An International Workshop to Develop Key Strategies for
the Establishment and Promotion of the Asia-Pacific
Biodiversity Observation Network (AP-BON) at Local,National, and Regional Levels
at 2102 Jeju World Conservation Congress (WCC)

Tetsukazu Yahara

ASIA-PACIFIC BONUPDATEGEO: GROUP ON EARTH OBSERVATIONGEO BON

10 year implementation: 2005-2015

TWO INITIATIVES OF MOE JAPANESABII
AP-BON
Biodiversity Information Initiative

J-BON
Voluntary network of Japanese biodiversity
scientists

DEVELOPMENT OF AP-BON
2008

20112012

2nd GEOSS-AP

GEO BON Conference
AP-BON Workshop20092010

GEOSS-AP symposium

GEO BON Meeting

Dec 2-3

1st AP-BON

3rd GEOSS-AP

2nd AP-BON
3rd AP-BON

4th GEOSS-AP

4th AP BON

5th GEOSS-AP

4th AP-BON

Postponed due to the disasterFeb orMarch

5th GEOSS-AP

MOE project will start from July 2011 to support AP-BON

AP-BON VISION To establish a Coordinated Asian Network thatgathers and shares information on biodiversity
and ecosystem services
 To provide tools for data collection,
sharing/exchange, analysis, andsynthesis/integration, and To contribute to improving ecosystemmanagement, sustainable use of biodiversity
and human well-being

AP-BON MISSIONS
 Observing and analyzing changes in biodiversity overtime.
 Improving delivery of biodiversity information andservices to users, particularly decision-makers.
 Facilitating linkages among many countries,organizations and individuals contributing tobiodiversity observations.
 Identifying gaps between existing biodiversity
observation systems and promoting
mechanisms/projects to fill them.

ASIA-PACIFIC BON: STATUS
 A network is established, A regional network corresponding to GEO BON
 and for capacity building activities.

 Covering most countries of the Asia-Pacific region.
 Covering all levels and all ecosystems.

 Organization: Co-chairs: T Yahara [& R Fuentes (ACB)] Secretariat: Biodiversity Center, MoE, Japan

 Steering committee: Ma (China), Kim (Korea), Nakashizuka(J), Shirayama (J), Nakano (J) Website; Available, although preliminary.
 Mailing list; Launched with ca. 100 members.

FIRST PUBLICATION OF AP-BON
Part 1: General Introduction
 Part 2: Networks for Monitoring
and Research on Biodiversity in
the Asia-Pacific Region
 Part 3: Establishing aBiodiversity Database Part 4: New Methods andAnalyses for Biodiversity Studies
 Part 5: Biodiversity andEcosystem Services
 31 chapters, 480 pages
MOE-J PROJECT 2011-2015: THEMES
Goals
Developing models and tools to observe/assess biodiversity changes in Asia
Developing models and tools to observe/assess loss of ecosystem services in Asia
Developing models and tools to identify hot spots and EBSA in Asia

Scheme【Team 2】
Gene and species
diversity changes【Team 1】Modelingbiodiversity changes
and contribution topolicy

99 biodiversity scientists【Teams 3－5】
Biodiversity
changes in forest,
freshwater andmarine
ecosystems

As a core project of AP BON

Contribution to IPBES, GEO BON, CBD, REDD+, & National Strategy

PLANT DIVERSITY ASSESSMENTS IN SE ASIA
Aiming at editing AP Red List of vascular plants
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Recording all spp ofvascular plants
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SPECIES RICHNESS VS ALTITUDE
W Sumatra

SW Cambodia

TaiwanJapan

N Thailand

W Java1st record of Transect 1

Pictured guide as an output of Plant Diversity Assessment
Last record of Transect 8

MEETINGS IN 2012 (-2013)
 COP11 side event: Oct 15 in Hyderabad, India Freshwater biodiversity
 Nov 26-28 in the new campus, Kyushu University

 Coastal biodiversity
 Nov 30 – Dec 3 in Amakusa Marine Biology Station

 GEO BON all-hands meeting Dec 3-6 in Asilomar, California, USA 6th GEOSS AP symposium February 25-27, 2013 in Hyderabad, India

IMPLEMENTATION (-2015)
 Editing and networking national biodiversity

outlook Publication of additional AP-BON books
 Promotion of collaborative projects using S9 asa leverage Development of shared database Capacity building