Development of the East Asian Seas Knowledgebase Durairaju Kumaran Raju Tropical Marine Science Institute National University of Singapore GESAMP Meeting,

Development of the East Asian Seas Knowledgebase

Durairaju Kumaran RajuTropical Marine Science InstituteNational University of Singapore

GESAMP Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand 15-19 February, 2010

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The development of the East Asian Seas (EAS) Knowledgebase has been initiated to serve as a one-stop-shop for accessing data and information on coastal and marine environment in the EAS region

EAS KnowledgebaseMember Countries

Australia Cambodia China Korea Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam


The development of the EAS Knowledgebase mainly focused on:

– Compile information from different activities in the East Asian Seas region to provide an overview of coastal and marine initiatives;

– Present the valuable lessons learned from these activities; and

– Share information in the form of: • Resources by themes, • Metadata: coastal and marine related projects,

activities, publications and reports


The development of the EAS Knowledgebase

– Web based content management system (allows online submission, edit and manage information)

– Ensure the quality of information through national coordinators (Data submission & review process)

– Tools for data visualization as tables, graphs and maps


EAST ASIAN SEAS KNOWLEDGEBASE

• Regional– Information resources– Regional activities

• National– Provide information on country profile, environment

data statistics, and indicators • Interoperability – Other Regional Databases

– NOWPAP – DINRAC• East Asian Seas - GIS

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East Asian Seas Knowledge Base – National

• Information on data statistics on the following six themes and time period coverage of the contents:

– Country and population statistics

– Coastal development trends

– Pollution statistics

– Ecosystems and natural resources

– Response measures

– Monitoring data (marine water, sediments, fauna and flora)


Search information from all databases

Data submission – Remote access


National Coordinators

The member countries will appoint “National coordinators” on data submission and updation to EAS Knowledgebase


Roles• Coordinator - Role:

– Adding new information – Editing/updating the existing information

• Reviewer - Role– Verifying the added/edited contents– Approve or Reject


Development of the East Asian Seas Knowledgebase

The EAS Knowledgebase is a growing database. It will be constantly updated and expanded to better serve the member countries, programmes, projects and donors that are actively involved in the management of the coastal and marine environment in the East Asian Seas region.


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