Integrating Analysis-Ready Biodiversity Data with Environmental Data for Timely Decision-Making Processes: An Open Science Perspective

Slides of my talk at the INSPIRE Conference 2023: "Green data for all" (Session 9)
When: 28-29 November 2023
Where: Centre Albert Borschette, Brussels (BE)
Website: https://knowledge-base.inspire.ec.europa.eu/inspire-conference-2023_en

Transcript

1. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy Damiano Oldoni1, Tim Adriaens1, Quentin Groom2 1Research Institue for Nature and Forest (INBO), Belgium 2Meise Botanic Garden, Belgium Integrating Analysis-Ready Biodiversity Data with Environmental Data for Timely Decision-Making Processes: An Open Science Perspective INSPIRE conference / 29-11-2024 / Brussels
2. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy Hi!
3. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy The B-Cubed Project
4. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy The global biodiversity crisis requires rapid, reliable and repeatable biodiversity monitoring data which decision makers can use to evaluate policy. About Such information – from local to global level and within relevant timescales – calls for an improved integration of data on biodiversity from different sources. B-Cubed is standardising access to biodiversity data, empowering policymakers to address the impacts of biodiversity change. Challenges Opportunities Aim
5. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy Approach
6. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy Consortium
7. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy Policy alignment to enhance the use of biodiversity indicators in policy decisions Evidence base to provide fast access to up-to-date biodiversity data for policy Solutions & Activities Automated workflows to facilitate automated data aggregation and output Cloud computing to enable models of biodiversity at high resolution and frequency Capacity building to train in biodiversity informatics and cloud computing Case studies to test solutions’ applicability and unite biodiversity informaticians
8. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy B-Cubed Solutions
9. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy B-Cubed aims to improve the existing policy evidence base and contribute to better alert systems by providing fast access to pre-aggregated and modelled biodiversity data and standardised biodiversity indicators responsive to the addition of new data. Data & Evidence Biodiversity cubes Species occurrence cube
10. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy B-Cubed aims to improve the existing policy evidence base and contribute to better alert systems by providing fast access to pre-aggregated and modelled biodiversity data and standardised biodiversity indicators responsive to the addition of new data. Data & Evidence Biodiversity cubes Environmental data (Copernicus, WorldClim, Cordex) Species occurrence cube
11. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy B-Cubed aims to improve the existing policy evidence base and contribute to better alert systems by providing fast access to pre-aggregated and modelled biodiversity data and standardised biodiversity indicators responsive to the addition of new data. Data & Evidence Biodiversity cubes Species occurrence cube Suitability cube Dissimilarity cube Network invasibility cube Environmental data (Copernicus, WorldClim, Cordex)
12. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy B-Cubed aims to improve the existing policy evidence base and contribute to better alert systems by providing fast access to pre-aggregated and modelled biodiversity data and standardised biodiversity indicators responsive to the addition of new data. Data & Evidence Biodiversity cubes Species occurrence cube Suitability cube Dissimilarity cube Network invasibility cube Biodiversity indicators Phylogenetic indicators Impacts of alien taxa indicators Robustness indicators
13. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy To improve the access to rapid biodiversity data at a low cost, B-Cubed is packaging known methods together into standardised workflows. They can be run by anyone for any region and can be updated according to advances in data, methods and models. Workflows Repeatable workflows to create data cubes Automated workflows to calculate indicators from biodiversity data cubes Deep-learning to discover long-term spatiotemporal dependencies in species distribution models Exemplar workflows Deep learning Automated workflows
14. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy Cloud computing To enable users to run more ambitious models of biodiversity at high resolution and frequency, B-Cubed is taking advantage of the flexibility and scalability of a cloud computing environment for biodiversity and environmental data. B-Cubed is building software to help develop services and community access models that allow researchers to configure and calculate species occurrence cubes on demand based on their parameterisation, resulting in a cube that is stored in the cloud and accessible via a DOI.
15. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy B-Cubed Activities
16. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy To ensure an improved match between policy and the biodiversity data used to inform it, B- Cubed works closely with existing European and international biodiversity initiatives to identify and address policy needs. Policy alignment B-Cubed works closely with other European projects to identify data needs for policies and targets aligned with the new European Green Deal. B-Cubed is reviewing the existing policy and reporting needs by conducting a landscape analysis and consultation. European biodiversity initiatives International science-policy convergence
17. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy To ensure B-Cubed’s tools meet openness standards and to build better capacity in biodiversity informatics and cloud computing, the project is developing a number of guidelines, training programs and activities. Capacity building Software requirements and assessment FAIR data products Hackathon Tutorials Training and support
18. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy To ensure B-Cubed’s tools meet openness standards and to build better capacity in biodiversity informatics and cloud computing, the project is developing a number of guidelines, training programs and activities. Capacity building Software requirements and assessment FAIR data products Hackathon Tutorials Training and support
19. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy Case studies The application and usefulness of B-Cubed’s algorithms and software are demonstrated through the project’s four case studies. They cover different locations varying in geographical extent, biodiversity richness and data availability. Regional indicators in Europe Biological invasions in South Africa Stakeholder-driven case study Global and continental biodiversity change
20. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy Case studies: regional indicators in Europe Trends in occupancy and observations in protected areas (EBV: status, occurrence, impact) • Which protected areas are most invaded Alien Species (AS) • Which AS are most distributed in protected areas • How does the proportion of AS in protected areas change in time • How does the occurrence/occupancy of AS in protected areas match lists of regulated species (e.g. Union List, EPPO lists) • To what extent can the network of protected areas contribute to providing safe refuge to native species from the impacts of AS
21. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy What’s going on
22. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy Species occurrence cubes specifications GBIF is building a service to produce and download occurrence cubes following users preference
23. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy Developing specifications and guidelines for reproducible use Deliverable: “Quality requirements for software” by end Jan 2024. Ensure that software and resulting data products: • meet the intended purpose • cover software development aspects such as versioning, community contributions, review practices, testing and documentation. • achieve a high level of technical readiness, openness and portability
24. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy Hacking Biodiversity Data Cubes for Policy 2-5 April 2024, Herman Teirlinck building, Brussels (BE) Experiment with data cubes and channel creativity into innovative solutions for a variety of biodiversity challenges. Submit your project by Decembre 17, 2023 Hackathon
25. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy Hacking Biodiversity Data Cubes for Policy 2-5 April 2024, Herman Teirlinck building, Brussels (BE) Hackathon
26. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy Hacking Biodiversity Data Cubes for Policy 2-5 April 2024, Herman Teirlinck building, Brussels (BE) Hackathon
27. Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy This project receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme (ID No 101059592). Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the EU nor the EC can be held responsible for them. b-cubed.eu @BCubedProject B-Cubed Project B-Cubed Newsletter Thank you! Damiano Oldoni Open science lab for biodiversity (oscibio) Research Institute Nature and Forest (INBO) Slides: pdf