Biodiversity and Sustainable Society︓How EO contributes to integrating nature into economic activities

Biodiversity visualization platform for2030 Nature Positive and 2050 Living in Harmony with Nature
Yasuhiro Kubota (University of the Ryukyus; Think Nature Inc.)Value chain of the biodiversity data and its vulnerabilities
How the data processed, analyzed and consumed?
Fundamental data collection through national budget
Data generation by earth observationand natural history inventories(3) Missing link
Data consumption (output) is Not circulating
into data primary production.

Data users

Scientists are the primary consumers of data

Data processing

Data analysis

Publishing
paper

Data repository
Data distribution

Biodiversity visualization platform (BVP) contributes to filling a gap
in the data value chain and structures the data ecosystem.

(2) Providing data is rarely examinedfrom the user's perspective

Private companies,
local governments, citizens

Data curation(1) Absence of data curator
Lack of curating services

Long-term maintenance of data value
Annotating data to encourage re-use (meta-data maintenance)
Including their publication

Data application development

Biodiversity big data

East Asian islands
Japan

More than 500,000 species of plants and animals on earth(200,000 species in ocean + 300,000 species on terrestrial)Nation-scale spatial data of species distribution in the terrestrial
維管束植物
Plants

Mammals
哺乳類

Amphibian
両生類

種数
種数

鳥類
Birds

種数

種数

爬虫類

Reptiles

種数

魚類
Freshwater
fish

種数

Red and yellow areas indicate richness in the number of species.

Nation-scale spatial data of species distribution in the coastal area
Red and yellow areas indicate richness in the number of species.

FishShellfish

Crustacean

Stony coral

Seaweed and algae

Nation-scale spatial data of species distribution in the oceanBirds

Marine mammal

ReptileFish

Cephalopod

Red and yellow areas indicate richness in the number of species.

Biodiversity digital twin

Spatial resolution: species distribution at 20m scale
Temporal resolution: updateable in 3-month

Red and yellow areas indicate high species richness
Kumamoto prefecture:
species richness distribution of vascular plants

Chiba City:
species richness distribution of vascular plants

Yokohama City:
species richness distribution of vascular plants

Yaeyama islands :species richness distribution of stony corals

How to design terrestrial/marine spatial planning?

Conservation priority rank maps to evaluate the impact on biodiversity

Low risk Priority rank

High risk

Biodiversity loss risk values

Spatial data of conservation importances based on biodiversity loss risk values
provides fundamental information for considering sustainable use of natural capital.

Yokohama City: priority rank map in terms of biodiversity loss risk
Red and yellow areas indicate priority areas in terms of plant biodiversity conservation.

Spatial resolution: species distribution at 20m scale
Temporal resolution: updateable in 3-monthBiodiversity visualization platform (BVP)
Japan Biodiversity Mapping Project: J-BMP

Biodiversity value and conservation info

J-BMP Global

https://biodiversity-map.thinknature-japan.com/en/Nature (biodiversity and ecosystem service)-related data being into business activities
TNFDʼs LEAP approach consists of four core analysis phases.
■ Locate your interface with nature■ Evaluate your dependencies and impacts■ Assess your risks and opportunities■ Prepare to respond to nature-related risks and opportunities and report

Biodiversity visualization platform (BVP) is essential to Locate your business with nature in Phase 1, and spatial data ofconservation-priority and biodiversity-loss-risk can be used to Evaluate and Assess business impacts on nature, in Phase 2 and 3.

Growing Need to Visualize Nature

Monitoring
biodiversity

Earth observation
Natural history inventories
Science andbusiness/financial sectors
are meeting each other.

Findingdegrading
Ecosystems

Loss of natural capital
TNFD
SBTN

Growing social needs of
biodiversity information

Financial valuation of
biodiversity
and ecosystem service

Structuring the biodiversity data ecosystem
Fundamental data collection
through national budget
Data generation by earth observationand natural history inventories(3) Missing link
Data consumption (output) is Not circulating
in data primary production.

Scientists are the primary consumers of data
Data processing

Data analysis

Publishing
paper

Data repository
Data distribution

Biodiversity visualization platform (BVP) fills a gap in the data value chain
between data-generator and end-consumers, and structures the data ecosystem.

Data users(2) Providing data that is rarely viewed
from the user's perspective

Private companies,
local governments, citizens

Data curation(1) Absence of data curator
Lack of curating services

Long-term maintenance of data value
Annotating data to encourage re-use (meta-data maintenance)
Including their publication

Data application development

Take home messages
・Biodiversity visualization platform (BVP) plays a role in structuring data ecosystem.
・Biodiversity visualization platform (BVP) acts asdata curator and curating service provider.
・These contribute to connecting a missing link in the value chain
between data-generator and end-consumers.