Les données naturalistes à l'épreuve de la transparence

Abstract

The preservation of biodiversity necessitates global knowledge attained by connecting pieces of information that have been dispersed in the multiple data banks around the world. Starting with the implementation of the Systeme d'information sur la nature et les paysages (Information System about Nature and Landscapes, the SINP) created at the initiative of the Ministry of Ecology. the authors have put the notion of transparency into action in order to analyze the passage from the artisanal and specifically local production of naturalist data to the globalized world of big data. They point out firstly that naturalists' data - collected from associations whose public interest has been recognized - are "embedded" in the territory along with its social bonds. They go on to speak about how, in the dynamic of the SINF. there is a process of standardizing and uprooting the data as it is removed from its context. Thus the local associations, in fear of being dispossessed of their data, have developed diverse strategies to control access to them, likewise insisting on their particular skill at maintaining a sustainable vigilance on their own territory.