CONABIO summary for EOL Content Summit
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Species ProgrammeAccess to knowledge about Mexican biodiversity
National Commission for the Knowlege and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO)
Patricia Koleff, Director of Analysis and PrioritiesBárbara Ayala, Coordinator of Priority Species Programme
1. Brief history- Need to generate and synthesize information from species at risk of extinction and of special economic and ecological value
- Get to know the conservation status of populations and inform policy-makers about its management.
Database on native species
Initial goals (2000-2010)
• Compile taxonomic, biological information, and primary literature.
• NOM-059-Semarnat-2001 “Mexican red list”.
• Provide species information through "fact sheets" available on CONABIO’s website.
Database Report
Information to evaluate the conservation status of species and their status in the Red list (NOM-059-Semarnat-2001)
Species Pages
45 projects on the study of native species at risk of extinction (ca. $700,000 US)Investment in human resource development, capacity building and knowledge generation
Contents are provided and reviewed by experts
TaxonomyDistributionNatural historyThreatsCommercial useConservation statusMap of current and potential distributionPicturesBibliography
2. 2011 Goals and current status
A. Develop clear criteria to identify information needs and gaps.B. Generate better knowledge about our priority species.C. Rely on good indicators to evaluate species conservation status.D. Promote and support monitoring efforts species populations.E. ID threats and conservation measures that can be taken to help
drive action.F. Inform policy-makers, conservation actions and the general
public.
Combine world-class knowledge, standards and tools to guide policies and inform action on the ground to conserve biodiversity.
3. Current status with respect to your goals
• 1,560 species pages (1,369 species at risk of extinction)• Linking information with digital cartography (species
occurrences and potential distribution)- Generate better knowledge about priority species
(700 new species pages in 2012)- ID good indicators to evaluate species conservation
status
Plantas
Reptiles
Aves
Mamíferos
Peces
Anfibios
Invertebrados
Hongos
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
407/987
343/443
91/392
266/291
106/204
86/194
29/49
41/46
Fichas publicadas al 2010: 1,369 /Taxones en riesgo de extinción NOM-2010: 2,606
Species at risk of extinction
NeotropicalBirds
UBIPRO/ UNAM
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
CONABIO
• Monitoring ProgramsaVerAves www.aVerAves.org
• Citizen participation network :Mexican Birds Knowledge Network Avesmx.net www.avesmx.conabio.gob.mx
NeotropicalBirdswww.neotropical.birds.cornell.edu
Collaboration tools
Link existing collaborative projects
Alouatta palliataHistoric
Actual
Distribution
Priority species website
http://www.biodiversidad.gob.mx/especies/espPrioritaria.html
Priority Species Program• 2011 Species Program Team (5 people)• Better and more complete knowledge of Mexican biota.
Especially for the most vulnerable species that require detailed information for conservation and management.
And of priority species that maximize efforts and optimize conservation strategies in Mexico.
4. Organizational details
Knowledge generation: distribution, threats, conservation measures
Basic information for species with no data
• Start a fellows program• Specific projects for not well
known groups (e.g. fungi)• Literature reviews
Detail information for key species
• Develop conservation indicators
• Promote and support monitoring efforts of species populations.
• ID threats• ID conservation actions that
can be taken
• Incorporate population and monitoring data to assess recovery programs and species conservation status.Golden Eagle Monitoring
Priority Species
Species information system, online collaboration platform.New page on the website of species CONABIO
Information exchange with other platforms around the world.Encyclopedia of Life, EOL.
1,561 species pages sent to EOL 700 planned to be developed in 2012 (371 in progress)
Providing information to EOL Published pages at CONABIO Additional pages in
progress Priority
species Wild relatives Forestry Exotic invasive
species Priority
species + CITES
Exotic invasive species
Mammals 292 13 1Birds 194 6 140 Reptiles 370 5 4Amphibians 90 3 10Fishes 111 9 162Invertebrates 34 17 85Fungi 42 1Plants 428 19 70 63 90 100Corals (CITES) 141 Total 1,561 19 70 116 371 363
5. Challenges• Information exchange with other initiatives• Avoid duplicating efforts• Lack of Interoperability standards and documentation• Quality control• Use of information and increase impact on
conservation and management (e.g. NPA, species recovery programs, restoration programs, etc.)
• Implement a fellows program
6. Special opportunities
• Improve platforms to capture information• Improving outputs (application development)• Other products (e.g. species ID guides, invasive species,
wild relatives).• Interoperability standards (Plinian Core standards /TDWG)
more structured data greater capacity to search• BHL, digital libraries