Download GEO BON List of deliverables for 2015

GEO BON List of deliverables for 2015
Taken from the report-back presentations (except for WG6) on the final day of the All-hands
meeting 6 Dec 2012
WG1 - Genes
1. Biodiversity Genomic Assessment Reports (Tet Yahara)
2. Aichi target 13: within species, indicators/EBVs
 genetic diversity of wild species (Michael Bruford)
 genetic diversity of agricultural-biodiversity (Ehsan Dulloo)
3. Genomic Observatories (Neil Davies, Dawn Field)
 Note: includes places (genomics) and transects (DNA barcoding first )
4. Phylogenetic diversity extended measures of change (Dan Faith)
 Including application to legumes (AP BON)
WG2 – Terrestrial species
1. Building up a global species monitoring network
 Establish partnership and integrate existing monitoring programs
 Catalogue of state-wide or wider scale monitoring programs, datasets and data
sources
 Capacity building for species monitoring in globally underrepresented regions (“gap
regions”)
2. Mobilizing species data for describing biodiversity change
 Geo-referenced grid-based web dataset for several groups/regions
 The World’s Worst: Priority invasive species across environments, taxa and regions
3. Delivering products for users at national, regional and global scales in support of
NBSAPs and Aichi targets
 EBV paper (Pereira et al.)
 Gap analysis on species monitoring (Dirk Schmeller, Neil Brummitt, Maria ?)
 Global monitoring schemes of EBVs based on intensive sites (Dirk Schmeller)
 Case study of organizing biodiversity data around EBVs (Richard Gregory, Henrique
Pereira, Chris van Swaay, Melodie McGeoch, Séverin Tchibozo, Elaine Wright, Peter
Bellingham, Dirk Schmeller, Neil Brummitt)
 Assessing indicators against real datasets (HarmBio project, Henrique Pereira)
 Integrating extensive and intensive network monitoring with EBVs and identifying
gaps (Post-2015)
WG3 – Terrestrial Ecosystems
1. Chapter 3 of the GEOBON Handbook. Theme Lead Wageningen University (Rob
Jongman).
2. Building the network of field sites. Theme Lead Centre for Ecosystem and Hydrology
(Terry Parr).
3. Ecosystem elements and essential biodiversity variables. Theme Lead University
Twente (Andrew Skidmore).
4. Global ecosystem mapping and stratification. Theme Lead USGS (Roger Sayre).
5. Ecosystem restoration and degradation. Theme Lead Aberystwyth University (Richard
Lucas).
6. Links to other GEO groups. Theme Lead CSIRO (Craig James).
7. Capacity building. Theme Lead Humboldt Institute (Nancy Aguirre).
WG4 - Freshwater Ecosystems
1. Establish a Global Wetlands Observing System
2. Draft of first State of the World Wetlands Report
3. Draft Global Atlas of Freshwater Biodiversity published
4. Global map of wetland extent completed
5. Citizen-science protocol for on-ground verification of wetland extend trialled and
published
6. Handbook Chapter 7
WG5 - Marine Ecosystems
1. Annual Global (CPR plankton) ocean Ecological Status Report (Peter Burkill)
2. Assessment of population time-series datasets and monitoring stations (Anthony
Richardson, Carlos Duarte)
3. Gaps maps: where there is and is not ground-truth data for marine biodiversity over
time; by country and/or sea or region; by ecology (Ward Appeltans (OBIS))
4. Global bacterial richness assessment map and link to ecosystem function and services
(Linda Amaral-Zettler)
5. Compendium of global environmental data layers (models) including future scenarios
on a website (Henry Ruhl, Mark Costello, Pat Halpin, VLIZ, IODE, iMarine)
6. Permanent ocean pelagic habitat features map (Patricio Bernal, Peter Miller)
7. Descriptions of ocean environmental and species data (and hotspots) that inform EBSA
(Pat Halpin)
8. Plan for how to monitor ocean biodiversity (Francisco Chavez, Ian Poiner, Henry Ruhl &
WG)
9. Future marine benthic biodiversity (spatial extent, biomass) (Henry Ruhl)
10. Global map of marine ecosystems underpinned by environmental data using GEO
Ecosystems approach, overlaid by MPA & biogeography (Mark Costello, Zeenatul
Basher, VLIZ)
11. World map of marine IAS occurrences and potential ranges (Sergej Olenin)
12. Deep sea and open ocean biogeography (Pedro Martinez)
WG6 – Ecosystem Services
1. Framework for observing ecosystem services and reporting change at the national
scale.
2. Standards for in-situ observations
3. Recommendations for enhancing household surveys to better capture reliance on
ecosystem services
4. Demonstration of how existing data and models can be used to produce regularly
updated global maps of initial service set
5. Standard methods for assessing multi-ecosystem services tradeoffs and synergies
6. Data gaps in remote sensing for ecosystem service observation and modelling
WG7 - Modelling
1. Global estimation of change in retention of terrestrial biodiversity as a function of
observed change in habitat condition & climate
2. Global assessment of change in representation of terrestrial biodiversity within
protected areas
3. Global projection of change in retention & protection of terrestrial biodiversity under
future scenarios of land use & climate
WG8 – Data
1. Registry interoperability
 GBIF Registry
 EU BON /GEOSS registry/ broker
 BioVeL Biodiversity (Services) Catalogue
 DataONE/ KNB/ LTER
2. Data index and data services
 GBIF
 TDWG/ ABCD Extensions
3. Data provider tools
 GBIF, EU BON, DataONE
 GEO SBA Sources
4. Modelling web services
 WG7 Test Case
 BioVeL Services Catalogue
5. AIP-6 to test the end-to-end use case
 SAEON/ SAEOSS Shared Platform
6. Helpdesk and tech support
 EU BON
 GBIF capacity building
7. Best practice
 Recommendations on use of standards
 Handbook Chapter
WG9 – Indicators
TBD