10th Asia Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network
Workshop (Kuching | July 2018)

Perspectives from GEO
Hiroyuki Muraoka(Gifu University, Japan)
Technical adviser, MEXT, Japan
GEO Programme Board, member
Asia Oceania GEOSS, Coordination Board member
Chair, ILTER East Asia and Pacific regional network

(GEO)

Member states（105）GEO Vision

To realize a future wherein
decisions and actions,for the benefit of humankind,
are informed by coordinated,comprehensive & sustained
Earth observations &information.

Participating Organizations（126）(Global Earth Observation System of Systems)

Societal Benefit Areas
Biodiversity andEcosystem Sustainability

DisasterResilienceEnergy andMineral
Resources
Management
Food Security
andSustainable
Agriculture
InfrastructureandTransport
Management
Public Health
Surveillance

WaterResources
ManagementSustainable
UrbanDevelopment

The GEOSS Platform “GEOSS Portal”

170+ brokered catalogs
5000+ data providers
400 Million+ resources

ILTER and GEOSS Portal
Participating
Organization of GEO

ILTER-EAP

44 member networks

East Asia and Pacificregional network

JaLTERà DIAS

9 membernetworks

ILTER-DEIMSà GEOSS Portal

Map by Y. Trisurat (Thailand LTER,Science Committee of ILTER-EAP)

Regional GEOSSKey activities of AOGEOSS in 2018
• Calling joint research project as the pilot study by AOGEOSS– Mekong River delta project is under discussion for collaboration between water,biodiversity and other area
– AOGEOSS wants to learn your activities to organize the new project (but no actual
funds yet… this should be planned)• 11th GEOSS Asia Pacific GEOSS Symposium– October 24-26, 2018 (Kyoto, Japan)– Contributions to 3 Engagement Priorities of GEO: SDGs, Sendai Framework of DRR,Paris Agreement• Asia Oceania day– Side event of GEO Week 2018 (Kyoto, Japan), to be held on October 29– Regional GEOSS communication• Reporting activities of AOGEOSS: Tasks Group leads will be invited to present• Panel discussion by four regional GEOSS (AfriGEOSS, AmeriGEOSS, AOGEOSS,EuroGEOSS)Mapping exercise of RG activities (GEO PB)GEO Priorities

SBAs

AfriGEOSS

AmeriGEOSSAOGEOSS
AP-BON

Biodiversity and Ecosystem
Sustainability

Sustainable Forest
Management

Ecosystems/ Biodiversity

Environmental Monitoring
and Protection

Disaster

Himalayan GEOSS
Disaster Resilience

Disaster Risk Reduction

Monitoring and Evaluationof drought in Asia-OceaniaRegion

Agriculture

Asia-Rice

Energy and Mineral Resources
Management

SDGs

Food Security and Sustainable
Agriculture

Food Security &Agriculture (AfriGAM)
Soil Moisture &Agricultural OutreachSupportInfrastructure and Transportation
Management
Public Heath Surveillance
Sustainable Urban Development

Sustainable Urban
Development
Land Cover for Africa

ClimateWater Resources Management

Water Resource
Management

Water

AWCI
Ocean and Society
Ocean and Islands
Carbon and GHG InitiativeIn Situ Observation Resources Foundational task
Task Overview• The task will analyze the current state, trends,
needs, and assess gaps (geographical coverage,temporal and spatial resolution, etc.) for in-situobserving systems and networks, as they constitute a
key element of GEO/GEOSS.
• The task will put particular focus on coordination
and access to data and will provide various
coordination opportunities in order to sustain andstrengthen existing and planned ones,

Atmosphere

Essential Climate
Variables (ECV)

Biosphere

Terrestrial

Ocean

Coordinating In Situ Observations
Key points
What are the challenges
and opportunities?
The terrestrial domain is perceived
to be the least coordinated areaand provides opportunities forGEO.
GCOS has identified this area in
their Implementation Plan which
can guide the GEO community.
Need to resource in situ task.
Need to liaise with network
coordinators and operators.

© Andre Obregon (GEO Secretariat)

Inputs to GEO Symposium 2018
ü Essential Variables
ü Optimized design ofobservations

Cooperation and integration enable the communities àManual fieldsurveySatellite
Sensorimagery
networks
Ecosystem
modelsØ Producing climate-biodiversity-ecosystemdata and indicators of “ecosystem integrity”
Ø Cross-scale understanding and prediction of
local, regional and global changes
ü Knowledge for adaptation in ecosystemmanagement and resource useü Strategy for long-term and integrated
observations in gap areas

ILTER / JaLTER

Biodiversity

Data paper

Phenology

Data broker / integrator
FLUXNET / AsiaFlux

Research site information is fundamental for connecting
in-situ, satellite and modeling studies
ILTER-EAP sites

AsiaFlux sites

2020-2022 GEO Work Programme
to be developed in 201924-26 October, Kyoto/Japan

29 Oct. – 2 Nov., Kyoto/Japan