DEMNA-DNE : Early warning system on Introduced Species in Wallonia

Yvan Barbier1, Maxime Coupremanne2, Etienne Branquart1, Sonia Vanderhoeven3, Maxime Coupremanne4, Sonia Vanderhoeven5, Adrien Latli1

1 Department d'étude du milieu naturel et agricole, Avenue Maréchal Juin 23, 5030, Gembloux, Belgium; 2 Belgian Biodiversity Platform - DEMNA, Boulevard Simon Bolivar, 30, 1000, bruxelles, Belgium; 3 Belgian Biodiversity Platform - DEMNA, Boulevard Simon Bolivar, 30, 1000, Brussels, Belgium; 4 Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Avenue Maréchal Juin 23, 5030, Gembloux, Belgium; 5 Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Boulevard Simon Bolivar, 30, 1000, Brussels, Belgium

Corresponding author(s): Yvan Barbier (yvan.barbier@spw.wallonie.be)Maxime Coupremanne (m.coupremanne@biodiversity.be)Etienne Branquart (etienne.branquart@spw.wallonie.be)Sonia Vanderhoeven, Maxime Coupremanne (m.coupremanne@biodiversity.be)

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Resource Citation

Barbier Y, Coupremanne M, Branquart E, Vanderhoeven S (2024). DEMNA-DNE : Early warning system on Introduced Species in Wallonia. Version 1.534. Service Public de Wallonie – Département d’Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole (SPW – DEMNA). Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.biodiversity.be/resource?r=demnaew&v=1.534

Abstract

Early warning system on Introduced Species in Wallonia is a presence-only dataset aimed to deliver in real time the occurrence records of introduced species within Wallonia. Data are aggregated from various online recording systems that are maintenaid by the Département d'Étude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole (SPW-DEMNA).
Among these encoding systems, we find OFFH (Observations Faune Flore Habitats), the main occurrence encoding platform for the department experts and partners. But also specific surveys on exotic species (e.g. on the Giant Hogweed) open to the general public and thus based on citizen participation.
As this dataset aims to feed an alert system on exotic species, it also include non-validated data and attention should be paid to the validation status of the records!
If you have any return or remark, please do not hesitate to contact the Department for further details.

Keywords: Occurrence;Occurrence;Introduced species;Wallonia;Belgium;RIPARIAS;DEMNA;SPW;Invasive species, Observation

General description

Purpose: This dataset aims to feed a GBIF-mediated early warning system on introduced or invasive species within belgium in the framework of the LIFE RIPARIAS project.

Project details

Project title: Reaching Integrated and Prompt Action in Response to Invasive Alien Species (LIFE RIPARIAS)
Personnel: Tim Adriaens, Etienne Branquart, Peter Desmet, Dido Gosse, Jérémie Guyon, Damiano Oldoni, Lien Reyserhove, Sonia Vanderhoeven, Xavier Vermeersch
Funding: LIFE RIPARIAS is co-funded by the three Belgian regions and the European Union in the framework of the LIFE Programme (LIFE19 NAT/BE/000953). It is running from 2021 to 2026.
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Dijle, Mark and Zenne river basin of the Scheldt district, Belgium.
Design description: LIFE RIPARIAS focuses on aquatic and riparian plants as well as crayfish species located in the Dijle, Mark and Zenne river basin of the Scheldt district in Belgium. Cumulative observation data collected in 2000-2015, completed by data gathered from field surveillance in 2021-2022, will provide the baseline to design management objectives and define quantitative targets.

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.biodiversity.be/resource?r=demnaew

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: introduced species from Wallonia. The dataset covers both plant and animal species mentionned as non native by the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Belgium, and within other shorter listings. As mentionned in the basic metadata, this watch list also includes taxa that should not be considered as invasive for the entire wallonia/Belgium but from which the distribution dynamics are monitored.
Taxonomic ranks
Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758, Haeckel (1866)
Common names: Animals, Metazoan, Plants

Living time period: 1978 to now

Methods

Method step description: 
- . 	Field data collection from various protocols and frameworks
- . 	Encoding in departement data systems (OFFH,'enquêtes invasives, etc.)
- . 	Automated fusion of records from the various systems
- . 	API for a DWC-formatted exports of exotics species records, updated daily
Study extent description: Wallonia, southern Belgium. Data derives from diverse encoding facilities, all managed by the Département d'Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole (SPW-DEMNA).
Sampling description: Data are derived from a variety of contexts, including structured or targeted inventories conducted by the Department's experts and partners, their opportunistic observations, as well as citizen science via online survey modules targeting invasives and facilitating their participatory monitoring
Quality control description: Validation of each record is an important part of DEMNA-SPW's data policy.  All raw records are submitted to a validation by biodiversity experts of the department. This validation can be based on a photo, on the observer's expertise or on plausibility. However, as this dataset serves as an early warning system, it also contains UNVALIDATED data and special attention must be paid to the identificationVerificationStatus field.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive DEMNA-DNE : Early warning system on Introduced Species in Wallonia
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.biodiversity.be/archive.do?r=demnaew
Publication date of data: 2024-03-04
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2022-07-25
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Branquart E., Adriaens T., Devisscher S., D’hondt B., Denys L., Dumortier A., Latli A., Packet J., Scheers K., Vanderhoeven S. & Willeput R. (2021) Belgian alert lists of alien aquatic plants and crayfish. Report prepared in support of implementing action A1 of the LIFE RIPARIAS project LIFE19 NAT/BE/000953, 15 pages. https://www.riparias.be/358