This presentation was given by Walter Jetz, Associate Professor at Yale University, and a member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) network of DIVERSITAS, at the DIVERSITAS Celebration on 30 September 2014 in Seville, Spain. DIVERSITAS is in an international research programme on biodiversity science. Founded in 1991, DIVERSITAS will transition to Future Earth in 2014. Find out more at bit.ly/1sZ2GcB

1. Global Biodiversity Monitoring,
Prediction & Reporting
Cluster Activity
Walter Jetz
Yale University

2. Biodiversity data suited
for monitoring is …
Not mobilized
Spatially, temporally coarse
Limited to only certain attributes
Taxonomically, geographically,
environmentally biased

3. Squacco Heron
Geographical,
environmental bias
Promise of citizen
science

4. Promise of remote
sensing
Promise of citizen
science
Squacco Heron

5. Global Biodiversity Monitoring,
Prediction & Reporting
Cluster Activity
How do gaps, biases in biodiversity data
affect inference, decision-making,
projection ?
How to achieve a globally representative and
generalizable biodiversity monitoring for
scientifically rigorous assessment and projection?

6. Data needs, data gaps
Data mobilization, attribution, citation
Role of (remote) sensing, citizen science
Global Biodiversity Monitoring,
Prediction & Reporting
Cluster Activity
What/where/when/how to sample representatively?
Role of models to support representative
indicators, knowledge products

7. Cluster Activity
GMBA
bioDISCOVERY
ecoSERVICES
BioGENESIS
bioSUSTAINABILITY
Global Biodiversity Monitoring,
Prediction & Reporting
IPBES
GEO BON
ICSU -World Data System
CODATA