Toward integrating three large and disparate networks and databases of Amazon tree biodiversity

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Toward integrating three large and disparate
networks and databases of Amazon tree
biodiversity

• Oliver Phillips (Rainfor, UK) Vanderlei Canhos
  (CRIA, Br)

May, 2007
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Amazon Basin

• 6 million square km
• Worlds richest terrestrial ecoregion
  (biodiversity and carbon storage)
• Landuse change, forest management, and global
  climate change
• Large impact on the system expected
• Global consequences for biodiversity and climate

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Amazon Basin

• Forests in protected areas 35 of the basin
• Nearly 20 has experienced land use change
• Much larger area will be managed (timber
  extraction, agriculture, ...)

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Integration of networks and databases

• Long term monitoring plot records from gt then 100
  plots across Amazonia (Rainfor Red Amazônica de
  Inventários Florestales)
• Floristic data diversity, composition, and
  relative dominance from 700 plots across Amazonia
  (ATDN Amazon Tropical Diversity Network)
• Georeferenced specimen and observation data from
  the Amazon basin (ABBIF)

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Amazon basin biodiversity information facility
goal, plans and focus

• Goal build a shared biodiversity data
  infrastructure
• Action plan to digitize and integrate
  biodiversity information of the region in a
  structured manner
• Adoption of standards and protocols for
  transparent data integration and systems
  interoperability
• Focus local capacity building (biodiversity
  informatics)

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All GBIF data by one-degree cell (darker colours
representing more records)
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Data from GBIF All occurrences between 13N and
20S and 83W and 34W
1,342,953 records
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GBIF records from countries of the Amazon Region
(excluding Brazil)
BO, CO, EC, GY, GF, PE, SR e VE
573,890 records
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GBIF records from the Amazon States of Brazil
15,562 records
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speciesLink all records from Amazonian countries
(202,228 records)
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GBIF speciesLink data from Amazon countries
(total records 791,970)
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All records GBIF and speciesLink
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Survey outcome (Dec 2005)
Country total records digitized georef. info system
Peru 1.747.428 247.657 30.390 Siamazonia
Venezuela 3.103.651 279.240 114.878 no
Bolivia 661.470 0 0 no
Colombia 4.071.632 2.035.000 203.500 Humboldt
Ecuador 258.700 35.000 0 no
French Guyana 160.000 125.600 90.000 gbif
Brazil 3.798.701 695.272 131.656 speciesLink
Subtotal 13.801.582 3.417.769 570.424  
collections outside region 65.738.755 7.258.896 2.742.778 mostly gbif
Total 79.540.337 10.676.665 3.313.202  
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Needs and requirements

• Need to provide equipment and network software
• Allow the use of software that fits the local
  needs
• Support the improvement of internet connectivity
• And with ......
• Training and local capacity building
• strategic alliances with local efforts and
  initiatives

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• http//www.cria.org.br
• vcanhos_at_cria.org.br

Obrigado