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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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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
Contents • About National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences • About Natural Resources Inventory Center(NRIC) • NRIC and GBIF • Collaboration among Japanese related communities
Contents • About National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences • About Natural Resources Inventory Center(NRIC) • NRIC and GBIF • Collaboration among Japanese related communities
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)
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
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
Contents • About National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences • About Natural Resources Inventory Center(NRIC) • NRIC and GBIF • Collaboration among Japanese related communities
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
Several information resource Focusing Biodiversity Information
Inventory of Insects Web data base Exhibition space Type specimens About 1,000 Donated collections 1.3 million specimens
Inventory of Microbes 53 Type specimens Exhibition space Genomic information Web data based Specimens and genomic resources
Contents • About National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences • About Natural Resources Inventory Center(NRIC) • NRIC and GBIF • Collaboration among Japanese related communities
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
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
Major activities for GBIF ● Published Data Paper ・ Ecological Research28:541.
Contents • About National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences • About Natural Resources Inventory Center(NRIC) • NRIC and GBIF • Collaboration among Japanese related communities
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..
Some achievements ● Plan for next organization of JBON Current JBON JBON Researchers’ self community
Some achievements ● Plan for next organization of JBON New JBON (image) Government NGO/NPO Institute JBON Citizen scientist University Other
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..