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

2. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences 1.About National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences 2.About Natural Resources Inventory Center(NRIC) 3.NRIC and GBIF 4.Collaboration among Japanese related communities Contents

3. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences 1.About National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences 2.About Natural Resources Inventory Center(NRIC) 3.NRIC and GBIF 4.Collaboration among Japanese related communities Contents

4. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences ● 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

5. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences 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. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences 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. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences 1.About National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences 2.About Natural Resources Inventory Center(NRIC) 3.NRIC and GBIF 4.Collaboration among Japanese related communities Contents

8. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences About NRIC in NIAES ● Major role: Advancing natural resources inventory 1)Monitoring and prediction of agro-environmental dynamics using geo information and flux-measurement 2) Collecting Agro-environmental information and development of integrated database

9. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences Several information resource Focusing Biodiversity Information

10. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences Insectarium

11. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences Inventory of Insects Web data base Type specimens About 1,000 1.3 million specimens Exhibition space Donated collections

12. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences Microbe

13. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences Inventory of Microbes 53 Type specimens Specimens and genomic resources Exhibition space Genomic information Web data based

14. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences Data Open (release) for International GBIF

15. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences 1.About National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences 2.About Natural Resources Inventory Center(NRIC) 3.NRIC and GBIF 4.Collaboration among Japanese related communities Contents

16. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences ● 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 Attending GBIF activities

17. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences ● 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

18. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences ● Published Data Paper ・ Ecological Research28:541. Major activities for GBIF

19. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences 1.About National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences 2.About Natural Resources Inventory Center(NRIC) 3.NRIC and GBIF 4.Collaboration among Japanese related communities Contents

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

21. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences ● Plan for next organization of JBON Some achievements Researchers’ self community Current JBON JBON

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

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

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