SYNTHESEAS VIEW: SYstem for iNTegrating Human dimensions, Ecosystem Services and Economic Assessment for Sustainability

SYstem for iNTegrating Human dimensions, Ecosystem Services and Economic Assessment for Sustainability. CSIRO has developed this Shiny application to store metadata information relevant to datasets found in the Great Barrier Reef region which are primarily ecosystem service focused. The Shiny app allows users to filter the records describing the catalog of datasets by ES category (Provisioning, Regulating & Cultural) and Ecosystem service. It also allows users to filter by GBR User type (First Nations, Government, Household and industry). Users can also filter by various components in the Ecosystem Service Value Chain (ESVC) (eg. Use, measures, and derived values) to enable users to understand the various datasets which have been used to construct an ESVC. \nLineage: The SEABORNE (Sustainable UsE And Benefits fOR mariNE) project has consolidatied and synthesised existing information about who is using the Reef, how it is being used and what the benefits are from this use. CSIRO's research on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) has been identified as a Category 4 Mission for the organisation, with well-established investors and collaborators, an internal coordination architecture, and delivering impact from a large portfolio of research across several Business Units. This project is one of several key strategic outcomes of the Great Barrier Reef Platform. SEABORNE began in November 2021, with the project team initially developing and sourcing a list of potential datasets relevant to the research question. An Excel spreadsheet was trialled to make it more of a data entry form for users, however we encountered problems with dropdown fields not allowing multiple selections of values, due to the version of Excel and VBA programming. As part of the SCCPs (ERRFP-1322) we developed a Shiny (R) dashboard that allowed the database to be filtered and searched in a user-friendly manner. We exported the data from the MS ACCESS database as a CSV and used this in the Shiny app. This app also allows the spatial extent data from CSIRO DAP and the GBRMPA catalogue (online json file) to be read and displayed from the relevant website on a Leaflet map. Each record in the metadata database (has a UniqueID) and pertains to a dataset which has been used or considered in the SEABORNE project. This tool allows researchers a summary of what’s available, particularly in the GBR in relation to ecosystem services, where to get the data, what the data is about, the quality of the data etc, and who to contact to acquire the data. It is NOT a data warehouse, nor is it a data portal to download data from.