REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT & FORESTRY HEAD OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT BIODIVERSITY MONITORING UNIT EbubekirYüksel, Ahmet Çivi, EtemAKGÜNDÜZ, EmineSühendanKARAUZ, Erdal ÖZÜDOĞRU, Ahmet Ozan ÇEKİÇ MONITORING OF TURKEY S BIODIVERSITY BY MEANS OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS: NOAH'S ARK BIODIVERSITY DATABASE
Plants Birds Mammals Fishes Reptiles : 11000 plant species of which 3000 endemic : 469bird species. One of the three major flyways for migratory birds, passes through Turkey. : 120 mammals : 192 freshwater, 153 marine (total 345 species) : 49 lizards, 36 snakes
Turkey s Importance on Biodiversity Conservation International Turkey has three Biodiversity Hotspots, 2006
Management of Noah s Ark National Biological Diversity Database is carried out by Biological Diversity Monitoring Unit (BMU) constituted legally under the Head of Information Technology Department with the coordination of General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks. Noah s Ark National Biological Diversity Database serving on www.nuhungemisi.gov.tr webpage and opened on 18th October 2007 by his honorable Minister Prof. Dr. Veysel EROĞLU,
NOAH'S ARK BIODIVERSITY DATABASE
Queries for Species, Habitats & Sites Not taxonomic dbase, Aim of the system is monitoring
System Process Application Server Database All Users Map Server
System Administrator NOAH'S ARK BIODIVERSITY DATABASE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE Acceptance or rejection of Applications User User Approval of data NABDB Data filtering with quota Or data input Acceptance or rejection of entered data Scientific Council The experts group Mammals Birds Botanists Insects Filtered, Reliable data Protecting Monitoring Reporting-Publishing BMU Direct Access to Data
USERS Basic Bronze Silver Client Client Client Client K Client Client Client Client BDK Client Client Client Client SY Client Client Client Client UG Golden Internet DBMS
New technology was used. Web based application Multilayer architecture Microsoft.NET platform (ASP.NET 3.5) Oracle Database, Oracle Spatial C# programming language Reports in Microsoft Office EsriGIS : ArcGISServer, ArcSDE, WMS Base Maps: Google Maps, Virtual Earth.
New interfaces developed. Biodiversity Wetland Wildlife Exotic & InvasiveExotic species
Noah s Ark National Biodiversity Database(For public)
Wetlands Database(For Ministry)
Wildlife Database(For Ministry)
Exotic & Invasive Exotic Species Database (for Ministry)
Modules Visitors Indicators Authority Protected Areas Noah s Ark Maps Queries Input Data Species approval Interfaces Based on species
New functions developed for Administrative Authority * User Module * Taxon Module * Red ListModule * Species Module
Queries for users: User approval/reject Query of member profile Queryfordatainputofusers(%), Query for information of data approval/rejection of users etc.
Managing of Taxons
Query for; Areas Red List Points
Query for species based on areas; Areas Habitat Geographic areas Protected areas Drawing polygon Time Year Month Day Species Taxon Family Species Symbology Shape type Add to map
National parks
Query for species based on areas
Query based on protected areas for each Taxon
Red List
Red List Reports
Red List Query
Species Approval Mechanism Data of new species / rejected species Expert Control Approval Expertapproved data Reject Expertrejected data
Protected Areas Module
Benefits for users Biodiversity data canbe directly input dbase by usingcoordinate system not necessary using areas, Biodiversity data isable to Query for timescale, Taxon level (according to Taxon, families and species level), habitats, areas (whole country, specific areas etc) or drawing polygon, The users are able to obtain species distribution maps, They can followfor changing of Red List categories for each Taxon, They can monitor for all protected areas, They canuse biodiversity data for important decision making or preparing reports (site areas, species status etc).
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