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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.

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Meeting Discussions: Day 1

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  1. Meeting Discussions: Day 1 Issues related to data availability, interoperability and sharing in the region Proposals on how to sharebiodiversity information in the Asia-Pacific Region Systematicorganization Systematic sharing

  2. Issues gathered from presentations On Structure: • 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

  3. Issues gathered from presentations On Content: • 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many species, too little time • Lack of data to inform management • Predominantly foreign publications in some areas • Unpublished information not included in databases • Need Taxonomic confirmation • Need to act NOW!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

  4. Issues gathered from presentations 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 • Toomanyspecies, toolittle time • No data sharing culture in the region, nothing to gain? • Intellectualpropertyrights and otherlegal issues • Need permanent plots to improve monitoring • Misunderstanding of museumfunctions

  5. Issues gathered from presentations On Collection Circumstances and Efforts: • Somespecies are extinctevenbeforethese are surveys • Diplacement of native plants, reduction in the number of migratorybirdsobserved • Forests are fragmented and the ecoystems are modified • Shift in the frequency of faunafromlowland to upland • Difficultiesrelated to conduct of surveys (Safetyfrominsurgents) • Lack of funds to conductcomprehensivesurveys in difficult to reach areas

  6. Proposals on how to collect and share biodiversity information in the Asia-Pacific Region • Publish • Through APBON Publications, • Throughmagazines (eg ‘Wildlife Times’) • Make information available online and encourage citation of information harvested • Virtual herbaria • Digital museums

  7. Proposals on how to collect and share biodiversity information in the Asia-Pacific Region • Collaborate through modelspresented • S-Net of Japan • Centralizedspecimen-baseddatabases • Specimenand ecosystembased networking • Network of Partners • Landscapeapproach to ecosystem management (not geopolitical) • Indian bio resourcenetwork • Bring groups withunique specializationtogether • Portal • ABCD Network

  8. Proposals on how to collect and share biodiversity information in the Asia-Pacific Region • Support continuing inventories • Support for continuing inventories in all ecosystem types beyond tropical forests (peat lands / swamps ; ginside national parks, etc.) • Permanent Plots • Observe the biodiversity by country and by sub-region • Inventory in BiodiversityRich Areas, use of gridslinked to area-based information, images, synonyms, satellite images

  9. Proposals on how to collect and share biodiversity information in the Asia-Pacific Region • Build Capacity in the AP Region • Speciesbasedanalysisacross the region (spatial distribution patterns, etc) • Biodiversity Observation at the national levelproposed for funding • Philippine BON and other ASEAN BONs • Assistcountries withtechnicalneeds: data collection, analysis, modelingc/o GBIF • Use ACB as platform for assessments, capacity building to contribute to IPBES • Know who uses data, whattheyneed the data for, in whatforms data ismostuseful – databasesneed to be conservation oriented, come up with a consolidatedlist of threatenedspecies • Develop a Redlist for Asia Pacific Countries • Include monitoring of ecosystem services

  10. Proposals on how to collect and share biodiversity information in the Asia-Pacific Region • Demonstrate Use of data and information collected in the region • ThreatenedSpecies / RegionalRedlist • Makethreatenedspecieslistavailable online • Common speciesamong countries • Addresswhat people want / Developa comprehensivedatabasethatwilladdressconservationneeds of a largerstakeholder group (not onlyresearchneeds) • Color photos of biodiversity made available online

  11. Proposals on how to collect and share biodiversity information in the Asia-Pacific Region • Make use of technology • GIS web server capabilities for utilizingbiodiversity 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 utilizingbiodiversity information data • Silverlight, and relatedtools, etc • Integrate information • Use GPIS on yourhatwhiletakingpictures of biodiversity • Quick search • Engage civil society in data collection, Citizen Science • Data Structure of BRAHMs as example

  12. Proposals on how to collect and share biodiversity information in the Asia-Pacific Region • On data content • Increase the number of people who encode data • Develop Data Sharing Incentives • Break data sharing issues throughcarrot and stick approach (funds for capacity building, collection, etc.) • Data papers • Generate support from GBIF • Mentoring • Data storage arrangements • Highlightspecies of interest to generateenthusiasm for species information • Map-based PA database online linked and consistent with WDPA

  13. Furthering the Work of AP-BON • Conduct GAP analysisamong APBON countries • Encourage the creation of more BONs • Country Level • RegionalLevel • Use APBON to support IPBES and GBIF in addition to GEOBON and improve information contributions fromAsia • Prepare APBON products to support GEOBON (Bon in a Box) • Predictedspecies distribution maps • Demonstraterelationshipsbetweenbiodiversity, water and climate • Modeling range of species and their conservation

  14. Proposals on how to generate support for APBON • 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

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