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Introduction to GBIF for the African Open Science Platform/Melianie Raymond
1. 14 MAY 2018
Introduction to GBIF for the African Open
Science Platform Melianie Raymond,
Senior Programme Officer for Node Development, GBIF Secretariat
FatimaParker-Allie & JeanCossi Ganglo
Regional representatives GBIFAfrica
2. GBIF ORIGINS
1999: recommendation of Biodiversity Informatics Subgroup of OECD
Megascience Forum
“An international mechanism is needed to make biodiversity data and
information accessible worldwide”
2001: GBIF Memorandum of Understanding opened for signature
2003: Secretariat established in Copenhagen under country host
agreement with Denmark
2004, 2008, 2012: MoU renewed, last version NOT time limited
3. FROM DATA SOURCES TO DATA RE-USE
Ensure free and open access to all sources of biodiversity data in structured forms
Sources of biodiversity data
Collections, field observations, monitoring activities, genomics, citizen science, remote sensing, expert
knowledge, historical literature, ...
Uses of biodiversity data
Taxonomy, conservation, biosecurity, land-use planning, climate change response, crop development,
resource management, materials development, forensics …
Collaborators
• Environment Ministry
• Science Ministry
• Agriculture Ministry
• Local Government
• Museums
• Herbaria
• Universities
• Public
• ...
4. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU)
• Non-binding agreement signed
by all Participants
• Establishes principles of open
data sharing
• Sets out governance
arrangements
https://www.gbif.org/document/80661/gbif-memorandum-of-understanding-primary-english
5. THE GBIF NETWORK
https://www.gbif.org/the-gbif-network
• Data publishing institutions
• Participant nodes coordinating national activity
• Regional-level collaboration between nodes
• Governing Board (all Participants), advisory committees
• Secretariat in Copenhagen
7. GBIF.ORG - DATA DISTRIBUTION
www.gbif.org/occurrence
Each dot represents evidence of species occurrence with standardized information on e.g.:
What? Where? When? By whom?
9. 55
976,620,725
BYTHENUMBERS
1 May 2018
38,829
Species occurrence records Datasets
1,17636
Publishers
Organizational
Participants
Country
Participants
121.6billion 167,833
Average records downloaded per month (2018) Avg monthly user sessions (2018)
10. DATA PUBLISHED THROUGH GBIF.ORG
www.gbif.org/analytics/global https://www.bipindicators.net/indicators/growth-in-species-occurrence-records-accessible-through-gbif
12. Darwin Core (DwC) standard
BiodiversityDataStandards
List of fields and their definitions, as
they relate to biodiversity data.
What is DwC?
Standard
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc
Governance
http://www.tdwg.org
13. Darwin Core (DwC) standard
BiodiversityDataStandards
https://www.gbif.org/data-
quality-requirements
GBIF Data Quality
Requirements
18. THEMATIC USES OF GBIF-MEDIATED DATA
https://www.gbif.org/science-review
https://www.gbif.org/resource/search?contentType=dataUse
19. THE GBIF INVESTMENT
Global (funding from voting participants, supplementary grants):
• Technical infrastructure, data indexing, GBIF.org, API
• Documentation and guidance, training, capacity enhancement
• Collaboration and governance
National (funding from ministries, research councils etc.):
• Coordination of national biodiversity information facilities
• Stakeholder engagement, training, workshops
• Technical support for data management and publication
• National data discovery platforms, supporting applications
in research and policy
Institutional (funding from institutional budgets, grants):
• Digitization of collections
• Data management skills and IT capacity
• Data analysis, research applications, publication
20. “Focused on mechanisms that share expertise between members of
the network, through information exchange, collaborative activities, and
training and mentoring programmes”
GBIF CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT APPROACH
Challenges include:
- Expanding network of countries,
institutions and people
- Rapidly evolving tools and processes
- ‘Small’ secretariat
Countries involved in developing capacity through the ALA collaboration, Francisco Pando, 2015
GBIF Capacity Enhancement Framework (2015): http://www.gbif.org/resource/80954
22. BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION FOR
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
www.gbif.org/bid
• Four-year programme, 2015-2018
• Funded by EU, run by Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Aims to increase biodiversity information available in Africa, Caribbean, Pacific
• Supports capacity enhancement, mobilization of data, strengthening networks
• Focus on data to support policy needs (invasives, protected areas, threatened
species)
23. ‘AFRICA RISING’ CONFERENCE
http://www.gbif.org/newsroom/news/idb-2015
• Launch event for BID Africa, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, May 2015
• Nearly 100 delegates from national agencies, research institutions,
international organizations
• Joint funding from JRS Biodiversity Foundation, SANBI, UNEP-WCMC
• ‘Declaration on biodiversity information for sustainable development in Africa’
24. MAIN ACTIVITIES
• Regional meetings
• Studies
• Calls for proposals
• Capacity self-assessments
• Capacity enhancement workshops
• Strengthened community of practice
• Promotion of results
• Guiding examples
Documented needs
and priorities
Data mobilization,
strengthened
sustainable networks,
application of the
data
Enhanced capacity
for effective
mobilization and use
of biodiversity
information
Ongoing application
of the mobilized data
26. GBIF-AFRICA REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY
AND BUSINESS CASE
FUNDING PROPOSAL
TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AFRICA
COORDINATING MECHANISM
2017-2022
Fatima Parker-Allie, Kristal Maze and GBIF-Africa Nodes
25 September 2017
27. A MEGA-DIVERSE CONTINENT
• It is one of the most megadiverse continents in the world.
• Here biodiversity plays a critical role in sustainable development, provides vital ecosystem
services and is one of our greatest regional assets.
• Africa is a continent grappling with many challenges, but it is also alive with possibility and
brimming with optimism.
28. GBIF IN AFRICA
Vision of GBIF Africa
A world in which Africa’s biodiversity information is freely and universally available, in service to science, economy, decision
making and the public good for a sustainable future in Africa.
Mission of GBIF Africa
To facilitate GBIF Nodes to be the focal point for BDI coordination and dissemination, in support of national, regional and
international biodiversity
To develop a biodiversity informatics research agenda.
To contribute to training and capacity development for promoting global access to biodiversity data and to enhance the
BD I capacity and technical skills base of developing countries.
To generate relevant knowledge from biodiversity data that supports the science–policy interface.
To advance strategic partnerships with national, regional and global biodiversity initiatives
The establishment of GBIF Africa (GA)
In 2009 the GB endorsed the recommendation to have a series of
reg. meetings to improve the coordination & collaboration
Node Managers from approx. 16 countries and 5 Participant
org, have shown a continual increase in collaboration and capacity
GA is a sub-committeee of the GBIF Nodes Committee and is guided by ToR
To be dynamic and grow – we should also include strategic Partners (JRS, ACC)
29. GBIF-AFRICA REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY &
BUSINESS CASE
1.INTRODUCTION
2. PURPOSE
2.1. Strategic Objectives
2.2. SANBI’s role in the national and regional landscape to support a Convening Function for the ACM
3.BACKGROUND & POLICY CONTEXT
3.1. Context: South Africa’s role
3.2. Policy framework
3.2.1. International (The GBIF-Strategic Plan, SDGs; Aichi Targets) 3.2.2. Regional; 3.2.3. National
4.PAST & CURRENT INITIATIVES LED & SUPPORTED NODES
5.THE GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION FACILITY IN AFRICA
5.1. Vision of GBIF Africa, 5.2. Mission of GBIF Africa 5.3. The establishment of GBIF Africa
6. AFRICAN REGIONAL BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION COORDINATION MECHANISM
6.1. Structure and 6.2. Functions of the ACM
7. THE KEY ACHIEVEMENTS OF GBIF-AFRICA
7.1.1. Data Mobilization and Publishing 7.1.2. Training and Capacity Development 7.1.3. Regional Engagement
8. SCIENCE REVIEW AND PRIORITY THEMATIC AREAS
9. THE WAY FORWARD (Strategic objectives and key outcomes)
10. THE WORKPLAN (2016-2018)
30. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
Strategic Objective 1
Strengthen capacity to mobilise foundational data to fill the data and knowledge gaps in support of
education, research and analysis that is necessary for decision making for sustainable development.
Strategic objective 2
Build institutional capacity in Biodiversity Information Management through empowering stakeholders to
produce, make accessible and use accurate biodiversity data, information & knowledge in support of
sustainable development.
Strategic objective 3
Build capacity to deliver relevant data across the data-science-policy interface, to support biodiversity
research, assessments, scenario modelling and planning for decision making.
Strategic Objective 4
Strengthen regional engagement through advocacy, awareness-raising and enhancing GBIF-Africa’s role
in supporting regional strategies (eg. Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa 2024) and in
fulfilment of international conventions including UNFCCC, CITES, UNCCD, CBD.
31. THE KEY ACHIEVEMENTS OF GBIF-AFRICA
REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT
A number of consortiums have developed on the continent, which is a result of ongoing coordination and leadership enabled by GBIF, JRS,
SANBI-GBIF and the Biodiversity for Development Initiative, as well as some key GBIF Nodes.
West African Consortiums (JRS & BID funded) have developed through two exciting initiatives including: the “the capture of primary
biodiversity data on West African plants (Benin, Ghana, Cameroon & Togo, Nigeria), in Partnership with 5 major global herbaria of the world
(Europe and North America).
The second is a West African Consortium project is “Capacity building and biodiversity data mobilization for conservation and policy”, is led by
GBIF-Benin and is implemented by a consortium of eight African countries – Senegal, Côte-d’Ivoire, Mali, Guinea, DRC, Niger, Madagascar.
Niger has become an Associate Participant.
Another consortium is being driven by the Albertine Rift Conservation Society bringing together DR Congo, Rwanda and Uganda to strengthen
the Biodiversity Information Management System of the ARCOS by enhancing their data portal, mobilizing data and expanding the data
manager’s network. The University of Rwanda is also a Partner
The South African Lead ABC project – working with 4 African countries to mobilise data and establish a national networks in BDI, rollout of BIMF’s
following the SA example.
Benefits: Small groups make it easier for participants to engage, enabling action plans and recommendations more easily &
Face to face interactions are efficient in facilitating the sharing of expertise & best practices making virtual follow-up easier
32. Public health: Mapping
the niche of Ebola host
animals
Invasive alien species: Building
national watch lists for invasive
alien species
Food security: Conserving
genetic diversity of crops in
West Africa
Showcases: Use and Application of Biodiversity Data Mediated
through GBIF
33. NEEDS TO PROMOTE GBIF IN AFRICA
With respect to needs in infrastructures
• Portals for nodes that still need it for more visibility of the richness of biodiversity across
countries
• IPT installation for nodes that still need it to enhance data publishing in countries
• Whenever deemed necessary, IPT installation in national partner institutions to enhance
data publishing
• Laptops and working stations whenever required in nodes
With respect to needs in capacity building
• Data digitization for new comers
• Data cleaning an data publishing for nodes and nodes national partners
• Data analysis and data uses to produce relevant research results to inform decisions on
biodiversity conservation
• Sound / in-depth capacity building in biodiversity informatics to students, researchers,
teachers etc. for more sustainable and relevant data uses to support decision making on
biodiversity conservation and sustainable uses.
Jean Cossi Ganglo,, Deputy regional representative, Node Manager Benin
34. 14 MAY 2018
Introduction to GBIF for the African Open
Science Platform Melianie Raymond,
Senior Programme Officer for Node Development, GBIF Secretariat
FatimaParker-Allie & JeanCossi Ganglo
Regional representatives GBIFAfrica
