Our life depends on biodiversity and ecosystems. East and Southeast Asia is one of the richest biological diversity areas on the earth. However, information and knowledge on biodiversity in this region ESABII East and Southeast Asia s Biodiversity I I available for its conservation and sustainability are still limited. More biological information and taxonomic capacities are needed to secure rich biodiversity in this region. East and Southeast Asia Biodiversity Information Initiative (ESABII was launched by 14 countries in this region and relevant organizations to achieve goals of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Brunei Darussalam Cambodia Indonesia Korea Malaysia Myanmar Singapore Development of biodiversity information Taxonomy capacity building Promotion of biodiversity-related policies Biodiversity conservation and sustainable use Enhancement of the scientific base for biodiversity Contributions to the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets China Japan Mongolia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Brunei Darussalam la Singapore Myanmar Malaysia Korea Indonesia Cambodia Tha Philippine Mongolia Japan China ha hi o p hi
2009 2010 2011 2012 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Bogor, Indonesia Ho Chi Min, Vietnam Montreal, Canada Nairobi, Kenya Manila, Philippines Aichi-Nagoya, Japan Penang, Malaysia Tokyo, Japan Los Baños, Philippines Singapore Tokyo, Japan Phnom Penh, Cambodia Hanoi, Vietnam Bogor, Indonesia Hyderabad, India 2009 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan Singapore kyo, Jap ngapore Los Baños Philipp pines 2010 Nairobi, Kenya Aichi-Nagoya, Japan Manila, Philippines Kenya Philippines 2011 Penang, Malaysia Bogor, Indonesia Kuala Lumpur Bogor, Indonesia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2012 Phnom Penh Ho Chi Min Phnom Penh, Cambodia Montreal, Canada Ho Chi Min, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam Hyderabad, India Hanoi, Vietnam B I d i
!! # # Information technology and networks have made remarkable progress in biodiversity informatics. A variety ty of of biodiversity on a global over till b iodiversity information information is is now now available available on global level level o ver the the Internet. Internet. However, However, ssuch uch iinformation nformation iiss sstill ne East ast a and nd Southeast Southeast Asia. Asia. The The communication communication infrastructure infrastructure h has as n not ot yyet et b been een llimited imited and and sscattered cattered iin developed in this this region. region. Hence, Hence, it it is is difficult difficult for for policy/ policy/ decision decision makers makers tto oa access ccess n necessary ecessary d eveloped adequately adequately in information. information. T Therefore, herefore, E ESABII SABII g gathers, athers, compiles compiles and and processes processes data data and and information information from from available available data data sources, sources, then then develops biodiversity iodiversity iinformation nformation ffor or conservation conservation policies, policies, a and nd p provides rovides tthe he iinformation nformation tto op policy/ olicy/ develops necessary necessary b decision decision makers. makers. Process of the development of a biodiversity information system Information from the existing biodiversity monitoring programs Examples of the existing data - Results of the Asian Waterbirds Census - Red List Spatial Data 2010 Information from taxonomy documents in the ESABII area Information related to legal protection - Mongolian Law on Fauna - Endangered Species Act (Singapore) - Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Wildlife (2004 Revision) Flora - Flora of Java - Flora Malesiana - Flore du Cambodge, du Laos, et du Vietnam Information related to legal protection - Endangered Species in Cambodia - Red Data Book of Korea - Thailand Red Data %% %% - Selecting information relevant to policy-making from items collected - Processing of the research data into other forms, such as distribution charts, so as to be easily usable for the objectives! # Provision of the data through the website and feedback from users $! #! $! #! 5
Migrant Birds Database The page on Asplenium castaneoviride Threatened Vascular Plant Species Database Threatened Mammal Species Database The page on the Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) Distribution polygons of the Bornean Orangutan in the ESABII area are plotted together with the administrative boundaries. The page on the Mongolian Plover (Charadrius mongolus) Monitoring points for the Mongolian Plover in East and Southeast Asia are plotted. The situation at the prefectural level is presented: the blue area represents recorded presence; the yellow area represents unclear (extant as indicated by document(s)); and the red area represents extinct. d Threatened Vascular Plant Species Database cies Datab
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