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Guidelines for environmental information management in WB projects Boris Ramirez IABIN Thematic Networks Coordinator [email protected] Ángela M. Suárez-Mayorga Coordinator Team Biodiversity Information System of Colombia Washington DC, May 1, 2008 www.iabin.net World Bank projects are investing significant resources to collect biological and geospatial data not only in environmental projects, but also in agriculture, infrastructure, and rural development projects www.iabin.net Internet changed the world Internet changed the way we see the world Internet is a worldwide, publicly accessible series of interconnected computer networks that transmit data using the standard Internet Data is using forProtocol multipurpose (IP) The World Wide Web is a huge set of interlinked documents, images and other resources, linked by hyperlinks and URLs. Web services also use HTTP to allow software systems to communicate in order to share and exchange business logic and data. www.iabin.net What type of biodiversity information do I have? Data about organisms IABIN Thematic Networks specimens and observations information about species SSTN species & specimens pollinators invasive species PTN pollinators I3N invasive species Data about areas ecosystems ETN ecosystems protected areas PATN protected areas Images (pictures) Metadata (of biological resources, bibliographic, geospatial) Geospatial data www.iabin.net GN How to assemble data? Data is only useful when combined IABIN is working in four areas at the same time: Semantic web – automated assembly over network Standards – agree on database format, individuals contribute Locate the data – Where the data is at Datawarehousing – specific people pull it together and maintain Cost $ www.iabin.net Effectiveness World Bank Business In environmental, agriculture, infrastructure, and rural development projects: Data collected are often full of errors and sometimes unusable for other projects. Data access and manipulation is almost impossible if raw data are being collected poor Resources are notwith invested documentation of field techniques and without efficiently standards The GIS files are not documented. Data difficult to locate or disappear after the project ends. Then another investment is needed to collect data to be useful www.iabin.net Guidelines addresses quality issues in Data capture and recording at the time of gathering Data manipulation prior to digitisation Identification of the collection and its recording Digitization of the data Documentation of the data Data storage and archiving Data presentation and dissemination Data analysis and manipulation (use) Chapman, A. D. 2005. Principles of data quality. Global Biodiversity Information Facility., online publication. www.iabin.net Principles of data quality Methods and attributes for obtaining the data must be clearly established Proper documentation of datasets Proper documentation of data METADATA Data standards Data verification against authority resources (taxonomic authority files, tesauri) Data exchange in common formats www.iabin.net How the Guidelines address issues in Data capture and recording www.iabin.net • Controlled sources of methods and attributes • Controlled sources of values for attributes • Standardized processes for data recording • Taxonomic referent • Methodological referent • Geospatial referent • Temporal referent • Source referent How the Guidelines address issues in • Identification of the collection (dataset) • Documentation of data www.iabin.net • Metadata strategies • Recommendation of metadata standards and capturing tools • Description of the use of international data standards • Recommendations to the country level How the Guidelines address issues in • Digitization of data • Data presentation and dissemination www.iabin.net • Recommendations for managing data in digital formats • Storing and physical security • Recommended tools according to the national capacity • The IABIN network and the public knowledge • Data about organisms • Data about areas • Images How the Guidelines address issues in • Data presentation and dissemination www.iabin.net • The IABIN network and the public knowledge • Data about organisms • Data about areas • Images • Intellectual Property Rights • Licenses for use of the data • Correct attribution of data • Data: • value vs cost To start the process Select the most addecuate option Do you have data abour orgnisms? yes no Your dat a describe specimens orobservatiopns? yes Route No. 1 Do you have data about ecosystems/areas? no yes See section 3.1.1 Your data describe species no Return to the first step yes no Your data describe protected areas? yes no ¿Are your species pollinators? Route No. 6 See section 2.2.4.3 Route No. 5 Unknown no Route No. 3 yes Are your species invassive/alien? See section 2.2.4.4 yes Route No. 4 Unknown no www.iabin.net Route No. 2