A Workshopfor the2012 Jeju World Conservation Congress (WCC)

Tetsukazu Yahara
Kyushu University, JapanTHE STATUS OF THE AP-BON AND J-BON

GEO: GROUP ON EARTH OBSERVATION
Launched by the G8; its first plenary meeting held in May 2005 in Geneva

GEO BON
2005-2015: 10 year implementation plan

History of GEO BON
2006: User Needs workshop, Geneva 23-25October
2007: GEO Ministerial in Cape Town
2008: Interim GEO BON Committee formed 1416 January– Draft GEO BON concept document
produced

2008: 2nd International workshop,Berlin/Potsdam 8-10 April– Draft GEO BON concept document
discussed and amended, firstimplementation steps planned

INITIATIVES SPONSORED BY MOE, JAPANESABII
AP-BON
Asia-Pacific
Biodiversity Observation Network

East and Southeast Asia
Biodiversity Information Initiative

J-BON
a voluntary network of Japanese scientists

DEVELOPMENT OF AP-BON
2008

2011

2012

2nd GEOSS-AP

GEO BON Conference
AP-BON Workshop

2009
2010

GEOSS-AP symposium

GEO BON Meeting

GEO BON Workplan
2011-2015

1st AP-BON

3rd GEOSS-AP

2nd AP-BON
3rd AP-BON

4th GEOSS-AP

4th AP BON

5th GEOSS-AP

4th AP-BON
Dec 2-4

Apr 2-4

Postponed due to the disaster

5th GEOSS-AP

MOE project started from July 2011 to support AP-BON

ASIA-PACIFIC BON: STATUS
 A network is established, A regional network corresponding to GEO BON
 and for capacity building activities.

 Covering all countries of the Asia-Pacific region.
 Covering all levels and all ecosystems.

 Organization: Co-chairs: T Yahara & R Fuentes (ACB) Secretariat: Biodiversity Center, MoE, Japan

 Steering committee: Ma (China), Kim (Korea), Nakashizuka(J), Shirayama (J), Nakano (J) Website; Available, although preliminary.
 Mailing list; Launched with ca. 100 members.

AP-BON VISION To establish a Coordinated Asian Network thatgathers and shares information on biodiversity
and ecosystem services
 To provide tools for data collection,
sharing/exchange, analysis, andsynthesis/integration, and To contribute to improving ecosystemmanagement, sustainable use of biodiversity
and human well-being

AP-BON MISSIONS
 Observing and analyzing changes in biodiversity overtime.
 Improving delivery of biodiversity information andservices to users, particularly decision-makers.
 Facilitating linkages among many countries,organizations and individuals contributing tobiodiversity observations.
 Identifying gaps between existing biodiversity
observation systems and promoting
mechanisms/projects to fill them.

AP BON WORKING GROUPS 1: Genetics/phylogenetic diversity 2: Terrestrial species monitoring 3: Terrestrial ecosystem change 4: Freshwater ecosystem change 5: Marine ecosystem change

Draft
implementation
discussed
in 4th AP-BON
workshop 6: In-situ / remote-sensing integration

Discussed in 5th GEOSS-AP symposium

The first volume of AP-BON Book will be published in March 2012

MOE Strategic R&D 2011-15: themes
Developing models and tools to observe/assess biodiversity changes in Asia
Developing models and tools to observe/assess loss of ecosystem services in Asia
Developing models and tools to identify hot spots and EBSA in Asia

Theme 1
Theme 2
Gene and species
diversity changes

Modeling biodiversity changes &developing policy

Theme 3-5
Changes inforest, freshwater& marine
ecosystem

Contribution to IPBES, GEO BON, CBD, REDD+, & National Strategy

CANDIDATE MOUNTAINS FOR TRANSECT SURVEYS
Collaboration of Asian scientists is inevitable☆

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