Annual Report 2010-11 - Global Invasive Species Programme - GISP

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Building a globalbiodiversity observationsystem: GEO BONwww.diversitas-international.org/geo-bonBackground: the Global EarthObservation System of Systems(GEOSS)The Group of Earth Observations (GEO;http://earthobservations.org/) hasinitiated a process to build a GEOSS,designed around nine Societal BenefitAreas (SBAs): disasters, health, energy,water, weather, ecosystems, agricultureand biodiversity.DIVERSITAS, US-NASA, and EU-EBONEhave accepted the lead in coordinatingthe early planning stages towardsthe establishment of this globalbiodiversity observation system. Wecall the system and the partners whodevelop it “GEO-BON”, which standsfor “Group of Earth Observations –Biodiversity Observation Network”.GEO BON is being built by some 100governmental and non-governmentalorganisations.The vision of GEO BONThe vision of GEO BON is for acoordinated, global network thatgathers and sharesinformation onbiodiversity,provides tools for data integration andanalysis, and contributes to improvingenvironmental management and humanwell-being.The first GEO BONimplementation planGEO BON released the first version of itsimplementation plan on 22 May 2010(International Day of Biodiversity) atCBD-SBSTTA 14. The implementationplan proposes to the global observingcommunity activities and deliverablesat the genetic, species and ecosystemlevels, including ecosystem services,in terrestrial, freshwater and marineecosystems.GEO BON contributes to theimplementation of the StrategicPlan for Biodiversity 2011-2020In response to a request made byCBD-COP10, the GEO BON communityproduced the GEO BON Adequacyreport of Biodiversity ObservationsSystems to support the CBD 2020Targets. This report constitutes thefirst attempt to assess the adequacyof global observation systems for themonitoring of biodiversity, specificallyin relation to the information needsof the twenty ‘Aichi targets’ defined bythe Convention on Biological Diversity(CBD) for the period 2011-2020.Key developments in 2010-11May 2010:> GEO BON implementation plan (v 1.0)released and presented at CBD-SBSTTA14 (side event, Nagoya, Japan).June 2010:> 2 nd SC-GEO BON meeting (Cambridge,UK)> GEO BON secretariat establishedin Pretoria, S-Africa (CSIR). MicheleWalters is the science officer.28 DIVERSITAS I ANNUAL REPORT 2010
October 2010:> CBD-COP10 (Nagoya, Japan) in DecisionX/7: (…) requests the Executive Secretaryto invite GEO BON (…) to prepare anevaluation of existing observationcapabilities relevant to the targetscontained in the Strategic Plan forBiodiversity 2011-2020 (…)> GEO BON side event at CBD-COP10.March 2011:> GEO BON meeting (Wageningen, NL) torespond to invitation in COP10 decisionX/7; Production of an adequacy report ofexisting observation capabilities for the2020 targets.Landmark documents> GEO BON concept document (October 2008)> GEO BON implementation plan version 1.0(May 2010)> GEO BON Adequacy of BiodiversityObservations Systems to support the CBD2020 Targets (May 2011)Role of DIVERSITASThe initial role of DIVERSITAS has been tocoordinate the development of the GEOBON concept and implementation plan,and to ensure, in particular, that GEOBON develops within a robust scientificframework.Since 2010, DIVERSITAS has focused itscontribution to GEO BON, around threesets of activities:1) Science-policy work: RepresentGEO BON at CBD (Decision X/7)and IPBES, and position GEO BONwithin the science-policy interfaceas the global observing system forbiodiversity;2) Support activities (funding andcoordination) of two of the workinggroups, selected because they need astrong scientific contribution:a) The genetic diversity group (viabioGENESIS / D Faith-T Yahara) andb) The ecosystem services group(H Mooney); coordination viathe bioDISCOVERY project office(C Krug);3) Occasional support to otherworking groups (e.g. freshwaterGEO BON working group membersfunded to attend DIVERSITASfreshwaterBIODIVERSITYworkshops).SECTION 3 I Observations 29
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