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1 SIMPOSIUM MAKLUMAT GEOSPATIAL KEBANGSAAN KE-5 21 Mei 2012 Dewan B, Pusat Konvensyen Antarabangsa Putrajaya (PICC) MyNODC: Spatial Data Info-Structure for Marine Spatial Data Planning Prof. Dr. Nor Aieni binti Hj. Mokhtar National Oceanography Directorate (NOD) Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation, MOSTI

2 Introduction PRESENTATION OUTLINE MyNODC Marine Spatial Planning Conclusion

3 National Oceanography Directorate (NOD), MOSTI NOD is the National Focal Point for R&D&C Oceanography and Marine Science established in 2001 (MOSTE) coordinator for related Oceanographic activities - National focal point for IOC-UNESCO/IOC-WESTPAC -National CTI Secretariat Malaysia - NFP EU-SEA marine-environment Committed to Excellence in the Marine Sciences

4 Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (144 members) MALAYSIA was elected as EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER since 2008, won re-election in 2011 Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific MALAYSIA elected as 2 nd Vice Chairperson and executive member of Advisory Group Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange

5 IODE NETWORK OF NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTRES China Brussels Malaysia (?) 5 World Ocean Data Centre System (WODCS): 1. Rusia 2. China 3. USA 4. Japan 5. Australia - NODC

6 Andaman Sea Malaysia as a Maritime Country 329,845 km 2 of landmass 450,000 km 2 of marine coverage (EEZ) South China Sea Sulu Sea Malacca Straits Sulawesi Sea

7 The National Ocean Policy My Ocean Blue Print

8 VISION A healthy and productive ocean, rich in biodiversity and heritage, wisely managed, safe and secure, and economically developed for the equitable benefit of all, now and in the future. GOAL 1 GOAL 2 GOAL 3 GOAL 4 Understand, Conserve & Restore Ocean Environment Support Sustainable Economic Growth and Opportunities Practice Good Ocean Governance Achieve Participatory, Responsible and Sustainable Development for Islands 10 th MALAYSIAN PLAN 8

9 PRIME MINISTER DEPT MINISTRY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT National Security Council Economic Planning Unit Maritime Enforcement Agency National Oceanography Directorate Meteorological Dept Remote Sensing Agency Centre for Geospatial Data Infrastructure Dept of Environment Dept of Marine Park Marine Dept Port Authority Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA) MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRO-BASED INDUSTRY MINISTRY OF DEFENCE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Dept of Fisheries Fisheries Development Authority Royal Navy National Hydrographic Centre Multilateral Economic and Environment Division Town and Country Planning Dept MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE Department of Natural Heritage MINISTRY OF RURAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Sustainable Islands and Island Communities MINISTRY OF TOURISM Coastal and Marine Tourism MINISTRY OF ENERGY, GREEN TECHNOLOGY AND WATER Ocean Renewable Energy

10 Situational Analysis Ocean Data Management-Knowledge Management and MIS Ocean is complex Different jurisdictions under various agencies Heterogeneous Distributed Autonomous Need mechanism for data sharing Data Centre Portal Database SEAMLESS SOLUTION

11 Degree of completion of the initial design targets for the ocean component of the Global Climate Observing System to be reported to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change SBSTA (Bonn, June 2009).

12 For Ocean Experts and Users

13 MyNODC Imperative need for a central database housing oceanographic and marine data and information Launched on the 24th of July 2010 Mission is to provide stewardship and access for the national resource of oceanographic data Requires the gathering, quality control, processing, summarisation, dissemination, and preservation of data generated by stakeholders Plays an important role in identifying and disseminating information

14 INTEGRATION WITH IODE The data must be: Free and unrestricted Non commercial Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange Oceanographic Data Information Network (ODIN WESTPAC) Need to establish: 1. Meta-data. 2. Ontology to define standard vocabularies. 3. Data Exchange Language to being both human and machine understandable. 4. Malaysian National GRID to provide high computing power. 5. Subject headings.

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16 Data Mining & Analysis Software Tools Upload / Download Information Centre Factsheets (authors, publications etc) Gallery Related Literature Associated Material To Post To Social Networks (CiteULike, Connotea, Facebook, Twitter etc) Data Alerts Catalogue Search Engine

17 MYNODC PORTAL SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE Hybrid Data Centre Model: Autonomous management Heterogeneous business process Computing infrastructure capacity Data Centre crawler Decision Support System (DSS) Management Information System (MIS) Government Agencies Academic & Research Institutions Data Sharing via NODC portal ( Private Sector PHN, ARSM, JMM, Buoys, Satellites etc. Data Provider interface NODC-ODT DATA NODC-DB STANDARD 1. Physical Oceanography 2. Chemical Oceanography 3. Marine Contaminants/Pollution 4. Marine Biological/Fisheries 5. Marine Geology/Geophysics 6. Marine Meteorology Public Way Forward Spatial Data Explorer Geospatial Server Metadata Catalogue

18 MyNODC Portal MyNODC Portal Government Agencies Academic & Research Institutions Private Sector MyNODC H 2 ODatabase Forum Public e-learning Events Community Publication News Announcement Oceanarium MyNODCFacebook

19 MyNODC Database Advanced MIS & GIS Editing Field Study GUI Sensor RDBMS Format Spatial XML Format MyNODC H 2 O Database SDE Format Ontology Data Model Semantic Searching Spatial Data Infrastructure Data Browser

20 Technology Used 2 PEKELILING AM BILANGAN 1 TAHUN 2006 PENGURUSAN LAMAN WEB/PORTAL SEKTOR AWAM Database software Web application software Apache 1 Web design software Adobe Dreamweaver 3 An open source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). Report design software Language PHP Report Maker

21 Interface for MyNODC Phase 2 Spatial Data Infrastructure for Heterogeneous Distributed Oceanography and Marine Sciences Data and Knowledge Sources

22 USER Query/ Search SBML -MyNODC Exchange Language Web Services MyNODC ONTOLOGY MyNODC Data Infrastructure RESULTS ANNOTATION MyNODC Annotation DATA STANDARD DATA MODEL MyNODC DATA MODEL DATA MODEL DATA MODEL DATA MODEL DATA MODEL DTI INOCEM INOS OTL PHN JMM EXL JUPEM 9 Marine Research COEs DTM ATT

23 LOKASI CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE (COE) BIDANG OSEANOGRAFI DAN SAINS MARIN DI MALAYSIA USM (CEMACS) UM (IOES) UKM (EKOMAR) UMT (INOS) UIAM (INOCEM) UPM (IBS) UTM (COEI) UNIMAS (ASD) UMS (BMRI)

24 Data & Activities in Oceanographic Domain

25 MyNODC Collaborative Spatial Decision Support System Protected Access Application of Ocean-informatics MyNODC Knowledgebase Inference Engine MyNODC Knowledge Portal expert Management Information System public Public Access MyNODC Portal Geographical Information System Decision Support System Ontology MyNODC Data Infrastructure Exchange Language Data & Object Model CoEs Agencies MyNODC Database NOD

26 MyNODC ROADMAP Artificial Intelligence Data Management & Mining Graphics & Visualization High Performance Computing Network & Data Security Software Engineering Ocean Informatics Phase 4 MyNODC Knowledgebase & Portal Phase 5 MyNODC Collaborative Spatial Decision Support System Phase 6 MyNODC Cockpit Phase 3 Phase 1 Phase 2 MyNODC Spatial Data Infrastructure MyNODC Database & Portal MyNODC Hydroinformatic & Oceanographic Data Exchange and Knowledge Management tools Ocean Data Portal National Regional International Project Status Completed Proposed

27 Marine Spatial Planning

28 Marine spatial planning (MSP) Marine spatial planning (MSP) is a tool that brings together multiple users of the ocean to make coordinated decisions on how to use marine resources sustainably and strategically. MSP uses comprehensive maps in order to identify where and how an ocean area is being utilised and what natural resources and habitat exist.

29 Application of MSP in Tun Mustapha Park Marxan a software designed to aid spatial planning in conservation areas. MARXAN is fundamental as a decision support tool in designing zones for Marine Protected Areas. Marxan is the main tool used in the ongoing zoning process of the proposed Tun Mustapha Park (TMP).

30 Area ~ mill. ha. (2.54 mill. acres); More than 50 islands 3 districts: Kudat, Kota Marudu & Pitas Population ~ 80,000 coastal people; Tun Mustapha Park Tun Mustapha Park

31 High biodiversity Tun Mustapha Park - 4 species of turtles species of fish species of corals species of invertebrates - 15,500 TM fish landing (~ 100 TM landing /day, ~ RM 700,000.00/day)

32 Recognised as a Priority Conservation Area in SSME* Productive marine ecosystem (coral reefs, sea grasses and mangroves) Fish habitat & breeding grounds A corridor route for various types of migratory marine animals (whales, dolphins, dugongs and turtles) * SSME Sulu Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion

33 The software, which is based on data input by participating authorities assists in the zoning process by finding solutions to identify suitable reserve sites that will protect a suite of selected biodiversity targets. Partnerships between government and non-government agencies involved: i. Sabah Parks; ii. Department of Fisheries Sabah; iii. Universiti Malaysia Sabah; iv. WWF-Malaysia; v. Town & Regional Planning Department;and vi. Kudat District Office.

34 Types of data obtained allows the software to focus and highlight sites to be prioritised for full protection. Data required ranged from significant marine species habitats to areas of ecological importance. E.g.: Percentage of coral cover; Populations of fish species; Important fishing grounds;and Areas providing vital services to mankind.

35 MARXAN allows the realisation of the multiple-use concept in Tun Mustapha Park, a globally important area within the Sulu Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion and the apex of the Coral Triangle, which encompasses the most biodiverse waters in the world (Source: WWF)

36 The MyNODC: Way OBJECTIVE Forward Better manage Malaysia s information on oceanography and marine science to support R&D and services. As the centre for data acquisation and exchange, NODC will augment oceanography and marine science activities at national, regional and international platforms. A healthy ocean sector is essential for Malaysia s transformation to a high income, developed nation by 2020.

37 CONCLUSION Partnership in Ocean Data and Information Exchange 39

38 MyNODC: BENEFITS OBJECTIVE MyNODC Portal Large quantities of oceanography data are being generated. To be useful, this data needs to be: Stored Distributed Retrieved Analyzed Visualized Interpreted

39 MOSTI FUNDED PROJECTS (Escience, Techno-Fund, Inno Fund) Coordinated by NOD RMK 10 - National Escience: 43 Projects (RM 12 million) up to May 2012 Technofund: 2 projects (RM 6 million) InnoFund: 1 project (RM 500 K) Strategic International collaborative programs and linkages Capacity building 1. EU FP7- SHIVA consortium of Europen and Malaysian Universities 2. Malaysia-China-Thailand: Ocean Forcasting system and SEA-GOOS 3. Coral Triangle Initiative : CT6 and Development Partners 4. IODE training programs and regional traning centres

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41 MONITORING RESPONSE

42 Threats Red tide, Harmful Algae Bloom National Oceanography Directorate, MOSTI 44

43 THANK YOU

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