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Jitendra Gaikwad questioned
In the slide the GEO BON data portal was indicated as FAIR. How closely the data conforms to the FAIR indicators, which are mentioned in the FAIR data maturity model? Has there been any asssessment done in that regard?

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Alice Hughes responded
Thank you. I think good standards do exist, they just are not standardised-or mandated enough. As you say using EML, making it clearer so it becomes used across more datasets and standard data collection is the way forwards to enable most effective use of data

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Yvan Le Bras questioned
Thank you Alice for your great talk too (and all presenters in fact). Are you sure we need to create new standard OR do you think making a better use of existing standards + producing “intelligent” tools around it can be a better solution (because of the high cost of creating data standard + making it understandable and useable). Here I want ot make a focus on the EML (Ecological Metadata Language) as there is very few initiaitves using the COMPLETE specification of this amazing metadata standard (in fact major are DataOne related). Using such a mature metadata standard allows to describe very fine grain all kind of data

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Alice Hughes responded
Collaboration is key. Organisations like GBIF have put huge resources into trying to mobilise data and overcome some of the biases, but it’s something we all need to actively work to overcome

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Bashir Yusuf Abubakar questioned
Prof Alice, with data inadequacy, why not we think of data gathering through collaboration?

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Alice Hughes responded
This data is invaluable, but all forms of data have their own forms of use and enhance spatial and temporal coverage to enable us to better understand dynamics behind changes in species distribution patterns. Better recognition of the value of these types of collection are also needed in some parts of the world

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Jutta Buschbom questioned
Natural history collections worldwide are providing GBIF with high-quality data through their large-scale digitization efforts of existing collection specimens. Do you see additional roles for and needed contributions by collections and the collections community in local to global biodiversity monitoring?

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Andrew Gonzalez responded
Couldn’t agree more, Yvan. The hardest step is combining the “raw” or base data into the data layers that the tools use to calculate connectivity. We’re are getting these layers together for larger spatial extents. And, we are overcoming the computational challenges of calculating changing connectivity as it responds to human land use and conservation action. All this has to be easily reproducible and widely available to all…i think we can get there for large parts of the globe very soon.

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Yvan Le Bras questioned
Thank you Andy for this great talk. A question/comment: For sure openness of data and tools/source codes are really a mandatory point BUT unfortunately, this is not sufficient. We also need “”actionnable”” data and tools/workflows, so humans and machines can use it. So for example, data can be directly download + tools/workflows installable and useable in heterogeneous infrastructures. For example, in the French EBV operationalization pilot, we are working on both goals (opennes + FAIR tools and workflows) using the Galaxy platform to have “Pratical reproducibility of biodiversity treatments”. This is really hard to adress this “double” challenge BUT appears to be so important to consider jointly. What are you (Andy but all panel) thinking about this point (not only open but actionnable/FAIR/reuseable in practice) ?

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Henrique Pereira questioned
I think it’s not essential people publish datasets on the GEO BON portal. It’s most important that people publish datasets somewhere and use a data standard like the EBV datatandard based on NetCDF.
Said that, advantages are: visibility, the accessibility of users using the webgis tool that we developed to automatically understand the datasets, obtaining a DOI, and joining a community of like minded people!

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Jitendra Gaikwad questioned
What will be the incentive for people to publish data via GEO BON portal instead of regional or national portals?

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Henrique Pereira responded
I think this will be increasingly important, particularly for some ecosystems (eg freshwater eDNA monitoring)

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Benjamin Barca questioned
What is the role of improving Digital Sequence Information data flows and facilitating permissions to collect this type of data to help fill these gaps globally? It is now clear that this type of DNA based monitoring data will play a growing important role for biodiversity monitoring going forward.

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Tim Hirsch responded
Also, primary species data published through GBIF via national nodes is fully accessible by all.

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Mike Gill responded
We are working with webservices, models and data visualization technology (e.g. Biodiversity Dashboards) to streamline access and use of relevant data for regions/nations around the world. These are not replacements for actual on the ground data collection but they do provide some insights and use. We also believe that even nations with limited data have opportunities to apply very simple workflows that integrate this data with other sources to build useful conservation indicators and spatial products.

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