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Aaike De Wever, Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber
@aaik
Research infra-structures:
the case for integrating
freshwater biodiversity data
© J. Freyhof, A. Hartl
RBINS – Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels
BOKU – University of Natural Resources & Life Sciences, Vienna
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Taking freshwater biodiversity
into account in water policy
• Data – solid scientific foundation for policy
• Baseline data – halting biodiversity loss
• Data on connectivity of freshwater
environments
Science 343, 3 Jan. 14, p. 15
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2014
Vines et al. (2014) The
Availability of Research
Data Declines Rapidly
with Article Age. Current
Biology 24, 1-4.
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http://datadryad.org/pages/integratedJournals
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BioFresh: bringing expertise and
data together
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www.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu
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Caddisflies [E],
Köcherfliege [D],
ver d’eau [F]
kokerjuffer [N]
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Research infra-structures:
the case for integrating
freshwater biodiversity data
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LTER, GenomicObservatories,
NHM’s, BON’s,
EarthObservatories, etc
PESI, WORMS, OBIS, GBIF,
GeneBank, Pangaea
LifeWatch, DataONE
Are we ready to build a Hubble telescope to study biodiversity?
Virtual research infrastructure and
interoperability systems
Data generating infrastructures
Data repositories and information systems
Matthias Obst @
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TheStateoftheWorld’sWetlandsandtheirecosystemservices
1stEdi on2015
Nick Davidson, Dec. 2011
GlobalWetlandsObservingSystemEngine room
Products
• Sahelian Atlas
• Freshwater Health Index
• State of the Worlds Wetlands • Global Mangrove Watch
Targeted users
• Basin authorities
• Decision/policy makers
• Corporates
• NGOs
• MEAs
Partners / data providers
• Infrastructure
• Procedures
• Information Life Cycle
• Data Analysis
• Modeling
• Knowledge
• Data
• Money
Donors:
• Process
• Needs
• Impact
Collaborative Effort
• Access
Stephan Flink & Lammert
Hilarides, Dec. 2013
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Thanks!Funding: EU FP7
Data contributors and partners
Coordination and data WP-leads: Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber,
Nicolas Bailly, Klement Tockner, Koen Martens
Platform development: Jörg Strackbein
Metadatabase development: Robert Vogl
Atlas development: Vanessa Bremerich
Data portal development: Michel Kapel, Bos Debusscher
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