Taking the Pulse of the Planet: A Multi-disciplinary Approach to Biodiversity and Public Health

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Taking the Pulse of the PlanetA
Multi-disciplinary Approach to Biodiversity and
Public Health
Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr. U.S.
Navy (Ret.) Under Secretary of Commerce for
Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) September 14, 2006 National Museum of
Natural History Washington, D.C.
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Dr. Ray Berkelmans, Australian Institute of
Marine Science Great Keppel Islands/Great Barrier
Reef
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? 4 DHWs ? coral bleaching is expected ? 8 DHWs
? mass bleaching and mortality are expected
NOAA Coral Reef Watch
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ESA Initiative Solving the Ebola Enigma
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Outbreak Detection and Response
CASES
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Adapted from J. Davis, Climate Adaptation Workshop
, Nov. 2003
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Effective Health Early Warning
CASES
DAY
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Outreach and stakeholder involvement
Adapted from J. Davis, Climate Adaptation Workshop
, Nov. 2003
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A Global Earth Observation System of SystemsGEOSS
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From Observation to Action
Achieving Comprehensive, Coordinated, and
Sustained Earth Observations for the Benefit of
Humankind
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65 Countries and the European Commission
43 Organizations
Algeria Argentina Australia Bahrain Belgium Belize
Brazil Cameroon Canada Central African
Republic Chile China Croatia Cyprus Denmark Egypt
European Commission Finland France Germany Guine
a-Bissau
Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Irel
and Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Latvia Luxembour
g Malaysia Mali Mauritius Mexico Morocco Nepal Net
herlands New Zealand Niger Nigeria
Norway Paraguay Philippines Portugal Republic of
Korea Republic of the Congo Russian
Federation Slovak Republic Slovenia South
Africa Spain Sudan Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tun
isia Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United
States Uzbekistan

www.earthobservations.org
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U.S. Group on Earth Observations

• Department of Commerce
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric
• Administration
• National Institute for Standards and
• Technology
• Department of Defense
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Navy
• Air Force
• National Geospatial-Intelligence
• Agency
• Department of Energy
• Department of Health and Human Services

• Department of Transportation
• Environmental Protection
• Agency
• National Aeronautics and
• Space Administration
• National Science Foundation
• Smithsonian Institution
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• U.S. Agency for International
• Development
• U.S. Department of Agriculture

www.noaa.gov/eos.html
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GEOSS Operating Principles
Open and Transparent Process Standardized
Practices and Protocols User-friendly
Formats Interoperable Components
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Malaria Case Example
Global Observations
Climate
Sea Surface Temperature
Land Cover
Land Use
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Other observations
Local/Regional Observations
GEO-NETCast
Weather
Disease Surveillance
Mosquito Surveillance
Social Factors
Demographics
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Malaria Case Example
GEO-NETCast
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The goal is to access the right information,in
the right format, at the right time, for the
right people, to make the right decisions.
www.earthobservations.org