Title: GEO BON: Addressing the observation needs of the UN Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
1GEO BON Addressing the observation needs of the
UN Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
Anne Larigauderie, ED DIVERSITAS With G Geller
(NASA), M Walters (CSIR), M Walpole (UNEP-WCMC)
other SC-GEO BON Colleagues
2Outline
- The policy context for biodiversity
- The GEO BON initiative
- You are invited to Session B2 tomorrow 900
3Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
- 3 main goals
- 1- Conservation of biological diversity
- 2- Sustainable use of its components and
- 3- Fair and equitable sharing of benefits
arising from genetic resources - Definition "Biological diversity" means the
variability among living organisms from all
sources including - 1- terrestrial, marine and other aquatic
ecosystems - 2- diversity within species, between species and
of ecosystems.
4Biodiversity within the MDGs
- 1- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- 2- Achieve universal primary education
- 3- Promote gender equality
- 4- Reduce child mortality
- 5- Improve maternal health
- 6- Combat HIVAIDS, malaria other diseases
- 7- Ensure environmental sustainability
- Target 7B CBD 2010 target (WSSD, 2002)
- 8- Develop a global partnership for development
5MDG Goal 7 Ensure environmental sustainability
- Target 7a Integrate the principles of
sustainable development into country policies and
programmes reverse loss of environmental
resources - Target 7b Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving,
by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of
loss - Target 7c Reduce by half the proportion of
people without sustainable access to safe
drinking water and basic sanitation - Target 7d Achieve significant improvement in
lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers, by
2020 - NB Crosscutting all other MDGs
6The 2010 Biodiversity Target
To achieve by 2010 a significant reduction of
the current rate of biodiversity loss at the
global, regional and national level as a
contribution to poverty alleviation and to the
benefit of all life on Earth
- Adopted at CBD COP6 (2002)
- Endorsed by WSSD and UNGA (2002)
- Incorporated as a new target within MDG7 in 2002
7Global Biodiversity Outlook-3 (CBD)
- The information behind GBO-3
- 110 National Reports
- Biodiversity Indicators Partnership
- Biodiversity Futures Study
- 500 scientific papers
- Open review process
8Biodiversity Scenarios (GBO-3)
A synthesis and assessment of projections of
21st century changes in biodiversity and
associated ecosystem services based on an
analysis of a broad range of existing models,
experiments and observations
Pereira H, Leadley P et al. Scenarios of global
biodiversity in the 21st century. Science, 26
Oct 2010
9Trends shown by agreed indicators of progress
towards the 2010 biodiversity target
10Trends shown by agreed indicators of progress
towards the 2010 biodiversity target
1)10 out of 15 indicators showed unfavorable
trends for biodiversity 2) Pb with amount and
coverage of data
11The 2010 Target to achieve by 2010 a
significant reduction of the current rate of
biodiversity loss has not been met
CBD-COP10, Nagoya, Japan (Nov 2010)
12Post 2010 Lessons learned
13The Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 5
strategic goals
Agreed at cop-10, Nagoya, October 2010
- Address the underlying causes of biodiversity
loss by mainstreaming biodiversity across
government and society - Reduce the direct pressures on biodiversity and
promote sustainable use. - Improve the status of biodiversity by
safeguarding ecosystems, species and genetic
diversity - Enhance the benefits to all from biodiversity and
ecosystem services - Enhance implementation through participatory
planning, knowledge management and capacity
building
14and 20 targets for 2020
- SG A-Underlying causes of biodiversity loss
(mainstreaming bd) - Target 1 by 2020, people are aware of the values
of bd and the steps they can take to conserve and
use it sustainably - Target 2 by 2020, biodiversity values have been
integrated into national and local development
and poverty reductions strategies - Target 3 by 2020, incentives harmful to
biodiversity are eliminated - SG D-Enhance the benefits to all from
biodiversity ecosystem services - Target 14 by 2020, ecosystems that provide
essential services (including services related to
water, health, livelihood and well-being) are
restored and safeguarded
15Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-20 the way
forward
- For each one of the 20 Targets
- 1- Define indicator(s)
- BIP Biodiversity Indicator Partnership
- 2- Catalyse collection of observations
- GEO BON
16GEO BON CBD
Dr Braulio Dias
- Decision X/7 CBD-COP10 (Nagoya, 2010)
- Requests the Executive Secretary to invite GEO
BON, () to prepare an evaluation of existing
observation capabilities relevant to the targets
contained in the Strategic Plan for the period
2010-2020. - In response GEO BON produced
- Adequacy of biodiversity observation systems to
support the CBD 2020 targets
17Outline
- The policy context for biodiversity
- The GEO BON initiative
-
18GEO BON the SBA on biodiversity of GEOSS
19Many Sources and Systems
But lack of coordination
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC)
- ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)
- International Union of Conservation (IUCN)
- NASA, JAXA, ERSDAC, ESA, IRSO, INPE
- BirdLife International
- Census of Marine Life (CoML)
- NatureServe
- Wetlands International
- World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
- Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
Smithsonian Institute (SI)
Conservation International (CI)
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency
(NOAA)
South African Environmental Observation Network
(SAEON)
Huge volumes of stored data But access can be
difficult
Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
(MARBEF)
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental
(CRIA)
Earthwatch
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
Inadequate tools
BIOTA Africa
United States Geological Survey
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
(NIOZ)
The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
20A brief history
- 2005 Establishment of GEOSS
- Biodiversity is one of 9 Societal Benefit Areas
- 2006 Oct First International Workshop (Geneva,
CH) - Jan 2008 GEO BON Steering Committee formed
(Geneva, CH) - Apr 2008 2nd International workshop (Potsdam,
Germany) - Produce GEO BON concept document
- Feb 2010 3rd International workshop (Asilomar,
California, USA) - GEO BON secretariat opens (CSIR, S-Africa)
- 22 May 2010
- Launch of GEO BON implementation plan (version
1.0) - Nov 2011
- Adequacy of biodiversity observation systems to
support the CBD 2020 targets (CBD/SBSTTA15/INF/8)
21Vision
- An integrated global observing system that
- gathers and shares information on biodiversity,
- provides tools for data integration and
- analysis, and
- contributes to improving environmental
management and human well-being.
22What does GEO BON do?
- GEO BON adds value to the many on-going
activities by - Providing a global, scientifically robust
framework for observations on the detection of
biodiversity change - Coordinating some of the data gathering and the
delivery of information - Ensuring long term continuity of data supply
(operational observations) - Providing a set of innovative and relevant global
products
23The GEO BON community of practice
Countries
Organisations
These networkmembers are independent but linked
and coordinated
24For the CBD Adequacy report (1)
- Organized around the 20 targets for 2020
- For each target
- Key concepts
- Indicators (sources, organizations, spatial and
temporal coverage) - Gaps and data limitations
- Adequacy assessment
- Estimated costs
25Target 11 Protected areas
26Target 14 Ecosystem services
27For the CBD EBVs (2)
- SBSTTA 15/2, para 6
- (k) Invites GEO BON to continue its work on the
identification of Essential Biodiversity
Variables and the development of associated data
sets as presented in CBD/SBSTTA/15/INF/8 and
report to a future meeting of SBSTTA. -
28Essential Biodiversity Variables
- A relatively small number of essential variables
(16-18) are necessary to derive the CBD
operational indicators (gt100) for the 20 targets - Each essential variable talks to multiple
indicators and targets and many indicators and
targets are informed by multiple essential
variables - Focus on primary measurements
29IPBES Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity
Ecosystem Services
GEO BON flagged as the observing system in charge
of orchestrating the delivery of observations
necessary to implement the IPBES programme of work
30Biodiversity science-policy landscape
Assessment (IPBES)
Research
Policy (CBD)
Observations (GEO BON)
31In conclusion some challenges
- Many positive developments re GEO BON
- Clear niche in science-policy interface
- Recognition by collaboration with key partners
(CBD, IPBES) - Strong agenda (Implementation plan, adequacy
report, EBVs) - Interest of many individuals and organisations
- But some major challenges
- Lack of engagement/recognition at national level
- Proper institutional arrangements (Sec/funding)
32THANK YOU!
anne_at_diversitas-international.org
33The Red List Index (IUCN) measures extinction risk
- The Red List Index (RLI) for all these species
groups is decreasing. - Coral species are moving most rapidly towards
greater extinction risk - Amphibians are, on average, the group most
threatened.
Source IUCN
34Projections of species extinctions
Golden toad, Costa Rica, extinct since 1989 See
Pounds et al. 2006 Nature
Photo P. Leadley
Pereira, Leadley et al. 2010
35 DISTRIBUTION of TIPPING POINTS (GBO-3)
36Some efforts to quantify
- Target 5 By 2020, the rate of loss of all natural
habitats, including forests, is at least halved,
and where feasible brought to zero - Target 11 By 2020, at least 17 of terrestrial
and inland water, and 10 of coastal and marine
areas are conserved
37Target 12 Prevented extinction of threatened
species