TH-BIF: Moving Forward to an Open Platform forCollecting Biodiversity Data for Open Innovation
Project Initiated by
Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning, THAILAND
Presented by Asanee Kawtrakul
The 7th APBON Web Seminar on 27 May 2021
Thanks to Tassapon KRAJANGDARA: Specialist in Fishery ScienceThanks to ONEP and Rungthiwa Tatichara, Environmentalist
Image Source: https://krabi-spesialisten.com/2019/07/19/thailand-trees-and-names/

Issues
A Journey of TH-BIF Developmentfrom 2018 to Present
TH-BIF’s Future for OpenCollaborationDiscussion

INTRODUCTION: Concepts Behind

TH-BIF: Thailand Biodiversity Information Facilities

A Platform for Data Sharing and Service Innovation
Biodiversity Data Integration Purpose
For better understanding how
biodiversity will be affected underchanging environmentalconditions.

For Threaten Status Tracking
For Restoration planning
For Conservation
Awareness Building

Data Analytics, Data Utilization and Services
Predictive Analysis forRisk management
Monitoring and Early Warningfor supporting Policy andRegulation Development

Reporting Species–areaRelationship and Statistics
with Hotspot for Protection
Image Based Species
Identification

For setting Research priorities

Knowledge ServiceFor Sustainably Utilization
Based on BCG Modeland enabling SDG

Biodiversity Resources
Utilization Service for
Economic ValueDepartment ofIntellectual Property

Department ofAgriculture

National ScienceMuseum

Department ofFisheries

Ramkhamhaeng
University

Department for Developmentof Thai Traditional andAlternative Medicine

Kasetsart University

Bird Conservation
Society of Thailand(BCST)

Ministry of Natural
Resources andEnvironment

Horizontal Interoperability

Research and Innovation, Gene Banks, Seed Banks, Herbal Recipe, Farming, Patents, Agricultural Knowledge, Traditional Knowledge, etc.

Business Process
Data Center
Common Process
Data Survey/
Collecting

Center of Information andCommunication Technology
Validating/
CleansingStore/
Integrating

Analyzing/Monitoring/Tracking

Office Of Natural Resources andEnvironmental Policy andPlanning

Policy andStrategicPlanning
Vertical Interoperability

Species Diversity, Ecosystem Diversity and Genetic Diversity

Agricultural Research Development
Agency (Public Organization)

Royal Forest Department
Ministry of Natural Resources
and Environment
Department of National Parks,
Wildlife and Plant LifeThe Zoological Park
Organization
Department of Marine andCoastal Resources
Biodiversity-Based Economy
Development Office (PublicOrganization)

Gateway to link with other information Nodes
Information Services for Actions

Species–area Relationship Contemporary Extinctionand Statistics
Rate

Tracking Biodiversity Losscaused by Climate Change

Species Richness
Restoration andConservation

Biological Resources
Utilization

Research andInnovation Node

Gene Banks
NodeSpatial Data
Node

Research &Innovation Repository

Gene Bank
Ex-Situ
In-Situ

AGRI-BIO
MapPEOPLE, ROLES &RESPONSIBILITIES

TH-BIF TRUSTWORTHY
Information Sharing Platform
For
Agricultural Biodiversity

ASSESS &EVALUATIONPROCESSES &TOOLS

Conservation
Restoration
and Bio-Agricultural
EconomyDATA
Governance

DATA QUALITYMANAGEMENT

GOALS

DATA
REFERENCES &STANDARDSDATA MODELLING
With OPEN DATA&SHARING POLICYDATA EXCHANGE MODELwithQUALITY and SECURITY

ENABLERSDATAEXCELLENCERESULTS

A Journey of TH-BIF (Thailand Biodiversity
Information Facility) Development

A Journey for TH-BIF Development
TH-BIF structure

MOU2018

2019

2020

▪ TH-BIF Establishment▪ Architecture design with Data
Standardization for facilitate
interoperability acrossdomains▪ TH-BIF Platform andSupporting Tools Design▪ Data Integrating Extension:Specialists, Researches, Laws etc.
▪ Collaborative Networking for
Vertical Data Interoperability▪ Validation tools Development andNotification Systems▪ Spatial Data integration▪ Networking Extension for Horizonal
Data Operability

MOU (15 organizations)
9 August 2019

MOU (1 org. National ResearchCouncil of Thailand )28 September 2020

Link: ONEP, 3 org. + GBIF

Link: ONEP, 7 org.+ GBIF + IUCN

Link: ONEP, 12 org. + GBIF + IUCN

8,147

12,12815,023

Network

No. of data8

Memorandum of Understanding: MOU(Thailand Biodiversity Information Facility: TH-BIF)
9th August 2019 and 28th September 202017 organizations/partners
Min. of Natural Resources and Environment

Min. of Agriculture and Cooperatives

Min. of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovationองค์การพิพิธภัณฑ์วิทยาศาสตร์แห่งชาติMin. of Commerceมหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์มหาวิทยาลัยรามคาแหง

Min. of Public Healthสานักงานการวิจัยแห่งชาติ

NGO

TH-BIF’s data sets
Creatures’ data (Species, Geneticsand Ecosystem diversity)
Creatures’ Spatial data

Experts/Specialists’ Data

Creatures in royal designation

Research/ Patents

Invasive alien species list
Threatened status

Protection status under law

Wisdom/Local
Knowledge
List of creatures following
the Thai law and conventions

Internationalorganizations

111

5

5

2

6

8Creatures data (fishes, caridea, mollusca)[excel migration]

Plant taxonomy [Web Crawler]

Microorganism, lichen [Excel Migration]

9

3Coral, seagrass and mangrove forest
Web Map Service (WMS) [API]7

10Benefits uses [API]11

Geographical Indications (GI) [API]12Creatures data [API]13

Plant data (1,822 items) [excel migration]
Images (337 items) [Data Entry]

14

Research data [API]Plant taxonomy [Web Crawler]

Thailandorganizations

2020

2019

2018

4Birds [Excel Migration]

8
Animal taxonomy(interesting, habitat, place)[Web Crawler]

Cartilaginous fishes [Excel Migration]

9
Plant & animal in the royal designation,
RED DATA, Alien sp. [Excel Migration]

Marine life [Excel Migration

Checklist [Excel Migration

Coral/creatures (by ONEP) [Excel Migration]
Wetland boundary & environmental
boundary [API]12

TH-BIF networks 2019-2020

2018

Taxonomy data:
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
www.gbif.org

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Speciesof Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) & Plant taxonomy data:
www.dnp.go.th/botany

Plant taxonomy data:
Management system on biodiversity knowledge basewww.biodiversity.forest.go.th

Animal Encyclopedia (interesting, habitat, place):www.zoothailand.org/animal_more.php

TH-BIF networks 2019-2020

2019

Management system on Biodiversity knowledge base:www.biodiversity.forest.go.th

Plant database, Flora of Thailand book (B.E.2557)& Plant encyclopedia database:www.dnp.go.th/botany

Mineral Resources Data System (3,800+ items)included life taxonomy:
www.mrds.dmcr.go.th

Animal encyclopedia
www.zoothailand.org/animal_more.php

TH-BIF networks 2019-2020

2019

The checklist of cartilaginous fishes foundin Thai Waters and the adjacent areas is
updated in 2019

Catalogue of the lichens of Thailand(1,292 items)

Checklist of Thai Birds:
www.bcst.or.th/report-archives

IUCN red list
www.iucnredlist.org

TH-BIF networks 2019-2020

2020

Shape file of coral and seagrass of Thailand& marine life taxonomy (more input)

Taxonomy data, creatures, cartilaginous fishes(more input)

Lichen images:
www.lichen.ru.ac.th/index.php/herbarium/checklist

QSBG Plant database, plant book and images:
www.qsbg.org/webBGO/database.html

Collaborative Networking Extension

2020

List of biodiversity resources, law data,
economy data and expert data:
www.thaibiodiversity.org/bedo/index.php

Geographical Indications (GI):www.ipthailand.go.th/th/gi-001.html

Thailand Agricultural Research Repository:
www.tarr.arda.or.th

Survey data of spatial modelCurrent linkage services via open API
Data set of TH-BIF

2 organizations

Taxonomy data
Dept. of Intellectual Property

Invasive species list

OPEN API
Service type of API

Thailand’s threatened status

Creatures in royal designation

User’s namePassword
Searching word
Data AccessResults

Kasetsart University, Plant Genetic
Conservation Project under The Royal
Initiative of Her Royal Highness Princess
Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
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http://thbif.onep.go.th(General info)(Habitat/Finding sources)

Display: Information of plants, animals,microorganism, threatened status, protection
status, invasive alien species list, benefits,
experts and researches(Taxonomy)(Images)(Threatened status)

19

Study result of spatial model systemMap of Thailand Biodiversity

Knowledge Services forCommunity’s based DataCollection

Creatures in Thailand

PlantsAnimals

Microorganism

Location: museum, gene bank and national park

Herbs museum

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TH-BIF Platform for Data utilization through Data Sharing• Dept. of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation• Dept. of Marine and Coastal Resources• Dept. of Livestock Development• Dept. of Royal Forestry

In situconservation• Integrated Database➢Provincial and Community Level➢University network group for sharing
their research dataensuring the conservation, restoration and sustainable utilizationof biodiversity, while protecting environment and ecosystem

Conservation Area

Research Area

Ex situ conservation

Researches in Restoration and Conservation• Zoological Park Organization of Thailand• Botanical Garden Organization• Dept. of Agriculture• Min. of Agriculture and Cooperatives• Research unit under Min. of Higher Education,Science, Research and Innovation• University, College, Rajabhat University• Biodiversity-Based Economy Development Office(Public Organization)• Dept. of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicines

Biodiversity Economy
with the production ofrenewable biologicalresources and theconversion of theseresources into value
added products

Utilization based on BCG ModelPatent & GeographicalIndication (GI)• Dept. of Intellectual Property

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TH-BIF’s FUTURE
Supporting Sustainable Development, Biological Economy, Circular economy andGreen Economy

TH-BIF in 2021

TH-BIF’s Networking
Extension eg. TraditionalMedicines
Community’s Biodiversity
Data Integration

Research and Gene Bank

Developing TH-BIF structureand system
Improving data integration system for Acrossdomains and Tools

Moving to Cloud Based Platform
Embedding Data Analytics Tools
Enhancing Information Services

Enhancing TRUSTWORTHY
Information Sharing Platform
Extending to crowdsourcing and IoT
data collection throughCollaborative Network
Enhancing platform and data security
for data sharing and dataaccessibility.
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AI-POWEREDSEARCH◦traditional search to AIpowered search &analytics applicationsเทคโนโลยีรู้จาเสียง
Voice Recognition

AI-PoweredSearch Engine

1.Geospiza magnirostris

2.Geospiza fortis
3.Geospiza parvula
4.Certhidea olivaceaเทคโนโลยีรู้จาภาพImage Processing

AutomaticClassification

Pristiformes

1 family, Snout elongated, sawlike
Snout rounded
P1 not reach to P2 origin
Wedge-shaped snout

Rhinobatiformes

Wedge-shaped snout

P1 reach to P2 origin

Snout rounded
2 dorsal fins

Rhinobatiformes

Electric organs present
0-1 dorsal finsAnt. & post. lobes of pelvic fin completely
separate, ant. lobe leg-like
Ant. & post. lobes of pelvic fin conjoined
basally, ant. lobe not leg-likeRajiformes

Snout length > 6 eye diameter
Caudal fin present
Snout length < 6 eye diameter

DW < 1.3 DL

No caudal fin

Pectoral disc cover head

DW > 1.6 DL, rhomboidal disc only

Rajiformes

Single rostral fins
Snout with rostral fins
Bilobed rostral fins
Pectoral disc not cover head

Snout with bilobate cephalic fins

Pristidae
RhinidaeRhynchobatidae
Rhinobatidae
Platyrhinidae
RhinidaeRhynchobatidae
RhinidaeRhynchobatidae
Plesiobatidae
Urolophidae
Dasyatidae
Gymnuridae
Myliobatidae
Rhinopteridae
Mobulidaeปลาฉลาม Selachii
Elasmobranchiiช่องเปิดเหงือก 5-7 คู่
Gill opening 5-7 pairsปลากระดูกอ่อน
Chondrichthyes
Holocephaliช่องเปิดเหงือก 1 คู่Gill opening 1 pairsช่องเปิดเหงือกอยู่ด้านข้างของส่วนหัวGill opening on lateral side of headปลากระเบน Batoideaช่องเปิดเหงือกอยู่ด้านล่างของส่วนหัว
Gill opening on underside of headปลาหนู หรือ ไคมีร่า
Ratfish or Chimaera

Acknowledgement: Tassapon KRAJANGDARA, Fishery Science, Senior Professional Level, Phuket Marine Fisheries
Research and Development Center

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CONNECT PEOPLE / CONNECT DATA / CONNECT KNOWLEDGE / CONNECT SERVICEPolicy and Strategy Section, Division of Biodiversity Management,

Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning, THAILAND
Tel./Fax. 66-2-2656685 E-mail : bdpolicy@onep.go.th