Meeting of Ecosystem/Protected Areas/Informatics Experts

Venue: Organization of American States
1889 F. St., N.W., 6th Floor Conference Room (Corner 19th and F Street) Washington, D.C. 20006

 

Advancements in the political and technical considerations in improving databases, metadata, tracking tools, geoportals, and with hemispheric networks to create a user-friendly, decentralized system for storing, managing and reporting on trends in coverage for all biophysical and socio-economic aspects of PA's and biological corridors. 

 

Objectives:

1. Advancements in the political and technical considerations in improving the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)

2. Reference to other database systems (e.g. Andes Amazon PA database, AZE, GBIF, REMIB, INBio, Humboldt, IABIN databases on PAs, Invasives, pollinators, ecosystems, ICE Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas,  etc.)

3. Metadata cataloguers (e.g,. Biobot, ATTA, Humboldt’s system)

4. Value added tools (e.g. GEOSS, GITAN, Conservation Geoportal project,  Proteus, Servir, etc)

5. Improving coverage with hemispheric networks of players e.g. RAMSAR CREHO, IABIN, WHMSI, BioNet, CATHALAC  

6. Ways to evaluate progress -- e.g. Biodiversity 2010, targets, scorecards and evaluation tools --

7. All with the view to further develop a user-friendly, decentralized system for storing, managing and reporting on trends in coverage for all biophysical and socio-economic aspects of PA's and biological corridors.

Theme:

Explore “what’s tools are out there”, and better collaborate with the goal towards achieving and measuring progress towards biodiversity 2010 targets -- conforming to best practice techniques and providing a platform that allows for the easy integration of other conservation datasets and user opinion.  Essentially, are all the tools mentioned above, as example (and others), interoperable with each other, and what is necessary to make that happen.

Analysis on standards, protocols, compatibility of tools to see how these tools could better work together in preparation for upcoming IUCN meeting in Bariloche  -- Sept 30-6 October, 2007.