The 9th GEOSS AP symposium
11-13 January 2017
Tokyo International Exchange Center
Plaza Heisei, Japan

WG2: ASIA-PACIFIC BIODIVERSITYOBSERVATIOIN NETWORK:Introduction from co-chairs

Tetsukazu Yahara (Japan)
Sheila Vergara (ACB)
Eun-Shik Kim (Korea)

History of GEO BON until 2010
2006: User Needs workshop, Geneva 23-25
October
2007: GEO Ministerial in Cape Town
2008: Interim GEO BON Committee formed 1416 January
2008: 2nd International workshop,Berlin/Potsdam 8-10 April
Draft GEO BON concept document
JBON & APBON launched

2009: GEO Plenary, Washington DC Nov 09
2010: Inplementation Plan drafting meeting,
Asilomar 22-24 Feb

History of AP BON and Other Network ActivitiesYear

GEOSS AP
Symposia

2007

1st GEOSS AP2008

2nd GEOSS AP

2009

3rd GEOSS AP(Kyoto, February)

2010

GEO BONAP BON Meetings

National BONs

GEO BONWorkshop (April,Potsudam)

IPBES

COP9
1st AP BON (July, Japan)
2nd AP BON (December, Japan)

4th GEOSS AP
GEO BON Meeting(a session, Bali, March) (February, USA)CBD COPs

Japan BON (May)

3rd AP BON (CBD COP10
Preconference, March, Japan)

COP10(Japan, Side-event)

4th AP BON (December, Japan)

2011

2012

5th GEOSS AP(Tokyo, April)

GEO BON Meeting
Korea BON, Nepal BON,
WCC of IUCN (September, Korea)(December, USA)
Bangladesh BON

2013

6th GEOSS AP(Ahmedabad, February)

2014

7th GEOSS AP(Tokyo, May)IC and AB(June, Germany)2015

8th GEOSS AP(Beijing, September)

IC and AB(June, Germany)

2016

2016-2025
A New GEO Strategy
Plan Initiated

All-Hands Meeting(July, Germany)

5th AP BON (November, ACB,Philippines)

COP11(India, Side-event)Philippines BON

6th AP BON (October, NIBRKorea)

Plenary-1
COP12Plenary-2(Korea, Side-event)Sino BON, Indonesia BON
7th AP BON (ACB, Thailand)

8th AP BON (Taipei, Taiwan)

WCC of IUCN
(September, USA)

Plenary-3
COP13(December,Mexico)

Plenary-4

AP BON visions• To establish a coordinated Asia-Pacificnetwork that gathers and shares information
on biodiversity and ecosystem services;• To provide tools for data collection,
sharing/exchange, analysis, and synthesis
integration;• To contribute to improving ecosystemmanagement, sustainable use of biodiversity,and human well-being.
Yahara T, Ma K, Darnaedy D, Miyashita T, Takenaka A, Tachida H, Nakashizuka T,Kim ES, Takamura N, Nakano S, Shirayama Y, Yamamoto H, Vergara S. (2014)

A coordinated network established• Database structure and data sharing– ABCD net, ACB (clearing house), S9 (Japaneseproject), TaiBIF etc• Network of programs, national BONs, andinstitutes:– ESABII, GBIF, IUCN, ILTER-EAP etc– K-BON, J-BON, Nepal BON, Sino BON etc– Many hub institutes in AP (see Yahara et al. 2014)

Publications of AP-BON Books
201220142016

5th AP BON Workshop in ACB5th AP BON Workshop in ACB
Potential products 2014 and onwards→ We had a training workshop in 2016 in Taipei.

AP BON: A turning point• A core project S9 sponsored by the Ministry of theEnvironment of Japan (MoEJ) ended in March 2016.
• IPBES assessments have started.
– Linked to CBD 2020 targets (Aichi Targets)• A New GEO Strategic Plan 2016-2025 is being
implemented.
– GEO BON new structure 2016-2019.

• Linkage to BIFA workshop; many new participants inthis 8th workshop.
• Developing an AP BON work plan towards 2020:
discussed in the 8th workshop in Taipei

Chapter outline of IPBES regional assessment• 1. Setting the scene• 2. Nature’s benefits to people and its impact onquality of life
• 3. Status and trends of biodiversity and ecosystems
underpinning nature’s benefits to people• 4. Direct and indirect drivers of change in thecontext of quality of life
• 5. Integrated analysis of interactions of the natural
world and human society• 6. Options for decision-making across scales andsectors

GEO BON new structure 2016-2019

Developing an AP BON work plan towards 2020
 Promoting Data Sharing
 Increasing Access to Data
 Filling gaps in data availability
 Monitoring Ecosystem / Biodiversity
 Monitoring Changes in Biodiversity and Ecosystems
 Networking observation sites
 Supporting to Global Platforms
 Publishing APBON Book 4

8th AP BON Workshop in Taipei (12-13 September 2016)

Filling gaps in data availability Complete biodiversity data in selected sites througha) camera trapsb) soundscape monitoring andc) UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems)
 Support ILTER sites monitoring as well as lakes within the ILTER andsites outside of ILTER sites as necessary Use citizen science to record sounds
 Collaboration with FishBase on particular sites
 Long-term biodiversity research Work on animal migration
 Relate research work to genetics
 Work in the context of RRR (reserves, research and restoration)

8th AP BON Workshop in Taipei (12-13 September 2016)

Networking observation sites
Plant diversity observation sites

2011-2015
2016
2017

Fansipan (Hoang Lien National Park), Vietnam

Below 1800 m,
No forest where we can make a transect survey

Myanmar: Tanintharyi Nature Reserve

In the lower elevation,
No forest where we can make a transect survey

Serious forest fire in Sumatra and Kalimantan

Japan is importing paper and palm oil from Indonesia

Forest fires in September 2015

Species richness / 500 m2Plant species richness vs elevation
Serious forest loss
in lowland Sumatraand Kalimantan

States in Myanmar& Laos are also
serious
Serious forest loss
in Fan Si Pan inVietnam

Elevation

Networking people for plant diversity assessmentsNgọc Van Nguyễn & Hoang Thi Binh, Dalat University, Vietnam
Son Van Dang, Institution of Tropical Biology, Vietnam
Hop Tran, University of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Phetlasy Souladeth, RCNRCC, Laos National University, LaosPhourin Chhang, Forest Administration of Cambodia
Somran Suddee & Sukid Rueangruea, Forest Herbarium, Thailand
Dokrak Marod, Kasesart Univ., Thailand
Mu Mu Aung, Forest Research Institute, Forest Department, Myanmar
Saw Leng Guan and Lim Chung Lu, Forest Research Institute Malaysia
Bibian Diway, Botanical Research Center, Sarawak, Malaysia
Dedy Darnaedi, Marlina Ardiyani, & Arief Hidayat, Research Center for Biology-LIPI, Indonesia
Anes Syamsuardi, Andalas University, Indonesia
Ngakan Putu Oka & Ibrahim Djamaluddin, Hasanudin University, Indonesia

Kyushu UMOUInstitutePermission for research
Field survey
Permission for exports
Sending specimens to Japan for identification

Networking observation sites
Plot-based approach: forest plots in SE Asia
Eiji Suzuki
Eiji Suzuki and hiscollaborators
Smithsonian largescale plots

Trends: freshwater fish diversity in Mekong
Threats of dam construction and global warming upon freshwater
fish diversity in Mekong Basin (Kano et al. 2016, Plos One)

9th GEOSS AP symposium Day 2: Agenda• Session 1: Overview of regional and national
BON activities• Session 2: GEO Strategic Plan 2016-2025 andGEO Work Programme 2017-2019• Session 3: Development of broader
observation networks• Discussion towards broader engagement ofobservation and user communities