Next generation monitoring of biodiversity
and ecosystem: toward further
understanding of responses andimprovement of resilience for ecosystem
functions in changing environments
Prepared by: Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto Univ.
 Japan Long-Term Ecological Research Network (JaLTER) Ecological Sciences Special Committee, Science Council ofJapan

Master Plan, Science Council of Japan (SCJ): Large facility, large scale research projects selected by SCJ every
3 years.
 SCJ publicizes Master Plan every 3 years to show the direction ofscience to the public, to promote cutting-edge science, and tostrengthen and broaden the base of Japanese science.
 Each scientist community or a federation of scientific societies
prepares its own Master Plan proposal(s), and those proposals areevaluated by SCJ.
 Our proposal has been registered in Master Plan 2014 (and 2017).

GBO4, at the half way point of the 2011–2020 Strategic Plan forbiodiversity
Strategic Goal E, Target 19: Enhance implementation throughparticipatory planning, knowledge management and capacity-building.
Recent trends, current status:
Data and information on biodiversity are being shared much more
widely,,,,,, however, much data and information remain inaccessible
and capacity is lacking to mobilize them in many countries.
Key potential actions:
Establishing or strengthening monitoring programmes, including
monitoring of land-use change, providing near-real time information
where possible, in particular for “hotspots” of biodiversity change.

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We are interested in Asian Green Belt (AGB), because: Many of AGB countries, such as India, Malaysia,Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, China, andAustralia, are so-called “Megadiverse countries”.
 At this stage, about 60% of world population inhabits
in AGB (or Monsoon Asia).
 Biodiversity in AGB is thus threatened, followed bydeterioration of its ecosystem service.
 From lake varve researches, it is well known that theresponses in ecosystems of AGB after subtle changes
in environmental conditions due to global climatechange are more quickly and remarkably emerge.
4Stakeholders
Scenario

Communica-tion

Visualization

 Center for EcologicalResearch, Kyoto University
 Japan Long Term
Ecosystem Research
Network (JaLTER)
Scenario creation

 Department ofresilience & scenario

Analyses of data

 Department of eco-informatics

Analyses of samples

Department of chemical &genetic analysis
Department of OMICS

Collection of data & samples

Our new system

Department of next generation monitoringof biodiversity and ecosystem
 Each monitoring station

Large scale manipulation experiments

CERCapacity building Long-term multidisciplinary ecosystemmonitoring networks in AGB
 Assessment of ecosystem service on
ecosystem/biodiversity in AGB

Two key organizations: Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University: Registered asa Joint Usage/Research Center by MEXT with high evaluation.
 Japan Long Term Ecosystem Research Network (JaLTER):
Some of university field stations are registered as JointUsage/Education Centers, having thousands of students and/orresearchers for education and/or researches.

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What we want to have is that :We aim to establish a research center for studies on
ecosystem dynamics and functions toward the creationof resilient environments, through better managementof ecosystem and/or biodiversity with near-real time
monitoring, sophisticated analytical methods andecological big data analyses in AGB and relating areas.
(About JPY 23 billion per 10 years,,,,,,,)

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Thank you very much for your kind listenin

vi.国家としての戦略性、緊急性
 2015年3月に仙台で開催された第３回防災世界会議。「仙台防災枠組2015-2030」において生態系を適切な社会・空間スケールで評価することの必要性。
 同年8月に閣議決定された「国土形成計画」。「生物多様性の確保及び自然環境の保全・再生・活用」が盛り込まれ、生態系サービスについては「自然生態系を積極的に活用した防災・減災対策」の項目として喫緊の課題。
 同年11月末に閣議決定された「気候変動の影響への適応計画」。生態系システムの強靱性の構築。
 国際的には、同年11月末に開催された国連気候変動枠組条約第21回締約国会議（COP21）において採択された「パリ協定」。生態系の強靭性確保。
 IPBESでは、社会科学者や経済学者が生態系や生物多様性に関する科学的情報が必要。
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