Plenary 2: Biodiversity Assessment – Linking Global to Local

National Biodiversity Assessments in Japanand the influence of IPBES

Shizuka HASHIMOTO
Associate Professor

1Four functions of IPBES
1. Assessing the current status, trends of biodiversity and ecosystem services, and the underlying causes,
such direct and indirect drivers of changes
2. Identifying policy tools and methodologies to inform and support the policy process and actors
3. Catalyzing knowledge generation by identifying knowledge gaps and working with partners toprioritize and fill these gaps
4. Providing capacity-building by facilitating the engagement of various stakeholders in theimplementation of the IPBES work programme
Policymakers, stakeholders

2. Policy support

Requests for information
to the Plenary

4. Capacity building

1. Assessments

3. Knowledge generation

Scientific & funding
communities

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IPBES provides useful policy-relevant information,
but still, challenges exist…
• Language barrier for those who do not speak English or other UNlanguages• Ability to provide country-specific policy relevant information islimited
Global: population increase, urbanization and agricultural expansion
v.s. National (Japan): population decline, land abandonment• Capacity building opportunity is limited
Limited number of experts

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National Biodiversity Assessment initiatives in Japan• Japan Satoyama-Satoumi Assessment (2006-2010)
Led by the UNU Institute for Advanced Studies as one of the follow-up subglobal assessments of the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment• Japan Biodiversity Outlook (JBO) (recurring)
Led by the Ministry of the Environment (MoE), Japan– Japan Biodiversity Outlook 1 (JBO) (FY 2008-2010)– Japan Biodiversity Outlook 2 (JBO2）(FY 2014-2016)– Japan Biodiversity Outlook 3 (JBO3）(FY 2019-2021)

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IPBES’s contributions to National Biodiversity Assessments

InformIPBES
Priority areas,Global findings, &Knowledge gaps

InformInformJapan Biodiversity Outlook
Knowledgegaps

Newevidence

National Biodiversity
Strategies and Action Plans
InformInform

R & D projects

CBD’s
Global Biodiversity Framework

Local Biodiversity
Strategies and Action Plans

5Filling a knowledge gaps
•Japan’s National Ecosystem Assessments–

Led by the UNU Institute for Advanced Studies•–

Japan Satoyama-Satoumi Assessment (2006-2010)

Led by the Ministry of the Environment•••

Japan Biodiversity Outlook (JBO) (FY 2008-2009) - launched in 2010 synchronized with the launch of GBO3
Japan Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services（JBO-2）(FY 2014-2015)
Japan Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services（JBO-3）(FY 2019-2020)• Research & development efforts for future assessments
by the Environment Research and Technology Development Fund, MoEJe.g.,
S-09 “Integrative Observations and Assessments of Asian Biodiversity” (FY2011-2015)
S-15 “Predicting and Assessing Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services throughIntegrated Social-Ecological Systems Approach” (FY2016-2020)
S-21 “Development of an Integrated Assessment Model linking Biodiversity and SocioEconomic Drivers, and its Social Application” (FY2023-2027)

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Time-series interactions
between NBSAPs, JBOs and R&D efforts
IPBES
CBD
Global
COP-15
Assessment scheduled

IPBES established

CBD
COP-152009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
▲ NBSAP2012-2020

NBSAP

S-15 "Predicting and Assessing
Natural Capital and Ecosystem
Services through an Integrated SocialEcological Systems Approach"

JBO4

Preparation for
the next project

Scientific evidence

JBO3
Scientific evidence

Scientific evidence

S-9 “Integrative Observations andAssessments of Asian Biodiversity”

Revision ofNBSAP

Gaps identified

R&D

JBO2
Gaps identified

JBO &NationalSatoyama-Satoumi
Biodiversity Assessment
Assessments▲NBSAP2023-2030

inputsScientific evidence

Preparatory meetingfor the revision ofNBSAP (9 sessions)S-21 “Development of an Integrated
Assessment Model linking
Biodiversity and Socio-Economic
Drivers, and its Social Application”

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