Implementing the European policies for alien species – networking, science, and partnership in a complex environment

Katsanevakis, Stelios; Genovesi, Piero; Gaiji, Samy; Hvid, Helene Nyegaard; Roy, Helen E.; Nunes, Ana L.; Aguado, Francisco Sánchez; Bogucarskis, Konstantins; Debusscher, Bos; Deriu, Ivan; Harrower, Colin; Josefsson, Martin; Lucy, Frances E.; Marchini, Agnese; Richards, Gareth Api; Trichkova, Teodora; Vanderhoeven, Sonia; Zenetos, Argyro; Cardoso, Ana Cristina

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“…Our actual capacity to monitor non-indigenous fishes in the Mediterranean Sea is still limited (Azzurro, 2010), however new efforts are being made to increase the chances of detection and promote awareness among the local communities (i.e. Azzurro et al, 2013b;Zenetos et al, 2013;Bodilis et al, 2014). We hope that these new appearances of L. sceleratus in Italian waters may be taken into serious consideration to accelerate the realization of action plans at the national, European and Mediterranean levels.…”

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The silver-cheeked toadfish Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) reaches Italian waters

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The silver-cheeked toadfish Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) reaches Italian waters

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“…In addition, it is crucial to have a single aggregation point, where available knowledge on alien species from various data sources is integrated, harmonized, and standardized (Panov and Gollasch, 2004;Katsanevakis et al, 2013a;Ojaveer et al, 2014). This knowledge should be openly displayed in ways that is findable, accessible and interoperable, encouraging exchange, and dissemination of data with other existing data platforms (Groom et al, 2015(Groom et al, , 2017bLucy et al, 2016), in line with the EU Open Science Strategic Priority, and the plan of the Commission to develop the European Open Science Cloud (EU, 2016).…”

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“…The European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN 1 ) aims to provide a single repository of alien species data for accessing all the information necessary to underpin alien-species-related policy and evidence-based decision-making (Katsanevakis et al, 2013a). A key component of the EASIN system is the EASIN Catalog: a comprehensive list of alien species in Europe, currently including information on more than 14,000 taxa in a wide range of environments.…”

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Handling Big Data of Alien Species in Europe: The European Alien Species Information Network Geodatabase

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Building and managing large datasets of alien species is crucial to research, management, and control of biological invasions. To this end, the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN) platform aggregates, integrates, and harmonizes spatio-temporal data regarding alien species in Europe, including both invasive and non-invasive alien species. These data are stored in the EASIN Geodatabase after their harvesting from relevant sources in the frame of a global and European databases partnership and scientific literature. The ownership of the data remains with its source, which is properly cited and linked. The process of data harvesting is performed through the EASIN Data Broker system, which retrieves the information related to alien species data in Europe and stores them in a normalized database structure. Data are subsequently refined through validation, cleansing, and standardization processes and finally stored in the EASIN Geodatabase. All data are finally visualized and shown in occurrence maps at different levels of spatial visualization. Analysis of the data contained in the EASIN Geodatabase through flexible web services offered by the system has already provided useful input in scientific works and policies on biological invasions.

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“…Any new initiative to collate data needs to consider its role and define its niche within a complex environment of global, continental, national and regional data repositories [7,26]. Almost any effort to compile and harmonize data from these sources is impeded by differences in field names, definitions, and taxonomy, as well as access and license restrictions [3,27].…”

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Seven Recommendations to Make Your Invasive Alien Species Data More Useful

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Science-based strategies to tackle biological invasions depend on recent, accurate, well-documented, standardized and openly accessible information on alien species. Currently and historically, biodiversity data are scattered in numerous disconnected data silos that lack interoperability. The situation is no different for alien species data, and this obstructs efficient retrieval, combination, and use of these kinds of information for research and policy-making. Standardization and interoperability are particularly important as many alien species related research and policy activities require pooling data. We describe seven ways that data on alien species can be made more accessible and useful, based on the results of a European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) workshop: (1) Create data management plans; (2) Increase interoperability of information sources; (3) Document data through metadata; (4) Format data using existing standards; (5) Adopt controlled vocabularies; (6) Increase data availability; and (7) Ensure long-term data preservation. We identify four properties specific and integral to alien species data (species status, introduction pathway, degree of establishment, and impact mechanism) that are either missing from existing data standards or lack a recommended Groom et al.Making Alien Species Data Useful controlled vocabulary. Improved access to accurate, real-time and historical data will repay the long-term investment in data management infrastructure, by providing more accurate, timely and realistic assessments and analyses. If we improve core biodiversity data standards by developing their relevance to alien species, it will allow the automation of common activities regarding data processing in support of environmental policy. Furthermore, we call for considerable effort to maintain, update, standardize, archive, and aggregate datasets, to ensure proper valorization of alien species data and information before they become obsolete or lost.

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Implementing the European policies for alien species – networking, science, and partnership in a complex environment

Cited by 27 publications

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The silver-cheeked toadfish Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) reaches Italian waters

The silver-cheeked toadfish Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) reaches Italian waters

Handling Big Data of Alien Species in Europe: The European Alien Species Information Network Geodatabase

Seven Recommendations to Make Your Invasive Alien Species Data More Useful

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