ecoReleve Open source response to the biodiversity crisis

1. ecoReleve
Open source response to the biodiversity
crisis • Crisis
• Complex
• Great communites
• Foss4B metaphore
• Thanks
Olivier Rovellotti
Director
Natural Solutions

2. Biodiversty the variety of life on the planet
Maybe 50
million 20%
species

3. Ecosystems Services
Provisioning services
food (including seafood and game), crops, wild
foods, and spices Regulating services
pharmaceuticals, biochemicals, and industrial
carbon sequestration and climate
products
energy (hydropower, biomass fuels)
regulation
waste decomposition and detoxification
purification of water and air
crop pollination
pest and disease control
scientific discovery
Supporting services
nutrient dispersal and Cultural services
cycling cultural, intellectual and spiritual inspiration
seed dispersal recreational experiences
Primary production (including ecotourism)

4. In Crisis

5. Crisis •Transformation of the landscape
•Overexploitation of species
•Pollution
•The introduction of alien species
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6. Danger of extinction 34%
Danger of
extinction
•17,936 species out of 52,017 assessed
so far are threatened with extinction.
•Of the world’s 5,490 mammals, 78 are mammamls
Extinct or Extinct in the Wild, with 188 Extinct
Critically Endangered, 450 Endangered Critically
endangered
and 492 Vulnerable. Endangered
•1,895 of the planet’s 6,285 amphibians Vulnerable
are in danger of extinction, making them Other
one of the most threatened groups of
species known to date.

7. Have to protect
So we
need to Understand

8. Understanding
need
Data

9. Data is complex
How?
Who?
Where? Biodiversity
What?
When? ?

10. Many dimensions
Space
Time Biology

11. But
2 Great communities
Biologist
Developers
Many great Ideas
Foss
Open data
Crowd sourcing
Citizen Science

12. Biologists
Have data
GBIF 203 million

13. Have software

14. Free Open Source Software for Biodiversity
FOSS4B
Data Software

15. Ecology 2.0
Crowd sourcing
Biodiversity Questions
Open Data Open Software

16. ecoReleve Project

17. Open sources
OSM

18. Use Cases
Scientists
Ask Analyze
Questions data
Validate
Taxonomist Data Admin
Define
Protocols Collect data
Field Workers

19. One Module Data admin Ecologist
per User ecoRelevé
Designer
ecoRelevé
Explorer
ecoRelevé
Forms
Concepts
Field Worker
Forms
Observations
Objects
ecoRelevé ecoRelevé
Pocket CORE

20. Demo

21. Pocket eReleve
http://code.google.com/p/pocket-ereleve/

22. Data representation
Explore: Puffins/Zembra
http://code.google.com/p/ecoreleve/

23. Available Maps
IGN WMS Potamo / Bolmon

24. Import / export project
OSM

25. Thank you for
helping us helping
nature …