important plant areas in central and eastern europe - hirc.botanic.hr ...
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Section 3IPA databaseData collation strategyEach national team was asked to collect specific <strong>in</strong>formation on each site selected as anIPA, us<strong>in</strong>g the IPA questionnaire as the basis. Different countries had very different dataavailability <strong>and</strong> each country decided on their national data collation <strong>and</strong> collectionstrategy. In many countries the collation of data <strong>and</strong> selection of sites was made us<strong>in</strong>gexist<strong>in</strong>g national databases. In other countries the IPA <strong>central</strong> database <strong>and</strong> the IPAquestionnaire were used as the basis for collat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>formation <strong>and</strong> select<strong>in</strong>g sites.IPA <strong>central</strong> databaseThe IPA <strong>central</strong> database is an on-l<strong>in</strong>e data entry system, <strong>and</strong> each national partner c<strong>and</strong>ownload their country’s data <strong>in</strong>to MS Access from the website. Each user of thedatabase has a log<strong>in</strong> password <strong>and</strong> use of the on-l<strong>in</strong>e site is governed by a data shar<strong>in</strong>gagreement, which covers data ownership issues <strong>and</strong> confidential <strong>in</strong>formation.For each IPA, data is collected on the area, altitude, boundary, region where the site islocated, general habitats, l<strong>and</strong>-use, exist<strong>in</strong>g protection, t<strong>hr</strong>eats, site management,qualify<strong>in</strong>g criteria <strong>and</strong> details of the site compiler.Summary fact-sheets on each site are available, <strong>and</strong> it is possible to generate detailedstatistics <strong>and</strong> reports from the background Access database.The IPA database iscompatible with the Important Bird Areas database <strong>and</strong> was developed with assistancefrom BirdLife International.Development potentialOne of the most <strong>important</strong> potential developments for this database will be the publicaccess facility.All developments will be made <strong>in</strong> consultation with partners. Fact-sheetsfor each IPA will be made available t<strong>hr</strong>ough the Plantlife International website, as well asup-to-date statistics on the sites, their features <strong>and</strong> their t<strong>hr</strong>eats. Improv<strong>in</strong>g the facilitiesfor national languages is also an <strong>important</strong> development area.Improv<strong>in</strong>g the public access to IPA <strong>in</strong>formation will ensure that decision makers <strong>and</strong>stakeholders will have the latest <strong>in</strong>formation on <strong>plant</strong> conservation benefits <strong>and</strong> t<strong>hr</strong>eats.IPA public access <strong>in</strong>formation will also be forwarded to the EU <strong>and</strong> CBD clear<strong>in</strong>g housemechanisms.22
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