Meeting Discussions: Day 1

Meeting Discussions: Day 1 Issues related to data

availability, interoperability and sharing in the region

Proposals on how to share biodiversity information in the Asia-Pacific Region

Systematic organization Systematic sharing

Issues gathered from presentations

• Data distributed among several government institutions, variable database structures

• Lack of collaboration on data between institutions

• Scattered and isolated datasets with many players

• Lack of data discovery mechanism• Lack of compliance with data interoperability

standards• Variations in priorities, expertise and data

requirements

On Structure:


• Lack of data digitized and published• Too many species, too little time• Lack of data to inform management• Predominantly foreign publications in some areas• Unpublished information not included in databases• Need Taxonomic confirmation• Need to act NOW!

– Some species are extinct even before these are surveyed

• Species data holdings do not include data on recommendations

• Data contribution from Asia only 3% of GBIF Data• Bad data, bad analysis (various levels of quality),

accuracy

On Content:


On Process:

• Lack of collaboration on data between institutions

• Lack of funds to establish permanent plots• Species data holdings do not include data on

recommendations• Too many species, too little time • No data sharing culture in the region, nothing to

gain?• Intellectual property rights and other legal issues Need permanent plots to improve monitoring Misunderstanding of museum functions


• Some species are extinct even before these are surveys

• Diplacement of native plants, reduction in the number of migratory birds observed

• Forests are fragmented and the ecoystems are modified

• Shift in the frequency of fauna from lowland to upland

• Difficulties related to conduct of surveys (Safety from insurgents)

• Lack of funds to conduct comprehensive surveys in difficult to reach areas

On Collection Circumstances and Efforts:

Proposals on how to collect and share biodiversity information in the Asia-Pacific Region

Publish

Through APBON Publications, Through magazines (eg ‘Wildlife Times’)Make information available online and encourage citation of information harvestedVirtual herbariaDigital museums


Collaborate through models presented

S-Net of Japan Centralized specimen-based databases Specimen and ecosystem based networking Network of Partners Landscape approach to ecosystem management (not geopolitical) Indian bio resource network

Bring groups with unique specialization together Portal

ABCD Network


Support continuing inventories

Support for continuing inventories in all ecosystem types beyond tropical forests (peat lands / swamps ; ginside national parks, etc.)Permanent PlotsObserve the biodiversity by country and by sub-regionInventory in Biodiversity Rich Areas, use of grids linked to area-based information, images, synonyms, satellite images


Build Capacity in the AP Region

•Species based analysis across the region (spatial distribution patterns, etc)•Biodiversity Observation at the national level proposed for funding • Philippine BON and other ASEAN BONs• Assist countries with technical needs: data collection, analysis, modeling

c/o GBIF•Use ACB as platform for assessments, capacity building to contribute to IPBES•Know who uses data, what they need the data for, in what forms data is most useful – databases need to be conservation oriented, come up with a consolidated list of threatened species•Develop a Red list for Asia Pacific Countries•Include monitoring of ecosystem services


Demonstrate Use of data and information collected in the region

•Threatened Species / Regional Redlist• Make threatened species list available online

•Common species among countries

•Address what people want / Develop a comprehensive database that will address conservationneeds of a larger stakeholder group (not only research needs)

•Color photos of biodiversity made available online


•Make use of technology

• GIS web server capabilities for utilizing biodiversity information data• Silverlight, etc• Integrate information

On data structure

Use Darwin Core 2

Use CHM as a national Platform

Make use of available technology, preferably freeware

• GIS web server capabilities for utilizing biodiversity information data• Silverlight, and related tools, etc• Integrate information• Use GPIS on your hat while taking pictures of biodiversity• Quick search• Engage civil society in data collection, Citizen Science• Data Structure of BRAHMs as example


On data content

Increase the number of people who encode dataDevelop Data Sharing Incentives Break data sharing issues through carrot and stick approach (funds

for capacity building, collection, etc.) Data papers Generate support from GBIF

Mentoring Data storage arrangements

Highlight species of interest to generate enthusiasm for species information

Map-based PA database online linked and consistent with WDPA

Conduct GAP analysis among APBON countries

Encourage the creation of more BONs Country Level Regional Level

Use APBON to support IPBES and GBIF in addition to GEOBON and improve information contributions from Asia

Prepare APBON products to support GEOBON (Bon in a Box) Predicted species distribution maps Demonstrate relationships between biodiversity,

water and climate Modeling range of species and their conservation

Furthering the Work of AP-BON

Encourage support for observation network activities from IUCN members and its 6 Commissions: state and government agency members NGO members of IUCN to participate in the activities Director General of IUCN IUCN Commission directors

Proposals on how to generate support for APBON

Documents

Meeting Discussions: Day 1