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National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences and Collaboration work in Japan

26, Nov. 2013 5th Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network meeting. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences and Collaboration work in Japan. Takeshi Osawa <arosawa@affrc.go.jp> National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences

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National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences and Collaboration work in Japan

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  1. 26, Nov. 2013 5th Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network meeting National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences and Collaboration work in Japan Takeshi Osawa <arosawa@affrc.go.jp> National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences Japan node of Global Biodiversity Information Facility

  2. Contents • About National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences • About Natural Resources Inventory Center(NRIC) • NRIC and GBIF • Collaboration among Japanese related communities

  3. Contents • About National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences • About Natural Resources Inventory Center(NRIC) • NRIC and GBIF • Collaboration among Japanese related communities

  4. About NIAES ● Major function ・Basic studies and research to ensure the safety of agricultural production environments ● History ・Since 1893, one of the oldest national Institute of Agriculture ・Since 2011, became an independent administrative institution ● Size of enterprise ・164 stuff Include 124 researcher (exclude PD, part timers)

  5. About NIAES ● 8 Divisions ・Agro-Meteorology Division ・Carbon and Nutrient Cycles Division ・Soil Environment Division ・Organochemicals Division ・Biodiversity Division ・Environmental Biofunction Division ・Ecosystem Informatics Division ・Natural Resources Inventory Center

  6. About NIAES ● 8 Divisions ・Agro-Meteorology Division ・Carbon and Nutrient Cycles Division ・Soil Environment Division ・Organochemicals Division ・Biodiversity Division ・Environmental Biofunction Division ・Ecosystem Informatics Division ・Natural Resources Inventory Center

  7. Contents • About National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences • About Natural Resources Inventory Center(NRIC) • NRIC and GBIF • Collaboration among Japanese related communities

  8. About NRIC in NIAES • ● Major role: Advancing natural resources inventory • Monitoring and prediction of agro-environmental dynamics • using geo information and flux-measurement • 2) Collecting Agro-environmental information and • development of integrated database

  9. Several information resource Focusing Biodiversity Information

  10. Insectarium

  11. Inventory of Insects Web data base Exhibition space Type specimens About 1,000 Donated collections 1.3 million specimens

  12. Microbe

  13. Inventory of Microbes 53 Type specimens Exhibition space Genomic information Web data based Specimens and genomic resources

  14. Data Open (release) for International GBIF

  15. Contents • About National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences • About Natural Resources Inventory Center(NRIC) • NRIC and GBIF • Collaboration among Japanese related communities

  16. Attending GBIF activities ● Relationship-building ・ Prof. H. Sugawara (Special visiting Researcher in NRIC ) ex-Vice President on GBIF ex-Node Manager on Japan node ● Participants on JBIF (Japan node) ・ Commissioner on Japan node ・ Member of work group

  17. Major activities for GBIF ● Data providing (from 2011-) ・ About 20,000 records on insects (2011) ・ About 3,000 records on microbe (2012) ・ About 8,000 records of plant observation (2013) ● Promoting activities ・ Organized some symposiums ・ Published review, technical articles mentioned on GBIF

  18. Major activities for GBIF ● Published Data Paper ・ Ecological Research28:541.

  19. Contents • About National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences • About Natural Resources Inventory Center(NRIC) • NRIC and GBIF • Collaboration among Japanese related communities

  20. Current activity ● Participant on JBON task force (2012-) Attended task force for future plan of JBON Discussed about.. ・ Re-Organization ・ Main role ・ Strategic plan (short, middle, long term) ・ Budgets etc..

  21. Some achievements ● Plan for next organization of JBON Current JBON JBON Researchers’ self community

  22. Some achievements ● Plan for next organization of JBON New JBON (image) Government NGO/NPO Institute JBON Citizen scientist University Other

  23. Some achievements ● Plan for establish Biodiversity Information Standard Publish?(image) “Technical guide of Biodiversity Information Japan” ・Role of Biodiversity Information ・Data format ・Data protocols ・Data integration etc..

  24. Thank you for listening!

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