Download - Introduction to SIS - web version
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
The IUCN Species
Information Service (SIS)
Importance of storing, maintaining &
updating Red List data
Primary value of the Red List is the underlying data
• Red List assessment = more than just the category & criteria
• Data (documentation & map) tells us the whole story: why the
species is assessed as it is and what to do about it
• Data used for conservation planning, priority-setting and
decision-making
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
Species Information System (SIS)
What is the Species Information Service (SIS)?
• Online system for centralized data storage
• Direct link to Red List website
• Standardizes assessments
• Transparency
• Facilitates consistency checking and review
• Allows for convenient and informed
reassessments
• Source code is open-source and free: can
be used to produce national and regional
Red List assessments
Sharks
Groupers
Seahorses
Gobies
Sticklebacks
Conifers
Orchids
Acacias
Cycads
Ferns Bees
Spiders
Dragonflies
Mayflies
Bivalves
Frogs
Newts
Salamanders
Toads
Mammals Birds
Reptiles Fungi
Ferns
Working Set
Internet
connection
Gobies &
Sticklebacks
Working Set
Internet
connection Dragonflies
& Mayflies
Working Set
Internet
connection
Bivalves
Working Set
Fern specialist Freshwater fish specialist
Mollusc specialist Odonata specialist
Ferns Gobies
Sticklebacks
Dragonflies
Mayflies Bivalves
Internet
connection
Online SIS
Species Information System (SIS)
Online SIS
• Training site: https://train.iucnsis.org
−Practicing in SIS or testing functions before trying them on the live
SIS. Use this for Red List training.
• Live site: https://sis.iucnsis.org
−Entering assessment information for the IUCN Red List web site.
Use this for entering real data for the project and the IUCN Red List.
Offline SIS • Very careful management required to keep track of the current version of
the dataset and to ensure correct version is uploaded back into the live
SIS.
• Only one person should work on an offline dataset at any one time.
• MAKE REGULAR BACKUPS
Please contact the Red List Unit if you absolutely need to use offline SIS.
Species Information System (SIS)
• Best internet browsers for SIS are:
− Mozilla Firefox
− Google Chrome
− Apple Safari
• Offline SIS requires JAVA be installed (free to download)
• Does not work very well through Internet Explorer (IE not
standards compliant)
System Requirements
Mozilla Firefox
Species Information System (SIS)
Different versions of SIS are very similar:
It is useful to give each version
a different background colour
Offline
Online live
Online training
Species Information System (SIS)
User accounts and permissions
• Each SIS user will get a specific Username and Password
• Permissions are tailored for each person:
− Only SIS managers and RLU staff have full access
− Users can edit and add new assessments only to those taxa
that they have permission to edit
• Taxonomic information is strictly controlled
− Very few people have permission to change taxonomy
Supporting information
Supporting information
text fields in SIS
Supporting information
In general, please…
• Enter text in all documentation fields
• Use “normal” language
• No one word answers
• Complete sentences please!
• Be specific (e.g. EOO = 4600 km² not EOO < 5000 km²)
• Enter references properly (check SIS before doing so!)
• Follow citation standards
• Follow IUCN style guidelines and Red List terminology
• Use consistency checklist
Supporting information
In general, please…
• Enter text in all documentation fields
• Use “normal” language
• No one word answers
• Complete sentences please!
• Be specific (e.g. EOO = 4600 km² not EOO < 5000 km²)
• Enter references properly (check SIS before doing so!)
• Follow citation standards
• Follow IUCN style guidelines and Red List terminology
• Use consistency checklist
See the sheet “General questions to guide the amphibian assessment process”
Supporting information
Classification Schemes
Download at http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes
Supporting information
Prof. Philippe Bouchet
Taxonomic concepts and the
IUCN Red List
Dr Jan van Tol
Dr Maurice Kottelat
Supporting information
2005: Species = LC 2010: Species = EN
The taxonomic concept has changed since 2005, so the 2010 assessment
should not include the 2005 assessment as part of its assessment history.
CHANGING TAXONOMIC CONCEPTS
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
Now on to SIS for a demonstration….
https://train.iucnsis.org/apps/org.iucn.sis.server/SIS/index.html https://sis.iucnsis.org/apps/org.iucn.sis.server/SIS/index.html