The International Committee on Data for Science and
Technology (CODATA) Approved the Task Group on Geographic Indications and
Sustainability (GIES)
Editorial Office of Journal of Global Change Data & Discovery
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3974/geodp.2023.04.13
CSTR: https://cstr.escience.org.cn/CSTR:20146.99.2023.04.13
On the 27th to the 28th of October
2023, the International Scientific and Technological Data Committee (CODATA)
convened its highest deliberative assembly in Salzburg, Austria, both
physically and virtually. In accordance with the procedures of the assembly,
Dr. Liu Chuang, Professor of the Institute
of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, elucidated on the establishment of the task group. Following an anonymous
vote, the assembly approved eight task groups, including the task group.
The co-chairs of the “High-Quality Geographic Product Habitat Protection
and Sustainable Development” task group are three renowned scientists in the
field of scientific data and its applications from China, Australia, and
Belgium. They are: Dr. Liu, Chuang, recipient of the CODATA Award (2018), Director
of the World Data Center for Global Change Research, and researcher at the
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese
Academy of Sciences; Professor Kadambot H. M. Siddique, fellows of the
Australian Academy of Science, the Third World Academy of Sciences, and
Director of the Institute of Agriculture at the University of Western
Australia; and professor Philippe De Maeyer, fellow of the Belgian Academy of
Sciences, Secretary-General of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences of
Belgium, Vice President of the International Cartographic Association, and
Professor at the Department of Geography, Ghent University, Belgium. The task
group members include nearly 30 experts from China, Japan, India, Cambodia,
Bhutan, Azerbaijan, Germany, France, Italy, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania,
Mexico, Brazil, and other countries.
The primary tasks of the task group are as
follows:
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Prof. Liu Chuang, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural
Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Prof. Kadambot H. M. Siddique, Institute of Agriculture,
University of Western Australia
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Prof. Philippe De Maeyer, Department of Geography, Ghent
University, Belgium
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Ÿ Utilizing
open scientific methodologies to integrate diverse data in geography,
resources, environment, and society (culture) to support sustainable
development.
Ÿ Promoting
case studies on habitat protection and sustainable development of high-quality
geographic products through the widespread application of technologies such as
big data and the Internet of Things, providing solutions for achieving
sustainable development goals.
Ÿ Providing
assistance in data technology and capacity building for developing countries,
small island states, and ecologically vulnerable regions to address global
climate change and achieve sustainable development goals.
Ÿ Demonstrating
coordinated approaches among stakeholders in the process of achieving
sustainable development goals, particularly providing empirical and
transferable methods for coordination among scientists, policymakers, and
private enterprises.
The initiative was first advocated and
launched in 2021 by the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources
Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Geographical Society of China.
It aims to implement the action plan of the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals. The scientific and technological approaches adopted in this
action plan have received accolades from organizations such as the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, CODATA, and the World Data
System. The establishment of a dedicated task group by CODATA to promote this
work will facilitate international cooperation and contribute to the
achievement of the United Nations SDGs.
The Committee on Data
for Science and Technology (CODATA) is an international organization under the
International Science Council (ISC), established in 1966. It is an
international academic organization dedicated to scientific and technological
data in the fields of science and technology. CODATA task groups are important
organizational mechanism for the implementation of its development strategies
and coordination of international cooperation actions in the field of data.
The eight task groups
approved by the CODATA highest deliberative assembly in 2023 are as follows:
(1) Data Systems and
Services for Crisis Situations (DSTS-CS)
(2) Advancing Data
Science for Sustainability
(3) Geographic
Indications and Sustainability (GIES-TG)
(4) Data Ethics Task
Group (DE-TG)
(5) Data-Driven
Social Change Towards Society Promoting Cognitively Healthy Aging
(6) Citizen Generated
Data for the SDGs
(7) Digital
Representation of Units of Measure (DRUM-TG)
(8) FAIR Data for
Disaster Risk Research