Asia Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network
12th Workshop
Program ver. January 22

Date: January 22, 2021 (Friday)* Participants are kindly asked to double-check the time by themselves
Country
Time zone
Opening
Session II
Session I
Japan, Korea, Palau
UTC +910:00 am
12:30pm
China, Philippines, Malaysia UTC +8
9:00 am
11:30amThailand, Cambodia,
UTC +78:00 am
10:30amIndonesia (Jakarta)
Nepal
UTC +5:45
6:45 am
9:15amUK (London)
UTC +0
1:00 am
3:30amCanada (Montreal, Quebec) UTC -5
20:00 (Jan 21) 22:30 (Jan 21)

Session III

Session IV

13:45
12:45
11:45am

16:00
15:00
14:00

10:30am
4:45am23:45 (Jan21)

12:45
7:00am2:00amhttps://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/

Venue: On-line
Access information to be announced later by emails and APBON website( http://www.esabii.biodic.go.jp/ap-bon/index.html ).

Background and objectives:
Asia Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network was established in 2009 (Yahara et al. 2014), and we are
now moving to the next steps to address challenges in biodiversity observations and assessments in
our region, based on our 10-year achievements (Takeuchi et al. in review).
The societal demands for the Earth observation have been increasing because of emerging
environmental issues such as climate change and species extinction in both global and local scale. Our
ecosystem and biodiversity monitoring activities as “Earth observation” and subsequent scientificanalyses provide an essential data to understand the status, trends, and projection of the future earthsystem including under climate and societal change. Through the high-quality observation of
biodiversity change, APBON will strive to provide scientific evidence to develop sound assessments andfacilitate policy-making.
Regional networks, such as APBON, play an essential role in taking an initiative to gather, explore,
and prioritize local issues and practices and link these over regions, scientific communities, andstakeholders. We cherish the bottom-up approaches and/or landscape-level approaches, which ourmembers have used, as it matches with the scale of the biodiversity-issues and the goal setting tomaximize the benefits to local people, regional ecosystems, and biodiversity. It also offers more
opportunities to work with scientists and local stakeholders and facilitate problem-solving corporation
using the available knowledge. Another target is to promote data sharing and data accessibility throughand by strengthening the networking of the observation networks in local to AP regional scale anddeliver our information and knowledge to global platforms (e.g., GEO BON). APBON plays a role as a“hub” to link the local, national, regional, and global needs of biodiversity observations, customizing
observation designs and tools, and matching science-policy interface.
Now we reconvene at the 12th APBON Workshop to construct our implementation plans to
respond to the following new needs to the biodiversity observations: (1) Developing national BONs andnetworking them in the region to contribute to CBD Aichi Biodiversity Targets and post 2020 Global1Biodiversity Framework, (2) Filling observational and knowledge gaps for biodiversity status and trends
to contribute to IPBES assessments, (3) Producing data and knowledge to address the issues
particularly related to biodiversity and ecosystem sustainability by coordinated activities with GEO andAOGEO, (4) Contributing to achievements of SDGs by providing adequate and defensible biodiversity
data that help developing policy for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, and (5) Learningand sharing the challenges of biodiversity issues under COVID-19 pandemic and on-going climatechange.

12th APBON Workshop organizing group:
Hiroyuki Muraoka (Gifu University, Japan), APBON Co-chair
Runi Anak Sylvester Pungga (Forest Department Sarawak, Malaysia), APBON Co-chair
Yongyut Trisurat (Kasetsart University, Thailand), APBON Co-chair
Tetsukazu Yahara (Kyusyu University, Kyusyu Open University, Japan)
Sheila Vergara (ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, Philippines)
Eun-Shik Kim (Kookmin University, Korea)
Yayoi Takeuchi (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan)
Masahiro Nakaoka (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Takehisa Yamakita (JAMSTEC, Japan)
Yuichi Kano (Kyusyu University, Japan)
Shin Nagai (JAMSTEC, Japan)
Alice Hughes (Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China)
APBON Secretariat: Yusuke Saito, Misumi Hirano (Biodiversity Center of Japan, Ministry of theEnvironment Japan)

Program of the day(Note that the time is in Japan Standard Time)

10:00 –
10:15 JST(UTC +9)

Welcome and opening remarks [Moderator: Mr. Yusuke Saito, MoE Japan]
APBON Co-chairs (Hiroyuki Muraoka, Yongyut Trisurat, Runi Anak Sylvester
Pungga)APBON Secretariat Director-General (Mr. Hideaki Matsumoto, MoE Japan)
Reviewing APBON’s Strategic plan to 2030 and objectives of this workshop(Hiroyuki)I.

10:15 –
12:00 JST

Development of BON and its contributions to society [Moderators: Yongyut
Trisurat, Runi Anak Sylvester Pungga][20 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q&A)
1. CBD post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (Mr. Basile van Havre,
Canadian Wildlife Service)
2. GEO BON’s next plans (Prof. Andrew Gonzalez, Co-chair of GEO BON)
3. Progress on Aichi Targets in Hindu Kush Himalaya (Dr. Sunita Chaudhary,
ICIMOD)
4. Status and challenges in the Pacific (Dr. Yimnang Golbuu, CEO, Palau
International Coral Reef Center)

12:00 –
12:05 JST

1st Photo session

12:05 –

Break2

12:30 JST
II.

12:30 –
13:30 JST

13:30 –
13:45 JST

Updates of BONs in the region [Moderators: Sheila Vergara, Hiroyuki Muraoka][5 minutes for each]
ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (Christian Elloran)
China (Sino BON) (Xiaojuan Feng)
Indonesia (Dedy Darnaedi)
Japan (JBON) (Yayoi Takeuchi)
Korea (KBON) (Chan-Ho Park)
Malaysia (Zarina Sebli)
Nepal (Mangal Man Shakya)
Philippines (tbd)
Thailand (Yongyut Trisurat)

BreakIII. Breakout group sessions – terrestrial, freshwater and marine working groups
Following points would be considered in the Working groups.
1. Planning observations and data integration (master site concept, ongoing/future projects, “Indicators” of SDGs, etc.)
2. Data base, information platforms (for science community, user community)
3. Capacity building
4. Challenges under and post COVID-19 pandemic
5. Contribution to AOGEO (IPS; cross-cutting theme; knowledge sharing frombiodiversity-related issues)
6. Cooperation with GEO BON

13:45 –
15:30 JST

Terrestrial

Freshwater

Marine[Moderator: Yayoi Takeuchi]
1. Emerging biodiversity issues
under the COVID-19
pandemics.
The COVID-19 pandemic andthe subsequent lockdown
would bring both positive andnegative impact forbiodiversity conservation. In
this session, we review the
emerging biodiversity issues
under the COVID-19
pandemics in AP region anddiscuss our future direction forrobust biodiversity
conservation to prevent future
crises.
Introduction: Yayoi Takeuchi
Speaker1: Alice Hughes
Speaker2: Mangal Man Shakya
2. Master site planLong-term, periodic andmultidisciplinary observations
are essential for detecting theimpacts of environmental andsocietal changes. We will
discuss the concept of “mastersite plan”.
Speaker3: Hiroyuki Muraoka[Moderator: Yuichi Kano]
Recent status of freshwater
fish biodiversity study /practice in the Monsoon Asia
1) Yuichi Kano "Let's make3D models of fish
specimen by thephotogrammetry"2) Kenzo Utsugi "Necessityof reference, voucher
specimen andparataxonomist forbiodiversity monitoring"
3) Chaiwut Grudpan"Diversity and ecology offish in the Thai-Mekong
Region with the impact
of Modernized in LMB
region"[Moderator: Masahiro Nakaoka]
1. Organization of AP-MBON(=AP-BON Marine Group)
membership andcommittee
2. Introduction of ongoing
research projects (should beendorsed by AP-MBON)(i) JSPS-Kakenhi project onseagrass and mangrove (PI:Nakaoka)(ii) JST Core-to-core project
on eDNA in mangrove
ecosystems (PI: Prof. Kajita,
Univ of the Ryukyus)(iii) Others
3. Data Management (inrelation to OBIS)
4. Contribution to GEO,AOGEO, GEOBON, MBON,UN Decade of Ocean
Sciences and other related
ocean activities
5. Capacity building(International Field Training
Courses, etc.)
6. Outreach activities andother issues315:30 –16:00 JSTBreak
IV. Engagement, networking and actions for 2021 [Moderators: Runi, Yongyut,
Hiroyuki]
1. Key Biodiversity Areas (Dr. Andrew Plumptre, Head, Key Biodiversity Area
Secretariat) [20 min presentation + 5 min Q&A]

16:00 –
18:00 JST

2.
3.
4.

18:00 –
18:15 JST

Reporting breakout group session outcomes [10 minutes x 3 groups]
AOGEO – Integrated Priority Studies, contributions to GEO Engagement
Priorities, collaboration with other Task Groups [20 minutes]
Plans for APBON activities in 2021 [40 minutes]
APBON’s contribution to GEO BON, KBA, IPBES and other organizations
New APBON bookParticipation to 13th AOGEO symposium (March 3 - 5, 2021)
Next APBON Workshop

Closing remarks [APBON Co-chairs]
2nd Photo session

Key information of our network
APBON ( http://www.esabii.biodic.go.jp/ap-bon/index.html )AOGEO ( https://aogeo.net/en/ )Biodiversity Center of Japan ( http://www.biodic.go.jp/index_e.html )GEO BON ( https://geobon.org/ )CBD ( https://www.cbd.int/ )GBIF ( https://www.gbif.org/ )ILTER ( https://www.ilter.network/ ) (currently under reconstruction)
IUCN ( https://www.iucn.org/ )Key Biodiversity Areas ( http://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/ )4

Invited Keynote Speakers
Session I-1
Mr. Basile van Havre
Basile van Havre is co-Chair of the Convention on Biological
Diversity’s (CBD) Open-Ended Working Group to develop the post2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.
At the CBD 14th Conference of the Parties in November 2018, Mr.
van Havre and his Co-Chair, Francis Ogwal (Uganda), were elected by
CBD Parties to Co-Chair and oversee a Party-driven process todevelop the new post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. They will
co-chair a series of three all-Party meetings of the CBD post-2020
open-ended working group in Kenya, China, and Colombia between
2019 and 2020. These global discussions will explore options for a
new post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework with a 2050 Vision,
2030 Mission, and associated Goals and Targets for CBD Parties to implement domestically. CBD Parties
will then deliver a draft post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for agreement at the CBD’s 15th
Conference of the Parties in China in October 2020.
As Mr. van Havre’s current focus is exclusively on his Co-Chair role, he has vacated temporarily his
function as Director General of the Biodiversity Policy and Partnerships Directorate at the Canadian
Wildlife Service of Environment and Climate Change Canada in the federal Government of Canada. In
that role, he provided horizontal coordination of biodiversity issues of national concern on bothinternational and national scales. He led on international engagement on biodiversity issues at the CBD,
Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES), International Union for Conservationof Nature (IUCN), Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), and other international biodiversity
related fora. On the national side, his team was responsible for the domestic implementation of the
Global Biodiversity Framework through national engagement with Indigenous Peoples, provinces andterritories.
Mr. van Havre has also chaired the CITES Elephant working groups and CBD discussions on
Indigenous knowledge and repatriation.
Prior to his roles as Co-Chair and Director General, Mr. van Havre was the Director of Population
Conservation and Management in the Canadian Wildlife Service for nearly a decade. He was
responsible for migratory birds, CITES, provision of Secretariat of the Committee on the Status ofEndangered Wildlife in Canada, and coordinated polar bear issues for Canada.
Prior to his work at the Canadian Wildlife Service, Mr. van Havre has over 26 years of experience
working at Environment and Climate Change Canada. His experience includes, being a Co-Chair for theInternational Joint Commission Great Lakes Water Quality Board; Director, at the Meteorological
Service of Canada, Operations Ontario; administrator for the Canada-Ontario Water Monitoring
Agreement; and managed the weather information delivery services where he was responsible fornational service delivery that provided national leadership on service issues, intellectual property andthe cost recovery policy.
In addition to his federal experience, Mr. van Havre has also worked in the oil exploration industry
in Africa and the Middle East and co-authored several publications related to international wildlife
management focusing on value systems and institutions.
Mr. van Havre holds a Bachelor of Applied Sciences in Geological Engineering and a Master’s inBusiness Administration from the l’Université Laval.

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Session I-2
Professor Andrew Gonzalez
Andrew Gonzalez is Professor, Liber Ero Chair in Biodiversity Conservation, in the Department of
Biology, McGill University. He is Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He is the co-Chair of the Groupon Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Networks (GEO BON) an international network is
dedicated to improving biodiversity monitoring, including the acquisition, coordination and delivery of
biodiversity observations to decision makers and the research community. He is the founding Directorof the Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science a large research network of more than 120 researchersand 800 trainees in Canada.
He has published more than 150 papers, many in the leading journals of the field, including Natureand Science. He is an ISI highly cited researcher (2019 and 2020) - a distinction given to the top 0.1% of
the world's researchers, across 21 research fields. His major research interests include: 1) the causes
and consequences of biodiversity change, 2) rapid evolution and the maintenance of biodiversity inanthropogenic environments, and 3) the application of network science to the conservation of
biodiversity at large scales.
He was member of the Executive Council of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, andmember of the Expert Panel on Biodiversity Science for the Council of Canadian Academies in2010. He has spoken at TEDx and the World Economic Forum in Davos. He is co-founder of theenvironmental consultancy and spin-off company eco2urb.

Session I-3
Dr. Sunita Chaudhary
Dr. Sunita Chaudhary is an Ecosystem Services Specialist at International Centre for Integrated
Mountain Development. Dr. Chaudhary is responsible for research, policy inputs, capacity building andadvocacy of evidence-based policy for sustainable development of Hindu Kush Himalaya.
Dr. Chaudhary has a PhD from Macquarie University, Australia; MSc in Management of Protected
Areas, Austria; Bachelor in Forestry, Nepal; and a graduate certificate leadership program from the
University of Hawaii, USA.
Dr. Chaudhary is an established forester with almost a decade experience on natural resourcesmanagement in Hindu Kush Himalaya region.

Session I-4
Dr. Yimnang Golbuu
Dr. Yimnang Golbuu is the CEO at the Palau International
Coral Reef Center. In 2012, he received a commendation by
the Palau National Congress for his contributions to thesustainability of Palau’s natural resources. In 2013, he wasawarded a Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation. He hasserved as a board member of Palau Conservation Society,
Chairman of the Northern Reef Management Planning Teamand Chairman of the Protected Areas Network TechnicalCommittee and Vice President of the International Society
for Reef Studies. Presently, he is a Member of the Northern
Reef Co-Management Committee, the Palau National
Commission of UNESCO, Palau National Marine Sanctuary Executive Committee, and Palau’s Point ofContact (POC) for the US Coral Reef Task Force.
Yimnang received his B.S. in Biological Sciences from the University of California at Davis, M.S. in
Biology from the University of Guam and Ph.D. in coral reef ecology at Southern Cross University in
Lismore, Australia.
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Dr. Andrew J. Plumptre
Head of the Key Biodiversity Areas Secretariat, c/o BirdLife International (2018-Present)
Dr. Andre J. Plumptre is a tropical forest ecologist with experience in managing conservation
programmes across the African continent, particularly focusing on the use of science to guidemanagement action by protected area managers. Has been involved in building African capacity
through training programmes and established a grants programme for MSc and PhD studies for African
nationals. Established more than 10,000 km2 of protected areas in the Albertine Rift in three Key
Biodiversity Areas. Raised funding for conservation programmes totaling over $35 million USD.
Dr. Andre J. Plumptre has work experience in many countries including UK, Rwanda, Uganda,
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Cameroon, USA. Some experience in Tanzania, Zambia,
Kenya, Madagascar, Burundi and Panama.
Professional career:
2018-Present: Head Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) Secretariat, c/o BirdLife International but
representing all 13 institutions of the KBA Partnership. The position supports the KBA Committee to
implement a plan for the identification, monitoring and conservation of Key Biodiversity Areas for all
taxa of animals, fungi and plants across the World. As such it aims to identify the most important sites
on the planet for the persistence of biodiversity. In this role I am working with governments and theirconservation partners to establish KBA National Coordination Groups, supporting the development oftools to help with the identification of KBAs, implementing a 7 year strategic plan developed with the
KBA Partners, reviewing and confirming proposed KBAs, and promoting the KBA Programme atinternational fora, with donors and governments to raise awareness of the value of KBAs for theachievement of the CBD biodiversity action plan and the Sustainable Development Goals
2016-2018: Senior scientist, Africa Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, based in Cambridge, UK.
In this role I helped oversee and support science in WCS’s field programs across the African continent,
supporting linkages between university scientists and field programs.
2000-2016: Director of the Albertine Rift Programme and Uganda Country Director of the
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) based in Kampala, Uganda. As director of the regional Albertine
Rift programme I oversaw projects in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and eastern DRC with collaboration
with the WCS programme in Tanzania, Rwanda and DRC. In Uganda I established a new country
programme for WCS and built up a strong cadre of Ugandan conservation scientists who took overmanagement of the programme.
1997-2000: Wildlife Conservation Society Assistant Director for Africa based in New York City.
Planning and oversight of 100 projects across Africa, ranging from small research projects tocommunity participative management projects and management of protected areas.
1991-1997: Research Officer at Oxford University, UK funded by ODA. Director of the Budongo
Forest Project Research Station (now Budongo Conservation Field Station) in Uganda. Work focused on
improving selective logging practises in a Uganda’s primary timber forest, to reduce logging impacts
on wildlife.
1988-1991: Doctoral Research on the impact of large herbivores on mountain gorillas in the Virunga
Volcanoes, Rwanda – Bristol University, UK.

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