Building a data-driven framework to inform policy

Presenting TrIAS project focussing on its technical aspects during 2nd Dahlem-type workshop of International Joint Initiative of LifeWatch ERIC.
Location: Rome
Datum: 2/6-12-2019

Transcript

1. Building a data-driven framework to inform policy Damiano Oldoni, Peter Desmet, Lien Reyserhove, Sonia Vanderhoeven, Tim Adriaens, Diederik Strubbe, Amy Davis, Quentin Groom
2. Valuable decision support tools to inform invasive alien species (IAS) policy ➔ Information Systems ➔ Early warning initiatives ➔ Risk assessment protocols Once upon a time in Belgium ...
3. Information system : ias.biodiversity.be
4. Early warning initiatives : www.observations.be www.waarnemingen.be
5. Risk assessment protocols
6. But …. Large diversity of actors Fragmented data sources
7. E.g. in Flanders
8. E.g. in Flanders
9. But …. Slow workflow from observation to science and policy Taxonomic, spatial and time limitation Large diversity of actors Fragmented data sources Closed data sources
10. Timely evidence Automated workflow Transparency Standardization Reusability Sustainability What we needed ….
11. The TrIAS-ycle
12. • Checklists • Citizen science • Specimens • Public authorities 1. Data
13. 1. Data Checklists Occurrence sources
14. • Standardize authoritative checklists mapping to DwC: • open, repeatable, customizable, documented • List published checklist • Mapping examples 1. Checklist data
15. • Workflow 1. extract of all Belgian non-native taxa 2. unify taxonomy and related information • Open, repeatable, customizable, documented • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Belgium 1. Unify checklist
16. • Unlock • Standardize • Publish • Do it open, repeatable, customizable, documented • List occurrence datasets 1. Occurrence data
17. 2. Indicators • Checklist indicators • Data cube • Occurrence indicators
18. 2. Indicators: checklist indicators • Number of new introductions per year • Cumulative number of introductions per year • Pathways of introduction
19. 2. Indicators: data cube DATACUBE BELGIUM year taxa cell • 1x1km2 cells • Occurrence data from GBIF • Taxa from unified checklist
20. 2. Indicators: occurrence indicators • Emerging species detection • Emerging species: species increasing in number and/or distribution in Belgium
21. 2. Indicators: occurrence indicators
22. 3. Analysis • Risk mapping • Risk assessment
23. 3. Analysis: workflow • Develop global scale climate-only species distribution models (SDMs) • Generate European level SDMs • Forecast species distributions under climate change scenarios
24. 3. Analysis • Risk mapping • Risk assessment
25. 4. Communication
26. (technical) lessons learned from TrIAS
27. • Contribute improving existing software: GBIF download API, rgbif package... • Make part of a bigger community called TDWG. • Check this issue about VRE Community
28. Everything you do… do it: • open • repeatable • customizable • documented Philosophy
30. oscibio.inbo.be/