Update on activities and post-2020 vision
AP BON web seminars- October 22nd 2020

Laetitia Navarro, PhD(interim) Executive Secretary
German Centre for Integrative
Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
Halle-Jena-Leipzig

www.geobon.org

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GEO BON in a nutshell
MissionImprove the acquisition, coordination and delivery of biodiversity observations andrelated services to users including decision makers and the scientific community.
• Volunteer-based• Open• Small secretariatFlagship

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GEO BON in a nutshell
A global Partnership:
1412 registered members from 117 countries and 921 institutions

3GEO BON core focus

Developing the Essential
Biodiversity Variables
Producing Policy Relevant
Outputs
Developing theBiodiversity Observation
Networks

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Developing theBiodiversity Observation NetworksBONs

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Building a Network of National, Regional and Thematic BONs
Contribute to the collection and analysis of harmonised biodiversity observations, thedevelopment of integrated and interoperable biodiversity monitoring programs

National and Regional BONs
Thematic BONs

AP

BON Endorsement

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H2020 (2020-2023) – Led by iDiv (Prof. Pereira)7

H2020 (2020-2023) – Led by iDiv (Prof. Pereira)
The Europa BON consortium:

8Developing theEssential Biodiversity Variable
EBVs

9The EBV2020 Initiative
EBV Data product
EBVMetric
UnitRealm
Data sharing policy

1st workshop: October 15th to 18th (USA)
2nd workshop: February 2020 (Germany)

Biological entities

Temporal extent and resolution

Input data
In situ
Remote sensing

Spatial scope, extent and resolution

Modelling/computation/Data processing

Policy relevance (e.g. derived indicators)

10The EBV2020 Initiative

73 potential
EBV/EESV
data products
Oct.2019

1st workshop: October 15th to 18th (USA)
2nd workshop: February 2020 (Germany)

EBVs are:BiologicalSensitive to changeState variables
Generalizable across realms
ScalableFeasible

62 EBV/EESV
data products &18 EBV-derivedindicators

11The EBV2020 Initiative – data products
4 EBVs9 EBVs

TBD

5%
11%
35%

13 EBVs + 6 indicators

22 EBVs + 7 indicators

23%

8%

6+118%

12 EESVs + 3 indicators

12The EBV2020 Initiative – data products
Realm covered by the dataset
56

Terrestrial

Sub-national

13Marine

National

6Freshwater

2T+M+F50

15GlobalRegional

4T+M

942T+F010203040506013The EBV data portal14The EBV data portal

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Joint GEO BON and Microsoft AI for Earth Call : EBVs on the cloud

Advancing research and applications that leverage cloud-scale computation to expand
the geographical and temporal coverage of biodiversity information
60 proposals received by the GEO BON Secretariat
5 grantees
All data products and algorythms to be made publicly available by October 2021

Bioacoustics and Machine Learning for AutomatedAvian Species Monitoring in Global Biodiversity Hotspots
Monitoring climate and anthropogenic change throughspecies movement across ecosystem gradients
Bioacoustic and ML tools to inform locally decision-making
Open source tools and data
Website: SongsOfAdaptation.org
Contact: naomi.bates@future.edu

Specific species insights for species in biodiversity
hotspots in Nepal, Bolivia, USA, and Uganda

Naomi Bates, Future Generations University (USA)Sebastian Herzog, Asociación Armonía (Bolivia)
Hari Basnet, Small Mammals Conservation and Research Foundation (Nepal)
Nawang Gurung, Barun Bachaon Task Force, Future Generations University (Nepal)
Damian Christey, Future Generations University (USA)Ruth Taylor, Future Generations University (USA)Jennifer Flippin, Future Generations University (USA)AI for the BelizeNational Marine
Habitat Map

Goal: To use Microsoft Azure’s cloud computing
power in conjunction with field surveys, 3m
PlanetScope imagery, supplementary 10m
Sentinel-2 imagery, and Machine Learningtechniques, to develop an updated, finer-scaleversion of the National Marine Habitat Map for theperiod 2020 / 2021.
Scope: The project's geographic focus will be
Belize's coastal and marine ecosystems, withparticular attention focused on coral reefs,
seagrass pastures, and mangrove ecosystems.
Partnership: Lead - Coastal Zone Management
Authority and Institute, Belize, C.A. | Partner- GRH
Consulting, LLC, Alabama, U.S.A.

Extracting the signal of change in community-composition EBVs from big unstructured
species-occurrence datasets through Azure-enabled spatiotemporal analytics
PIs: Simon Ferrier & Andrew Hoskins
Team members: Chris Ware, Justin Perry
Institutional partners:

etc …

Steve Van Bodegraven

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GEO BON involvement in discussion on post-2020
biodiversity framework
1.
2.
3.

Beijing call (and revision of Aichi target 18/19) as contribution to post 2020 strategyof CBD
Contributions of GEO BON Working Group on Genetic Composition
EBV2020 and EBV derived indicators for Monitoring Framework of the post-2020
Global Biodiversity Framework

On going efforts to connect with EO4EA (GEO) and UNSEEA.
All relevant resources available on the GEO BON website:
https://geobon.org/documents/policy-support/

222020 Milestones forthe GEO BON Secretariat

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2020: Important Milestones for the GEO BON Secretariat

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2020: Important Milestones for the GEO BON Secretariat

GEO BON’s secretariat is moving toMontréal
Supported by the Government of Canada, the Governments of Québec,Canada, and the City of Montréal, and the academic community.
Montreal is home to thesecretariats of the CBD, Future
Earth and the Commission forEnvironmental Cooperation.
Global hub for biodiversity
science, Earth Observation andapplied Artificial Intelligence.
Montréal has one of largest thepopulations of post-secondary
students in the world.

Built on strong partnerships
Hosted by the Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science McGillUniversity.

Financial Partners:
Fonds de Recherche QuebecMontreal International
Academic Partners:
McGill University, Université de Montreal and Université de Sherbrooke,
Humboldt Institute.
Institutional partnerships:• Secretariat to Convention of Biological Diversity• Future Earth• Synthesis centres (e.g. iDiv, CIEE)

Growing the secretariat’s capacity
to support the community
Andy Gonzalez
Professor, co-Chair

Host institution

Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science

Supporting organizations

Montreal International, Fond deRecherche du Quebec, McGill University,
U of Montreal, U of Sherbrooke

Staff supported

Executive secretary, 1 IT scientist, 1Science officer, 1 communication officer, 1Admin assistant, 1 communications
assistant, 1-2 PDF.

Annual budget

Years 1 - 6: $354,500 - $439,500

In-kind support

Office space, meeting space, support
services at McGill University

A secretariat with 6 core activities
1 Coordination: Working groups (WG) and Task forces (TF) and BONs
(thematic, regional and national). Best practices.

2 Technical support: data collection, storage, processing, and sharing
3 Raising funds: for GEO BON activities and projects
4 Engagement plan: with GEO BON partner institutions andstakeholders, in particularly the CBD and IPBES

5 Major events: Organize and coordinate the GEO BON conference and All
Hands meetings

6 Communication strategy: convey the value offer of GEO BON

Fall ‘20
Set up atMcGill andQCBSInterviewingfor sec. team

Fall ‘20~Oct ‘20

Jan 1 ‘21

Co-ChairjoinsteamHand
over iscompleteTransitionof tasks

COP 15,ChinaNov ‘20

Late‘21

Thank you
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