EBONE

European Biodiversity Observation Network; a project to design and test a biodiversity observation system integrated in time and space

 Coordinatore STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK 

 Organization address address: Costerweg 50
city: WAGENINGEN
postcode: 6701BH

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Robert
Cognome: Jongman
Email: send email
Telefono: 31317474626
Fax: 31317419000

 Nazionalità Coordinatore Netherlands [NL]
 Totale costo 3˙435˙299 €
 EC contributo 2˙701˙985 €
 Programma FP7-ENVIRONMENT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)
 Code Call FP7-ENV-2007-1
 Funding Scheme CP-FP
 Anno di inizio 2008
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2008-04-01   -   2012-03-31

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK

 Organization address address: Costerweg 50
city: WAGENINGEN
postcode: 6701BH

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Robert
Cognome: Jongman
Email: send email
Telefono: 31317474626
Fax: 31317419000

NL (WAGENINGEN) coordinator 0.00
2    ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS

 Organization address address: Administration Building, University Campus
city: THESSALONIKI
postcode: 54124

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Christina
Cognome: Besta
Email: send email
Telefono: +30 2310996745
Fax: +30 2310853283

EL (THESSALONIKI) participant 0.00
3    COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

 Organization address address: "Meiring Naude Road, Brummeria 46"
city: PRETORIA
postcode: 1

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Vikash
Cognome: Deonarain
Email: send email
Telefono: +27 12 841 4183
Fax: +27 12 841 2319

ZA (PRETORIA) participant 0.00
4    EESTI MAAULIKOOL

 Organization address address: Kreutzwaldi 1
city: TARTU
postcode: 51014

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Illar
Cognome: Lemetti
Email: send email
Telefono: +372 7313820
Fax: +372 7313988

EE (TARTU) participant 0.00
5    HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUER UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH - UFZ

 Organization address address: Permoser Strasse 15
city: LEIPZIG
postcode: 4318

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Annette
Cognome: Schmidt
Email: send email
Telefono: +49 341 235 1663
Fax: +49 341 235 2054

DE (LEIPZIG) participant 0.00
6    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES POUR L'ENVIRONNEMENT ET L'AGRICULTURE

 Organization address address: RUE PIERRE GILLES DE GENNES 1
city: ANTONY CEDEX
postcode: 92761

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Philip
Cognome: Roche
Email: send email
Telefono: +33 4 42 66 79 31
Fax: +33 4 42669923

FR (ANTONY CEDEX) participant 0.00
7    INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY OF THE SLOVAK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

 Organization address address: Stefanikova 3
city: BRATISLAVA
postcode: 81499

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Zita
Cognome: Izakovicova
Email: send email
Telefono: +421 2 5249 4849
Fax: +421 2 5249 4508

SK (BRATISLAVA) participant 0.00
8    INSTITUUT VOOR NATUUR EN BOSONDERZOEK

 Organization address address: "Kliniekstraat, 25"
city: BRUSSEL
postcode: 1070

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Carlos
Cognome: Goossens
Email: send email
Telefono: +32 54 437132
Fax: +32 2 5581805

BE (BRUSSEL) participant 0.00
9    ISRAEL NATURE AND NATIONAL PARKS PROTECTION AUTHORITY

 Organization address address: "Am Ve'Olamo Street 3, Givat Shaul"
city: JERUSALEM
postcode: 95463

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Linda
Cognome: Olsvig-Whittaker
Email: send email
Telefono: +972 2 5005444
Fax: +972 2 5006281

IL (JERUSALEM) participant 0.00
10    JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION

 Organization address address: Rue de la Loi 200
city: BRUSSELS
postcode: 1049

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Maria Arminda
Cognome: Machado
Email: send email
Telefono: +39 0332785940
Fax: +39 0332785438

BE (BRUSSELS) participant 0.00
11    NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

 Organization address address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue
city: SWINDON WILTSHIRE
postcode: SN2 1EU

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Terry
Cognome: Parr
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 1524 595800
Fax: +44 1524 61536

UK (SWINDON WILTSHIRE) participant 0.00
12    STIFTELSEN NORSK INSTITUTT FOR NATURFORSKNING NINA

 Organization address address: HOGSKOLERINGEN 9
city: TRONDHEIM
postcode: 7034

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Erik
Cognome: Framstad
Email: send email
Telefono: +47 73801710
Fax: +47 22600424

NO (TRONDHEIM) participant 0.00
13    SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET

 Organization address address: ARRHENIUSPLAN 4
city: UPPSALA
postcode: 75007

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Hakan
Cognome: Olsson
Email: send email
Telefono: +46 90 786 8376
Fax: +46 90 778116

SE (UPPSALA) participant 0.00
14    THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

 Organization address address: OLD COLLEGE, SOUTH BRIDGE
city: EDINBURGH
postcode: EH8 9YL

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Angela
Cognome: Noble
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 131 650 9024
Fax: +44 131 650 9023

UK (EDINBURGH) participant 0.00
15    UMWELTBUNDESAMT GMBH

 Organization address address: Spittelauer Laende 5
city: WIEN
postcode: 1090

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Michael
Cognome: Mirtl
Email: send email
Telefono: +43 31304 3410
Fax: +43 31304 5660

AT (WIEN) participant 0.00
16    UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID

 Organization address address: Calle Ramiro de Maeztu 7
city: MADRID
postcode: 28040

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Ramon
Cognome: Elena-Rossello
Email: send email
Telefono: 34913367660
Fax: 34915446025

ES (MADRID) participant 0.00
17    UNIVERSITAT WIEN

 Organization address address: UNIVERSITATSRING 1
city: WIEN
postcode: 1010

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Thomas
Cognome: Wrbka
Email: send email
Telefono: +43 1 4277 54375
Fax: +43 1 4277 9575

AT (WIEN) participant 0.00
18    UNIVERSITATEA DIN BUCURESTI

 Organization address address: MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU STREET 36-46 SECTOR V
city: BUCURESTI
postcode: 50107

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Angheluta
Cognome: Vadineanu
Email: send email
Telefono: +40 213181571
Fax: +40 21 3181571

RO (BUCURESTI) participant 0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The key challenge addressed in the present proposal is to develop a biodiversity observation system that is transmissible, cost effective and provides added value to the currently independent data sources of in situ data and EO. There are three requirements: the production of protocols to enable extant data to be placed on a common framework for analysis; the provision of a sound scientific conceptual basis for the system that will provide a robust statistical structure for analytical tests and for the eventual estimates of stock and change and the provision of a system for estimating past change and monitoring as well as enabling forecasting of future options so that policy makers can generate appropriate strategies for mitigation. The present consortium has a major advantage in that the framework is based on existing institutional collaboration which has been developed in the EU project ALTERNET. This framework will ensure continuity of recording and shows an existing commitments of the institutes concerned to long term monitoring. It will also provide the necessary structure for integration of available data.. This network already has long term data sets for biodiversity indicators eg butterflies and birds but the ambition is to convert these from site specific measures through inter-calibration to the wider European picture, using tried and tested statistical procedures. The key work package will involve inter-calibration between EO and in situ data,which will involve habitats that can be linked to specific biodiversity indicators. These will be identified using a conceptual framework developed in another work package. The target is to provide a basis for up and down scaling that can be tested to show the added value of integration. Other work packages will provide protocols to place data onto a common framework tests of validation and stratification procedures for assessing the consistency of data coverage.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

The EU-funded project EBONE has made the first major steps in harmonisation of biodiversity observation in Europe. Its focus is on habitat information and linking field observations with remote sensing.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

EBONE is a pilot for the 'Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network' (GEO BON) that is stimulating the development of observation networks to improve the capacity and quality of biodiversity monitoring. These networks will facilitate management of both the knowledge and human resources required for policymaking in the area of biodiversity. The approach is already being applied in other projects and as national approaches in Switzerland and Israel.

EBONE is the first European contribution to this effort. The consortium was established and based on existing collaborations from established initiatives through the FP5 project BioHab.

There are four major products arising from EBONE. Firstly, the European Habitat Classification developed as general habitat categories (GHCs) for cost effective in situ habitat monitoring for the EU Habitats Directive reporting and Aichi targets, for example. Secondly, providing a consistent stratification of the terrestrial parts of the globe in 125 strata, the Global Environmental Stratification will allow cost efficient global biodiversity observation.

The EBONE project data has helped populate a habitat database so European habitat and species data from new field observations can be merged with existing surveys (such as the Swedish NILS survey and the British Countryside survey) for better and cost-effective European reporting. Lastly, remote sensing approaches such as 'Interferometry Detection and Ranging' LiDAR can be tested and used for local habitat mapping and testing of phenology indicators.

EBONE mapping is three times faster than traditional vegetation mapping methods used before; this allows researchers and agencies reduce to costs considerably. Good correlation of GHCs with species composition is attainable, but not yet with species richness. By using GHCs, EBONE researchers were able to get a good correlation between several remote sensing (RS) categories and in situ habitat data.

The Global Environmental Stratification has been developed as one of the GEO deliverables and it is already applied in the Digital Observatory for Protected Areas (DOPA) and in the Himalayas for setting up an environmental monitoring system in the border region of India, Nepal and China. The database is freely available through the GEO Portal. The scientific publication came out in Global Ecology and Biogeography in 2013.

EBONE has been instrumental in the Convention on Biological Diversity by organising the GEO BON workshop on the 'Assessment of Observation Capabilities' for the Aichi targets. This report has been submitted to the AHTEC and has been positively received by the SBSTTA of the CBD. This workshop also initiated the process of discussing essential biodiversity variables (EBVs) to be developed in a comparable process as the essential climate variables (ECVs). The EBV concept paper was published in Science in January 2013.

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