Summary Report
APBON 12th Web Seminar

1. Date: 8th July, 2022
Time: 15:00-17:00 in Japanese Standard Time
(13:00-15:00 in Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam), (11:45-13:45 in Nepal)(14:00-16:00 in Malaysia, Philippines, China),
2. Location, Participants
・Webex Meeting Room・22 participants (18 participants and 4 from secretariat) from 7 Nationalities
・MC: Dr. Yongyut Trisurat (Kasetsart University)
3. Program:Opening and Announcement:
Secretariat of APBON (Ms. Neagari: Biodiversity Center of Japan)
・Greetings from Ms. Neagari from APBON Secretariat
・Welcomed all of the participants to join this 12th APBON web seminar
・The agenda and rules of the meeting were proposed
・Introduced today’s MC
Presentation1:
Dr. Nirunrut Pomoim (Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation)“How Can Thailand Protect 30% of Its Land Area for Biodiversity, and Will This Be
Enough?”Summary of presentation
Dr. Pomoim introduced a biodiversity conservation overview at Protected Areas (PAs) inThailand. Her presentation reported 29.5% of the Protected Areas in the Indo-Malayan
tropics area were already achieved aiming for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity
Framework 2030, and the remaining 0.5% would be covered by smaller and isolated
forest and coastal areas. She also emphasized the importance of connectivity among
those PAs, those protected patched were less isolated than the current system. She alsoemphasized 30% was not enough because it did not cover especially lower land, whichwas only 8% protected and still remained as vulnerable. Dr. Pomoim concluded that
Thailand needed to expand it for the reduction of the impact from climate change withadditional actions such as achieving Biodiversity corridors and transboundary PAs.
Q&A Session
Q: How can OECM contribute to this remaining 0.5%?
A: Now we are mainly conducting with the Ramsar site because it is contributing tomany births of species, of course, we recognize the OECM is also important.
Q: Local and indigenous people’s area can declare as OECM in Thailand?
A: I think the community forest area is not included in this 30%. It was a part of theRoyal Forest department.
Q: Thailand had a lot of fragmented landscapes, especially in highly elevated zone.
Please explain the main reason for this specific landscape.
A: My presentation showed that PAs covers a high fragmented area. we can use theconcept of the corridor to cover those fragmented pieces.
Q: In India, we do an agroforestry initiative because many local people were logging
illegally in PAs but they now live outside, it results in increasing of the size of PAs.
A: Thank you for your information. I will consider that point in the future.

Presentaton2:
Dr. Charlie D. Heatubun (Provincial Government of West Papua)“Conservation Province: Using Science for Policy Making in West Papua Province,Indonesia”
Summary of presentationDr. Heatubun mentioned the aim of this presentation is to report how to describe whatis the contribution of biodiversity forest and climate research to the implementation ofsustainable development in West Papua Province. After a brief overview of the historyof this area, Dr. Heatubun pointed out that the biodiversity in this area is seriously
threatened by the development policy from the Central government. Since New Guinea
has the world’s richest island flora, West Papua declared the first Conservation Province

in Indonesia 2015 and followed by Manokwari Declaration 2018. In this trend, He alsoreported that PAs in the West Papua Province were increased from 36.4 to 69.4% by
Spatial Planning Map, which is named “Sustainable Development Areas.” He also
introduced “green investment” such as a promotion of local products for deforestation.

Q&A Session
Q: I think the various policies in West New Guinea are underestimated. And the many
new species are found, how you can fill the gap of identification between plants andbiodiversity in West Papua New Guinea.
A: Now many people from different backgrounds such as NGOs and research institutions
are working to fill the gap and now going to establish the National History Museum. We
are also speeding up our process of data and information even from overseas.
Q: You have a good publication accepted by NATURE journal. I just want to know thesecret to be accepted by NATURE.
A: Secret keyword is corroboration. Many people, almost 99 persons gathered and madeactive discussions for data information.
Q: Recently GEO is paying an effort to reach out to the Pacific Island and indigenous
people to make them engage for seeking sustainable society and nature. I want to ask
you to share your publication by PDF, ASIA Oceania GEO is trying to promote
cooperation of islands and societies, it is a good successful case. I appreciated yourachievement.
A: Thank you for your kind suggestion. It is my pleasure and honor to become a memberof APBON. I will share my publication through today’s MC Dr. Yongyut.

APBON discussion on the Management Committee and future activities (Dr. Muraoka)(1) Introduction of Asia-Oceania GEO activities- Briefly introduced the structure of AO-GEO and the commitment of APBON- Announced the forthcoming 15th AOGEO Symposium in September 2022 andexplained the APBON commitment and contribution expected. Research outcomesand Activity reports as TG2 shall contribute AOGEO symposium.

- Also announced the next 13th AOBON Webinar. There were two options for next
APBON Webinar, one is the APBON webinar around the AOGEO symposium or
normal webinars. Any feedback and comments from members are highly welcomed.

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