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Tetsukazu Yahara & Tohru Nakashizuka Kyushu University & Tohoku University, Japan

ASIA PACIFIC BON AND HISTORY OF ASIA-PACIFIC GOALS OF 3RD AP-BON WORKSHOP

GEO: GROUP ON EARTH OBSERVATION

THE CONTEXT OF GEO BON 2006: User Needs workshop, Geneva 23-25 October 2007: GEO Ministerial in Cape Town 2008: Interim GEO BON Committee formed 1416 January «

Draft GEO BON concept document produced

2008: 2nd International workshop, Berlin/Potsdam 8-10 April «

Draft GEO BON concept document discussed and amended, first implementation steps planned

DEVELOPMENT OF GEO BON & AP BON 2008 2009 2010 2011

2nd GEOSS-AP

GEO BON Conference

GEO BON Meeting

1st AP BON

3rd GEOSS-AP

2nd AP BON 3rd AP BON

4th GEOSS GEOSS-AP AP

Implementation plan needed

2012 Consider implementation plan from 2011 to 12, & to 15

ASIA-PACIFIC ASIA PACIFIC BON: STATUS ´

Through three workshops, workshops a network is established, established « « «

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Covering all countries of the Asia-Pacific region, excluding Russia and Australia. Covering all levels and all ecosystems. ecosystems Tightly linked to GEO BON.

Organization: « «

Co-chairs: T Yahara & R Fuentes (ASEAN Center for Biodiversity) Secretariat: N Sakaguchi (MoE, Japan) ²

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Interim committee: five members Key partners: ACB, ILTER-Asia, J-BON, GBIF-Japan, JAMSTEC/JAXA

Website «

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Sponsored by MoE, Japan

Available, although preliminary.

mailing list «

Launched with 100 members. members

Publication of a book on “Biodiversity y Observation Network in the Asia-Pacific Region” g as an activity for CBD COP10 Chapter 1: General Introduction Chapter 2: Long-term monitoring, remote sensing Chapter 3: Forest Ch t 4: Chapter 4 Agricultural A i lt l ecosystems t including i l di grasslands l d Chapter 5: Freshwater Chapter 6: Marine Chapter 7: Current States of Wild Species Chapter 8: Conservation and Restoration Chapter 9: Assessment and Prediction Chapter 10: Interface required for AP-BON Director of biodi Directory biodiversity ersit monitoring Shin-ichi Nakano (Center for Ecological Research, Research Kyoto University, University Japan) (DIVERSITAS in the Western Asia and Pacific, DIWPA) A stream flowing into Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia (photo by Prof. Sugiyama)

DEVELOPMENT OF GEO BON & AP BON

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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2010

3rd AP BON 4th AP BON

1stt output

2ndd output

MoE Feasibility Study

MoE Strategic Study A domestic d i project, j but aiming at promoting global research.

4TH GEOSS-AP GEOSS AP SYMPOSIUM (10-12 (10 12 MARCH 2010) ´

T g t1 Target 1. Id Identifying tif i g ggoals l off AP AP-BON BON « «

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Target g 2. Contributingg to CBD/COP10 / «

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Monitoring biodiversity changes Developing sustainable management Publishing AP-BON book

Target 3. 3 Developing implementation « « «

8 working groups M Mapping i di diversity i and d ecosystem services i Core site/super site approach

GEO BON WORKING GROUPS 1: G 1 Genetics/phylogenetic ti / h l g ti diversity di it ´ 2: Terrestrial species monitoring ´ 3: Terrestrial ecosystem change ´ 4: Freshwater ecosystem change PS2 ´ 5: Marine ecosystem change PS3 ´ 6: Ecosystem services ´ 7: In-situ / remote-sensing integration ´ 8: Data integration and inter-operability ´

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