The fourth DIPnet workshop on Capacity building and data mobilization for conservation and decision making in the South Pacific was held at the Suva Holiday Inn, in Fiji, June 18-22, 2018. It was hosted by the University of the South Pacific, and funded by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility Biodiversity Information for Development program.
Participants accessioned 146,446 species occurrence records to GBIF during and after the workshop!
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Instructors | |
| John Wieczorek | UC Berkeley & VertNet |
| David Bloom | UC Berkeley & VertNet |
| Eric Crandall | CSU Monterey Bay |
| Michelle Gaither | University of Hawai'i |
| Students | |
| Mia Ravoka | Fiji Locally Managed Marine Area |
| Apaitia Liga | Institute of Applied Sciences, USP |
| Kasaqa Tora | National Trust of Fiji |
| Eliki Senivasa | Conservation International |
| Laura Williams | Sch. Marine Studies, USP |
| Kelly Brown | Sch. Marine Studies, USP |
| Bindiya Rashni | Nature Fiji – MareqetiViti |
| Albert Whippy | University of the South Pacific |
| Sylvain Caillot | Secretariat of the Pacific Community |
| Ana Tunubuna-Buli | Secretariat of the Pacific Community |
| Francois Roupsard | Secretariat of the Pacific Community |
| Christina Shaw | The Vanuatu Environmental Science Society |
| Roger Smithy | Vanuatu Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation |
| Martika Tahi | The Vanuatu Environmental Science Society |
| Rolenas Baereleo | Vanuatu Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation |
| Senilolia Tuiwawa | Conservation International |
| Siteri Tikoca | Nature Fiji – MareqetiViti |
| Theresa Rakai | Nature Fiji – MareqetiViti |
| Brian Stockwell | University of the South Pacific |
| Giulia Anderson | University of the South Pacific |
Agenda
Objective:This workshop aims to contribute to enhancing the capacity of Consortium Partners to plan and implement biodiversity data digitization efforts effectively and according to GBIF standards. There will be a focus on the technical aspects of the data mobilization —including aspects related to the data lifecycle: digitization, management and online publishing.
| Time | Session | Agenda Item |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 – Monday the 18th | ||
| 0900 – 1030 | 1 | Welcome and Introductions |
| Workshop Objectives and Agenda | ||
| Introduction to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility | ||
| 1030 – 1100 | Morning tea | |
| 1100 – 1300 | 2 | Why publish data? |
| Publishing data using the IPT | ||
| What is occurrence data? | ||
| 1300 – 1400 | Lunch | |
| 1400 – 1500 | 3 | Training on Preparation of the Data |
| i. Mapping – Darwin Core basics with a focus on the fields we need in the current project (ie Species Name and Location include Projected Area info where appropriate) | ||
| ii. Cleaning – using Excel and Open Data | ||
| iii. Documenting the steps | ||
| 1500-1515 | Afternoon tea | |
| 1515-1615 | 4 | Training on Preparation of the Data |
| 1615-1630 | Wrap up – Summary | |
| Day 2 – Tuesday the 19th | ||
| 0900 – 1030 | 1 | IPT Web address |
| IPT User Accounts and Logging in | ||
| 1030 – 1100 | Morning tea | |
| 1100 – 1300 | 2 | User manual for publishing |
| 1300 – 1400 | Lunch | |
| 1400 – 1500 | 3 | Metadata (Contacts, Collection, Methodology etc) |
| 1500-1515 | Afternoon tea | |
| 1515-1615 | 4 | Metadata continued |
| 1615-1630 | Wrap up – Summary | |
| Day 3 – Wednesday the 20th | ||
| 0900 – 1030 | 1 | Republishing |
| Overview of GBIF and using GBIF website to query and extract data | ||
| 1030 – 1100 | Morning tea | |
| 1100 – 1300 | 2 | Collecting Publisher details from Members for registration |
| 1300 – 1400 | Lunch | |
| 1300 – 1700 | 3 | R tutorial |
| Day 4 – Thursday the 21st | ||
| 0900 – 1030 | 1 | Georeferencing |
| 1030 – 1100 | Morning tea | |
| 1100 – 1300 | 2 | Georeferencing continued |
| 1300 -1400 | Lunch | |
| 1400 – 1430 | 3 | Introduction to GeOMe |
| 1430-1500 | 4 | OpenRefine |
| 1500-1515 | Afternoon tea | |
| 1515-1715 | 5 | Wrap up – Summary |
| Day 5 – Friday the 22nd | ||
| 0900 – 1030 | 1 | Working on finalizing datasets for upload |
| 1030 – 1100 | Morning tea | |
| 1100 – 1300 | 2 | Working on datasets. |
| 1230 – 1330 | Lunch | |
| 1400 – 1500 | 3 | Wrap up Summary Continue Working as Needed |