SeasonsWatch http://www.seasonwatch.in/Jan 2011
Citizen Science. Tree Phenology and seasons.
100 trees800 participantsExpanding
Suhel Quader, NCBS
Jackals: Past and Present http://conservation.in/jackal/index.phpJune 2011
Distribution of Golden Jackals 60 day survey
470 observations
MD Madhusudan NCF
Conservation Threats http://conservationthreats.org/December 2009
Conflict and threats in conservation
100 records of conflictLocation details on a map
Hari Krishnan. Personally supported
India Nature Watch http://www.indianaturewatch.net/
Mailing ListsURL Focus Content People
indiatreepix https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/about?hl=enJune2007
Tree photograph identification
Photos and species note1728 members6000 message1200 p/month
PM Garg
diversityindia: http://www.facebook.com/groups/DiversityIndia/Feb 2011
Picture sharing and identification
Pictures Vijay Barve
NATHISTORY-INDIA listserv@princeton.edu
Any topic on natural history of India
Diverse and miscellaneous notes1118 members75 p/month
Princeton University
Background of India Biodiversity Portal and Western Ghats Portal
IBP Phase I:Mar 2008 - Dec 2008 Endorsed by the National Knowledge
Commission, Govt. of India Placed in civil society Focused on map-based biodiversity information Species referencing system was a hard problem
with many big players.
IBP Phase I: Mar 2008 - Dec 2008
Three teams: Development, Curation and Design At launch, 100 map layers Funding: ~ USD 100K as contributions from
Jamshedji Tata Trust, JRS Foundation, private donor, in-kind contribution
Managed by consortium of Partners http://indiabiodiversity.org
Phase II: WGPNov 2010 – June 2013 http://thewesternghats.in Multi-site Drupal system with IBP Feature set for phase II
Species PagesParticipation Interface Identification tools and application
Funding: ~450K USD from CEPF; $150K for development and $300K for campaign and content.
CEPF Projects in the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot
One of the most densely populated biodiversity hotspots
CEPF ~$4.5-million over five year investment.
20 Large Grants > $20,000 and 27 Small Grants < $20,000
Large grant to build a open access, public participatory information portal.
Project Execution plan
Data Assimilation and Curation: Led by French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP) * IFP has over 5 decades of work in the Western Ghats * Additional sub-grants to curate data CEPF projects data
Campaign for Participation led by IFP and Strand * Field campaigns for voluntary participation of data among all stakeholders of the Western Ghats
Platform Development led by Strand Life Sciences
Project Duration (32 months): Nov 2010 to June 2013
Project Details Phase-IJune2011
Phase-IIJune2012
Phase-IIIJune2013
Review of state-of-the art of web-GIS and conservation portals.
Deploy all CEPF projects with distributed upload and mechanisms for authentication and review.
Enhanced Web GIS platform with intuitive interfaces for search and serve.
Deploy species pages and identification tools conforming to global standards.
Deploy application tools for data visualization via a charting and plotting module.
Deploy collaborative module for easy participation and upload of data in collaboration with user groups.
Expose Application Programming Interfaces and collaboration with global biodiversity portals.
Campaign to build an Open Source community and active participation for long-term sustainability
The perpetual beta application
The portal with basic features launched in June 2011
Development by the Agile method The site will be in perpetual beta constantly under
development The application will be enriched with periodic
updates of features The site will be enriched with regular updates of
curated and contributed data
Content Strategy
India centric and India focused Data management by French Institute Data from CEPF grantees and WGP partners Partner with IBIN as IBIN node, sharing and
exchanging species information Aggregate species information from other India
based sites Support data curation by EoL Rubenstein Fellow
Content Strategy
Set up community based validation mechanisms Campaign among young researchers (YETI) to
participate and contribute Provide APIs to share information with other
sites. Crowd source for distribution information Inclusive and participatory governance
Implementation Partners
Team
BR Ramesh, IFP
Sravanthi, Strand
Rahul Yadav, Strand
Chitra Ravi, ATREE
Sabah Rubina, ATREE
Prabhakar, Strand
G Muthusankar, IFP Ayyappan, IFP
Arunabha Ghosh, Strand
Devayani Khare, IFP
D Balasubramanian, IFP
Under the hood
Design Principles
Conform to global standards for map data and species data
Use publicaly available services GNI name service GeoNames server IUCN conservation status APIs …
Integrate maps and species pages Expose APIs for data exchange Contribute to global databases
Species Application
Data Model
Species Page Schema
Citizen Participation
Citizen participation plans
Build icon library for species representation, identification and navigation
Expand biodiversity information, conservation status, and occurrence records for species through citizen participation
Enhance collaboration and participation for data generation and validation
Icons for Species
Icons to navigate species pagesWhich other species are insect pollinated?Which other species have fleshy fruit?Which species fruit during March – April?Which other species share the same habitat?
Identify species with iconsSelect icons for species characteristicsNarrow-down searches
Baccaurea courtalensis
Arenga wightii
Actinodaphne malabarica
Scleropyrum pentandrum
Cinnamomum malabatrum
Other colors
Habit Leaf Flower Fruit SpecialSpecies
Type MarginShape Type Color Type Armed
white
Hairy
Actinodaphne malabarica
Cinnamomum malabatrum
Scleropyrum pentandrum
Arenga wightii
hasHabit
hasHabit
hasHabit
hasHabithasFruitType
hasFruitType
hasFruitType
hasFlowerType
hasFlowerType
Habit (Trees, Shrubs, Climbers, Herbs, Palms etc.,)
LeafType (Simple, Compound)
LeafMargin (Entire, Lobed etc.,)
LeafShape (Peltate, tri/palmi nerved etc.,)
FlowerType (Cauliflorus, axillary/terminal etc.,)
FlowerColor (white, green, etc.,)
FruitType (Pod, Drupe, Berry, Capsule etc., )
ArmedNature (thorns etc.,)
http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology
hasIdentificationCharacteristics
XML of Species Information
Mangifera indica
<spm:hasInformation>
<spmt:Morphology rdf:ID=“Morphology">
<spm:context xml:lang="en">Western Ghats, India</spm:context>
<spm:hasContent xml:lang="en">
Mangifera indica is a large erect evergreen tree, … Leaves alternate, simple, leathery, oblong-lanceolate, 16-30
x 3-7 cm, on flowering branches, … There is great variation in the form, size, color and quality of the fruits. These drupes may be nearly round, oval, ovoid-oblong, or somewhat kidney-shaped
</spm:hasContent>
</spmt:Morphology>
</spm:hasInformation>
XML of Species with ICMangifera indica
<spm:hasInformation>
<spmt:Morphology rdf:ID=“Morphology">
<spm:context xml:lang="en">Western Ghats, India</spm:context>
<spm:hasContent xml:lang="en">
Mangifera indica is a large erect evergreen tree, … Leaves alternate, simple, leathery, oblong-lanceolate,
16- 30 x 3-7 cm, on flowering branches, … There is great variation in the form, size, color and quality of the fruits. These drupes may be nearly round, oval, ovoid-oblong,
or somewhat kidney-shaped
</spm:hasContent>
<st:hasHabit>Tree</st:hasHabit>
<st:hasLeafType>Simple</st:hasLeafType>
<st:hasFruitType>Drupe</st:hasHabit>
</spmt:Morphology>
</spm:hasInformation>
Icon Resource Table
Taxonomy Rank
Taxon Concept
SPMInfoItem
IC Concept
IC Description
IC Value IC Icon
Root All (0) Size Min Length
… NA
Root All (0) Size Max Length
… NA
Root All (0) Size Avg Length
… NA
… … … … … … …
Root All (0) Uses Medicine …
Root All (0) Uses Cooking …
… … … … … … …
Kingdom Plantae (0.0) Morphology Habit … (Tree / Shrubs / Climbers …)
Kingdom Plantae (0.0) Morphology Leaf Margin
… (Entire / Lobed …)
Kingdom Animalia (0.1) Morphology Skeleton Type
… (External / Internal)
Phylum Arthropod (0.1.0)
Morphology Skeleton Type
… External
Class Insecta (0.1.0.0)
Morphology Wings …
* IC = Identification Characteristic
Expand Species Occurrence records
Harvest occurrence records from checklists and map layers
Use map module for crowd sourcing species distribution
Use applications on mobile devices to report species occurrences with spatial coordinates
Populate occurrence table with Location, Species, Source, and Accuracy
Participation for Data Generation and Validation Critical mass required for data generation and
validation Explore text mining of mailing lists to extract
information (indiatreepix) Design for three roles for each unit (Species
Page and Map Layers): Member, Validator, Administrator
Maintain revision history How to maintain history on map layers??
Roles for Participation
Role Privileges
Unit Member Add data to the unitModify added dataDelete added data
Unit Validator Add data to the unitValidate data of membersDelete data members
Unit Administrator Add / delete any dataAssign roles
Thank you
October 2011
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