16th AOGEO Symposium“Creating Earth Intelligence with Asia Oceania Society”
Dates: 3 - 5 September 2024
Venue: Tokyo International Exchange Center Plaza HEISEI, Tokyo, JapanSymposium information: https://aogeo16th.com/
Note: Parallel sessions (Task Group sessions) may be possible for hybrid (onsite + online) style. Other
plenary sessions may be only onsite + live streaming.

TG2: APBON session Agenda (ver 8th Aug)
“Observations, Data, and EBVs for biodiversity assessment”
Date: 15:40 – 18:40 (JST) on 3rd September 2024

Background

APBON has been working to identify gaps and needs of biodiversity observation data and modeling.
Our recent efforts emphasize the need for collective and collaborative activities to meet therequirements of CBD Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) for biodiversity
conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. In these discussions, we considered thatapplicability of the Essential Biodiversity Variables designed by GEO BON for an Asia-Pacific context
may require additional considerations, specifically regarding data availability and the sheer variety ofenvironments and cultural perspectives for this region.
To respond to these issues related to biodiversity policy and opportunities of APBON to contributeto the national, regional and global needs, APBON will organize an AOGEO Task Group session at the16th AOGEO Symposium in Tokyo, on 3 – 5 September 2024.
Clarification of observation needs and designs, lessons learned to produce knowledge andinformation from the data for biodiversity conservation, will be essential to engage with the Earthobservation community and society to create Earth Intelligence for the AP and from the AP region.
The main objectives of the APBON session are therefore (1) to identify the data and observationneeds to develop EBV (and relevant EOV, ECV) in the AP region, (2) to discuss cooperative plans fordeveloping GBiOS in the AP region and for connecting with data infrastructures (e.g., DIAS), and (3)draft APBON’s perspective to be sent to AOGEO Symposium statement (seehttps://aogeo.net/en/staticpages/symposium.html for the past statements).

Organization of this session

This session is open to entire APBON and APMBON.
APBON Co-chairs: Hiroyuki Muraoka (Gifu University / NIES), Yongyut Trisurat (Kasetsart University),
Runi Anak Sylvester Pungga (Forest Department Sarawak)
Secretariat: Biodiversity Center of Japan, Ministry of the Environment Japan

Expected outcomes
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Understanding gaps and challenges to be addressed by APBON cooperation – Data and EBV.
Message to be included in the AOGEO Symposium statement (to be issued on 5th September)
Message to be included in the APBON Policy Brief to COP 16 (article to be developed based on
APBON Highlights 2023, workshop discussions since February in Tokyo, and others
Ideas for further development of joint papers and action plansSession outline:
Opening remarks
15:40 – 15:50

Greetings from Biodiversity Center of Japan and APBON Co-chairs
Keisuke Takahashi (Director, Biodiversity Center of Japan)
Yongyut Trisurat (Kasetsart University, Thailand)
Runi Anak Sylvester Pungga (Forest Department Sarawak, Malaysia)
Hiroyuki Muraoka (Gifu University / NIES, Japan)
Introduction to the APBON session: objectives and structure[Part 1] From data to EBVs: Preliminary assessment of data gaps and mismatches of EBVs
from Asia-Pacific perspectives
15:50 – 16:50 Speakers may give short presentations (5 minutes) to share the key-points, and allparticipants will discuss to identify necessary actions to be taken by APBON
Moderators:
Yayoi Takeuchi (NIES, Japan) and Take Yamakita (JAMSTEC, Japan)
Speakers:
1. Yayoi Takeuchi: From Terrestrial observation perspectives
2. Take Yamakita: From Marine and Coast observation perspectives
3. Jamie Kass (Tohoku University): From biodiversity modeling perspectives
4. Alice Hughes (University of Hong Kong): From global coordination perspectives
Discussions:Concrete actions for developing EBV/EOV data in AP region[Part 2] Observation needs and system to fill the gaps – Towards GBiOS in the AP region
16:50 – 17:50 Speakers may give short presentations (10minutes for the guest and max 5 minutes forother) to share the key-points, and all participants will discuss to identify necessary
actions.
Moderators:
Yongyut Trisurat and Hiroyuki Muraoka
Speakers:
1. Osamu Ochiai (JAXA; guest speaker): Biodiversity observation from space
2. Shin Nagai (JAMSTEC): Multi-platform phenology observations in AP region
3. Christian Elloran (ASEAN Center for Biodiversity) [Online participation]: Filling theobservation and knowledge gaps in ASEAN countries
4. Keisuke Takahashi (Biodiversity Center of Japan): Long-term biodiversity
monitoring in Japan
Discussions:
What would be the biodiversity observation and data integration system in AP
region? Towards our participation to the GBiOS.

[Part 3] APBON’s priorities for observations, synthesis, and cooperation
17:50 – 18:40

All participants will join the discussion to summarize the points identified during thesession, and draft APBON’s input to the AOGEO Statement. (Statement meeting by TG
leads will be held in the evening of Day 2).
Drafting APBON’s input to AOGEO Symposium statement
Moderators:
Runi Anak Sylvester Pungga
Yongyut Trisurat
Hiroyuki Muraoka
Contributors:
All participants from APBON and APMBON
Comments by the GEO Secretariat from the Post-2025 GEO Strategy Implementation
Plan perspectives (tbc)