JRC 2nd Progress Report 2012-13

Steve PeedellEuropean Commission Joint Research Centre

Presentation OutlineJRC BIOPAMA Activities 2012-13• Project structure and organisation• Timeline and key milestones• Budget situation• Key achievements and highlights• Challenges• Next steps and action plan

Partners

Structure of the programme

1. The Protected Areas

Component

Result 1 – Improving the effective planning and

management of PAs by using the best available scientific and

policy information

(JRC)

Result 2 – Establishing a “Centre for PAs & Biodiversity” (Observatory) in each region

and developing capacity building programmes

(IUCN)

2. The Access and Benefit

Sharing (ABS) component (ABS Initiative)

Expected Results

Understanding ecology of PA’s and ecosystem services

Understanding interactions between

PA’s and local economy

Improving PA management through better understanding

of governance

Data, indicators, models, reports, tools

Regional Reference Information System

JRC Internal Organisation

Ecosystem Services

Terrestrial Ecosystems Monitoring

Species and Habitats

Pressures and Threats

Marine Ecosystems Monitoring

Management &

Governance

Digital Observatory of Protected Areas

BIOPAMA RRIS

RRIS Deployment

Project Timeline & Milestones

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Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4

July 2011 JRC Feb 2012 IUCN

Year 5…..

Mar 2012 Inception WSDec 2012 ESARO WS

Jan/Feb 2013 Pacific, Caribbean, PACO WS

DOPA ExplorerFire ToolESP Mapping

PIRTNC

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

WPC

Observatories & RRIS

DOPA, ACP Observatory

Inception Elaboration Construction Transition

Budget

Permanent Staff

Temporary Staff

Missions

Hardware

Studies & Subcontracts

Workshops and Experts

0% 20% 40% 60% 80%100%

Year 1Year 2Remainder

Key Achievements• Requirements, stakeholder engagement– Data needs questionnaire– Regional workshops

• RRIS development– Datasets– Digital Observatory of Protected Areas (DOPA)– RRIS Pilots

• Reports and publications

Biodiversity and Habitats Characterisation - Key Achievements

• Modelling tools refined and operational– eHabitat, eSpecies

• Re-computation of indicators for 10000 PA’s– From 3000 in Year 1

• Plant data completeness assessment methodology (JRC, GBIF, Uni Oxford)

• 26th International Congress for Conservation Biology

• Data sharing agreement JRC-IUCN-WCMC

Ecosystem Services – Key Achievements• DOPA Carbon Tool. Change of the

tool structure and function• Analysis of Ecosystem Services

indicators for the West and Central Africa WG

• Design and development of the Ecosystem Services Partnership visualisation tool

• Mapping of Carbon sequestration in the Caribbean basin

Terrestrial Ecosystems Monitoring- Key Achievements

• Repopulation and restructuring of fire archive data

• Delivery of eStation information products via web services

Marine Ecosystems Monitoring

PA Pressures and Threats - Key Achievements

• Database of land cover changes in sub-Saharan Africa 1990-2000-(2005)-2010

• Fire tool for PA’s• Analysis of requirements for poaching tool

PA Management & Governance - Key Achievements

• Close consultation with METT & PAME groups– Queensland University, WCMC

• First draft PA “Identity Card”• Scoping of pilot for Central African Region

DOPA and RRIS – Key Achievements

• DOPA Explorer first official beta release– http://ehabitat-wps.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dopa_explorer/

• Various thematic tools– Fire– Ecosystem Services

• Baseline web services– http://dopa-services.jrc.ec.europa.eu/services /– eHabitat, eSpecies, eStation

• Island Biodiversity Information System– Focus on Invasive Alien Species for the Pacific Region

• Data sharing agreement signed with IUCN-WCMC• Hadoop Cluster for analysis of large biodiversity datasets

Hadoop – Big Data for BIOPAMA

Communication

ChallengesTiming• Project has taken time to gather genuine momentum, recommend extension to 5 years

Staffing• Emphasis on temporary staff for project execution, many contracts will expire over next

12 months• Switch from grantholder profile to contractual agents• Staff turnover and changes

Geography• Time zones, different emphasis and context between regions• Getting visibility and recognition in Caribbean and Pacific

RRIS Development• Interdependency with Regional Observatory definition• Requirements engineering and prioritisation• Customisation of the DOPA toolbox to specific BIOPAMA needs

Next Steps and Action Plan• Second Annual Report• Internal Work Package Review• Request modifications of Administrative

Arrangement• Regional Pilots• DOPA Explorer review• CBD Regional Workshop support• Technical Advisory Group outcomes and follow-

up• Technical assistance to Regional Observatory

definition• Targeted recruitment and expert engagement

Developing capacity for a Protected Planet

www.iucn.org/biopama

stephen.peedell@jrc.ec.europa.eu