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The transformative role of Research Infrastructures in supporting excellence in science and policy decision making

Session 10

Introduction to the session

Swedish ecosystems are under intensive anthropogenic pressure requiring well-coordinated and cost-effective management strategies, as well as efficient science-policy interfaces. In this process, infrastructures play a critical role - not only through provision of important data for decision making, but also by offering collaborative platforms for scientists and policymakers. 

We'll use this session to bring together representatives from key infrastructures serving monitoring and management of biodiversity. Talks, posters, and discussions should focus on how these infrastructures work today and how they may interact in the future. The goal of the session is to identify important transformative actions to be implemented by infrastructure networks in the medium term, including but not limited to:

  • Implementation of cost-effective and scalable services for monitoring and management of biodiversity
  • Generation of critical data products and tools for biodiversity management
  • Boosting performance of infrastructures through coordination, collaboration, and increased interoperability 

Session programme

11:00-11:15: Introduction to the Swedish Biodiversity Data Infrastructure and the goal of the symposium    
Margret Steinthorsdottir, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm
Matthias Obst, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg

11:15-11:30: Standardized biodiversity monitoring – leveraging research infrastructures to get the best out of citizen science    
Lars B. Pettersson, Biodiversity and Evolution, Department of Biology, Lund University
Åke Lindström, Department of Biology, Lund University

11:30-11:45: Habitat diversity as a taxon-dependent tool for predicting red-listed forest species
Larsson Ekström, A.1, Hardenbol, A.2, Hekkala, A.-M.1, Jones, F.1, Jönsson, M.3, Koivula, M.2, Strengbom, J.3, Sjögren, J.1

1SLU, Dept. Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Umeå, Sweden; 2 LUKE, Helsingfors, Finland; 3 SLU, Dept. of Ecology, Uppsala, Sweden

11:45-12:00: Getting to Know the Unknown – Identifying Biodiversity Blind Spots in Sweden through GBIF Occurrence Data    
Lena Thöle, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm,
Veronika Johansson, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm,

12:00-12:15: The transformative power of marine research stations: The Kosterhavet National Park example
Marina Panova, Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, Gothenburg University.

12:15-12:30: How can the Swedish National Data service support the support the biodiversity community?    
David Rayner, Swedish National Data service, Gothenburg
Ida Taberman, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå
Per Bergström, Swedish National Data service; University of Gothenburg

Abstracts accepted for poster presentation:

A toolbox for metabarcoding data in the Swedish Biodiversity Data Infrastructure (SBDI)
Maria Prager, Daniel Lundin, Tobias Andermann, Anna Rosling, Jeanette Tångrot & Anders F. Andersson

Assessing connectivity and habitat suitability of the green infrastructure in boreal forest of Sweden
Ewa H. Orlikowska, Jakub W Bubnicki, Bengt Gunnar Jonsson, Johan Svensson, Grzegorz Mikusiński

The Swedish Reference Genome Portal: A new service facilitating access and discovery of genome data studied in Sweden
Daniel P. Brink, Rory Crean, Angela P. Fuentes‐Pardo, Quentin Ågren, Arnold Kochari, Hanna Kultima, Johan Rung, Henrik Lantz, Bengt Persson
 

Further information about the session

Keywords: Biodiversity monitoring, citizen science, artificial intelligence, FAIR data 

Language: English

Time and venue: 11:00-12:30, Birgit Thilander. NOTE! 10 min walk from Conference Centre Wallenberg 

Strategies for transformative change in focus for the session

IPBES highlights 5 complementary key strategies for transformative change: From conserving vital places to shifting values. Together these create pathways to just and sustainable futures. Learn more: IPBES Transformative Change Assessment: Chapter 5. Realizing a sustainable world for nature and people: transformative strategies, actions and roles for all

As indicated in the illustration below, session 10 applies to the strategies:

1: Conserve and regenerate places of value to nature and people.
4: Transform governance systems to be integrative, inclusive, accountable and adaptive.