1. © GEO Secretariat GEO Ecosystem task and GEO BON Carlos Padovani, Brazil Georgios Sarantakos, GEO Secretariat Beijing, China April 21, 2013 GEO Ecosystem Task Workshop

2. GEOSS Societal Benefit Areas Cross-cutting tasks SB-01: Ocean SB-02: Land Cover SB-03: Forest SB-04: Urban SB-05: Impact

3. GEO BON – GEO Ecosystem tasks Mandates Before 2015, GEO aims to: Ecosystem 10. “Establish, in conjunction with a comprehensive biodiversity observation network, a wide-ranging monitoring capability for all ecosystems and the human impacts on them, to improve the assessment, protection and sustainable management of terrestrial, coastal and marine resources and the delivery of associated ecosystem services.” Extracted from “GEO 2015 Strategic Targets” Biodiversity 7. “Establish, in conjunction with a comprehensive ecosystem monitoring capability, a worldwide biodiversity observation network to collect, manage, share and analyze observations of the status and trends of the world's biodiversity, and enable decision-making in support of the conservation and improved management of natural resources.”

4. GEO-BON – The Network GEO-BON is a collaboration of more then 100 governmental, inter- governmental and non-governmental organizations, including DIVERSITAS, GBIF, IUCN, NASA, UNEP-WCMC and others, working on: A global Biodiversity Observation Network to observations on biodiversity status and trends Decision-support for conservation and management of resources Organized in genes, species, ecosystems i.e. marine, freshwater, terrestrial working groups Address National and regional needs through Regional BONs, such as French BON, Arctic BON, ASEAN BON, AP BON, EU BON etc GEO BON has been recognized by the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, and is supported to develop set of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) developed akin to GCOS ECVs

5. How to collaborate Participation in the GEO BON task Products under development including: Global Wetland Observing System (GWOS) A harmonised Ecosystem Map A global network of Biodiversity Observation Sites Filling of major geographical gaps in the monitoring network Expansion of monitoring programs for birds, mammals, plants and butterflies Organisation of join workshops Thematic or regional Also with the other GEO Tasks e.g GLC and Green Energy planning)

6. 1. Awareness of biodiversity 2. Value of BD integrated 3. Incentives for BD 4. Sustainability 5. Habitat loss 6. Marine resources 7. Agriculture, forest and aquaculture 8. Pollution 9. Alien species 10. Coral reefs and other threatened ecosystems 11. Protected areas 12. Threatened species 13. Genetic diversity 14. Ecosystem Services 15. Climate change resilience 16. Access and Benefit Sharing 17. National BD Strategies & Action Plans 18. Indigenous knowledge 19. Knowledge sharing 20. Resources Biodiversity Water Climate Ecosystem Agriculture Health Ocean Land Cover Forest Impacts Societal Benefit Areas/Targets* Cross- cutting Areas Aichi Biodiversity Targets Strategic Goal AStrategic Goal BStrategic Goal CStrategic Goal DStrategic Goal E CBD – GEO CBD and GEO Secretariats: Expansion of the GEO-CBD interaction First step: Concept note presented to the CBD Parties at the COP 11 in Hydrabad

7. 1. Awareness of biodiversity 2. Value of BD integrated 3. Incentives for BD 4. Sustainability 5. Habitat loss 6. Marine resources 7. Agriculture, forest and aquaculture 8. Pollution 9. Alien species 10. Coral reefs and other threatened ecosystems 11. Protected areas 12. Threatened species 13. Genetic diversity 14. Ecosystem Services 15. Climate change resilience 16. Access and Benefit Sharing 17. National BD Strategies & Action Plans 18. Indigenous knowledge 19. Knowledge sharing 20. Resources Biodiversity Water Climate Ecosystem Agriculture Health Ocean Land Cover Forest Impacts Societal Benefit Areas/Targets* Cross- cutting Areas Aichi Biodiversity Targets Strategic Goal AStrategic Goal BStrategic Goal CStrategic Goal DStrategic Goal E CBD – GEO CBD and GEO Secretariats: Expansion of the GEO-CBD interaction First step: Concept note presented to the CBD Parties at the COP 11 in Hydrabad In collaboration with the CBD Secretariat Inputs from 50 group leaders, from 8 GEO Tasks expressed in 21 projects –Thematic: Terrestrial, Marine, Freshwater and/or focused on hot-spots e.g. tropical forests, UNESCO sites and Protected Areas –Global or Regional e.g Arctic, EU, ASEAN, Amazonia –Projects cost: USD 200k-5M