History
In June 2019, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Finance issued an optimized name list for the service platforms of national science and technology infrastructure, and the National Ecosystem Science Data Center (NESDC) was on the list and signaled the official establishment of NESDC. The data center of the Chinese Ecosystem Research Network (CERN) was established, the ecosystem science data center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was established almost simultaneously. In August 2019, the implementation plan of NESDC from 2020 to 2025 was approved by NESDC experts committee.
The predecessor of NESDC is the National Ecosystem Research Network of China (CNERN), which belongs to the National Science and Technology Infrastructure certificated by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2011.
Vision
Based on the national field stations of CNERN and other federal field stations as well as some thematic observation networks, with ecosystem observation and research data as its core, NESDC will integrate and develop station-region-nation-wide ecosystem observation and research data products, will strive to become an advanced science data center nationally and internationally.
| Main Tasks |
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| To establish a series of ecological data protocols and standards throughout the data lifecycle |
| To form a series of data product with typical ecosystems' long-term on-site observational data as the core |
| To build a multi-source heterogeneous ecological repository covering field stations, thematic observation networks, science and technology program, journal papers, scientific research institutions/teams/individuals, and form a platform for submitting and sharing service; |
| To build ecological data analysis, assimilation algorithms and tool libraries to form the ecosystem science data analysis and public service platform |
| To establish columns or sub-journals of ecological science data papers to promote data publication and data intellectual property protection |
| To organize the publication of annual data reports to support the compilation of regional / national ecosystem assessment reports |
| To organize training activities regularly to improve cultural circumstance of data opening and sharing, and consolidate education of graduate students in ecoinformatics |
| To develop international cooperation with NEON, ECN, GEO, etc. to increase international influence |
Data hierarchy
