The 10th APBON Workshop
6-7 July 2018, Pullman Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

The aim of the 10th workshop:

Drafting a new work plan of AP BON

Tetsukazu Yahara, Sheila Vergara and Eun-Shik Kim

CBD COP10 (2010, Aichi)

History of AP-BON and Other Network ActivitiesYear

GEOSS AP
Symposia

2009

3rd GEOSS AP (Kyoto,February)

2010

4th GEOSS AP (asession, Bali, March)

GEO BON

GEO BON Meeting(February, USA)

5th GEOSS AP (Tokyo, GEO BON MeetingApril)(December, USA)2013

6th GEOSS AP(Ahmedabad,February)

2014

7th GEOSS AP (Tokyo,May)IC and AB (June,Germany)2015

8th GEOSS AP(Beijing, September)

IC and AB (June,Germany)

2016

2017

2018

National BONs

1st AP BON (July, Japan) 2ndAP BON (December, Japan)

Japan BON (May)

3rd AP BON (CBD COP10
Preconference, March,Japan)

CBD COPs

COP10 (Japan,Side-event)

WCC of IUCN (September, Korea BON, Nepal BON,Korea)
Bangladesh BON
5th AP BON (November,ACB, Philippines)

Philippines BON

6th AP BON (October, NIBR
Korea)

2016-2025 A New
All-Hands Meeting 7th AP BON (ACB, Thailand)
GEO Strategy Plan(July, Germany)
8th AP BON (Taipei, Taiwan)
Initiated
9th GEOSS AP (Tokyo,January) , 10th GEOSS IC and AB (July,AP (Hanoi,Germany)
September)
9th AP BON (Bangkok,11th GEOSS AP
All-Hands Meeting
February), 10th AP BON(October, Kyoto)(July, Beijing)(Kuching, July)

COP11 (India,Side-event)
Plenary-1
COP12 (Korea,Side-event)Sino BON, Indonesia
BON
WCC of IUCN
(September, USA)

Plenary-2
Plenary-3

COP13 (Mexico)

Plenary-4

Plenary-5

COP14 (Egypt)

2019
2020

IPBES

4th AP BON (December,Japan)

20112012

AP BON Meetings

Plenary-6
Plenary-7

COP15 (China)

Plenary-8

Publications of AP-BON Books
201220142016

Integrative observations and assessments of Asianbiodiversity (sponsored by MoEJ; 2011-2015)
Developing models & tools to assess biodiversity & ecosystem services in AP
Developing models and tools to identify hot spots and EBSA in AP
Research plan and outputs co-designed with MoE (user)

Theme 1
Theme 2
Gene and species
diversity changes

Modeling andmapping biodiversity changes

Theme 3-5
Forest, freshwaterand marine
ecosystems

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

Integrative observations and assessments of Asianbiodiversity (sponsored by MoEJ; 2011-2015)
Provided some key findings for IPBES AP regional assessment

Integrative observations and assessments of Asianbiodiversity (sponsored by MoEJ; 2011-2015)
Forest transitions in SE Asia (Imai et al. 2018)
Proximate causes(a) 1980s(b) 1990s(c) 2000s

Underlying drivers(d) 1980s(e) 1990s(f) 2000s

Wood production
Food production
Stimulants production
Major crops production
Road density

Population density% urban population
HDISocial instability
Agricultural input

Source: FAO statistics

Wood SSR
Initial forest area
-1 -0.5 00.5

-0.5 0 0.5
Pearson’ s R-0.500.5 1

Integrative observations and assessments of Asianbiodiversity (sponsored by MoEJ; 2011-2015)
Threats of dam construction and global warming upon freshwater fish
diversity in Mekong Basin (Kano et al. 2016, Plos One)

Comparative study on issues of Marine Protected Area
Yamakita and Sudo et al. EBSAs in East and South East Asia (Marine Policy 2017 )Contribution to marine science and policy making on sustainable use

Research Subjects fro Marine Ecosystem and CommunityAP BON: A turning point• A core project S9 sponsored by the Ministry of theEnvironment of Japan (MoEJ) ended in March 2016.
– We need to organize new integrative project(s)• IPBES regional assessment of AP was completed.

– Some major gaps remain > needs of new observations• CBD COP20 is approaching– We need to assess our achievements for Aichi targets anddevelop new targets• A New GEO Strategic Plan 2016-2025 implemented.
– GEO BON new structure 2016-2019.

• Developing a new AP BON work plan

– Until 11th GEOSS-AP symposium: 24-26 October 2018 atKyoto

Current scheme of AP BON
GEOBON/
GEO

CBD

IPBES

ILTER

GBIF

IUCN

ATBC

SDGs/
Future EarthILTEREAPGBIFAsia

IUCN
Asia
Office

ATBC
Asia
Chapter

Future Earth
Asia
CentreNetworking/Fascillitating

APBON/GEOSSAP/AOGEOSSACB APregional
assessment

Promoting and networking national/regional projects
J-BON
K-BON
Sino BON
etc

Observing same sites (plots) repeatedly
to assess not only states but also trends

Main mission of the 10th workshop
Drafting a work plan document

https://docs.google.com/document/d/15382jyNtCRnXgJMVl8le1MjYcduMfjcW3KG1KeLr0
dU/edit?ts=5b399a27#

Proposed strategies in thenew AP-BON work plan
• Promote Data Sharing– Increase Access to Data
– Fill gaps in data availability••••••

Monitoring States and Changes in Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Use of evolving technologies
Networking observation sites
Support to Global Platforms
APBON Publication
Visualization of Observation Information for decision making,policy development and donor organizations / development
partners

Morning session• Plenary talk
– Perspectives from GEO (Hiroyuki Muraoka)• Self-introduction of new participants– Asian Arowana Status in Sarawak, Borneo(Khairulazman Sulaiman)• Presentations on some key achievements– Sino BON and ABCD net (XU Xuehong)– Monitoring site 1000 (MoE, Japan)– Spatial planning for protected areas (Yongyut Trisurat)• Plenary Discussion on the draft

Afternoon session• Presentations on some key projects (10 min each)– Networking forest observations (Tetsukazu Yahara)– Trait-based mapping of forest function (TohruNakashizuka)– Strategies of freshwater observations (Yuichi Kano)– Strategies of coastal observations (Take Yamakita)– Visualization of indicators (Sheila Vergara)• Discussion in breakout groups– 1 Terrestrial species + Terrestrial ecosystem– 2 Freshwater ecosystem– 3 Marine ecosystem