Biodiversity

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Biodiversity Human Well-Being in LAC Rio de
Janeiro28-30 Avril 2009
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DIVERSITAS is an international programme
dedicated to biodiversity science, under the
auspices of

• Scientific Committee, Chair Prof. H Mooney (USA)
• International Secretariat (France)
• Core Project Offices (Sweden, USA, France)
• Network Offices (NL, USA, Switzerland, Kenya)
• National Committees a Regional Network (DIWPA)

• Missions
• - to promote an integrative biodiversity science
• - to provide the scientific bases for the
  conservation sustainable use of biodiversity
• Science plan published in 2002

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DIVERSITAS Projects Networks
Biodiversity changes
freshwaterBIODIVERSITY agroBIODIVERSITY ecoHEALTH
oceanLIFE Mountain BD (GMBA) Invasive species
(GISP)

• Drivers
• land/sea use
• biological invasions
• pollution
• climate change
• socio-economic

Ecosystem goods services
Human activities Social, legal, economic,
political motivators
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Pillars of 21st century science-policy
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Outline

• DIVERSITAS highlights and projects (2008-10)
• Research (core projects and networks)
• Observations (GEO BON)
• Assessment (IMoSEB/IPBES)
• Policy Contribution to International Year of
• Biodiversity (2010) and CBD-COP10
• Open Science Conference 2

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ecoSERVICES Core Project

• This Science Plan focuses on the ways in which
  changes in biodiversity affect the functioning of
  ecosystems, the delivery of ecosystem goods and
  services, and human well-being.
• There are three Foci
• Focus 1 Linking biodiversity to ecosystem
  functioningFocus 2 Linking ecosystem
  functioning to provision of servicesFocus 3
  Human responses to changes in ecosystem services

Chair Charles Perrings, SOLS, Arizona State
University Project officer Rodrigo
Arriagada ecoSERVICES Group Arizona State
University
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ecoSERVICES Science Plan FOCUS 3 Human
responses to changes in ecosystem services

• 2. Ecosystem multi-functionality.
• Aims to develop approaches for managing
  ecosystems for multiple ecosystem services
  simultaneously (as opposed to examining
  individual ecosystem processes in isolation).
• Pre-proposal being developed in collaboration
  with partners in the USA, Costa Rica, Chile,
  Brazil, India and South Africa
• Project will map off-site delivery of ecosystem
  services/disservices from a series of reference
  sites, estimate the value of land taking the full
  array of off-site services into account, and
  develop price-based mechanisms for encouraging
  the socially optimal provision of services.

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ecoSERVICES Scientific Meetings 2009

• ecoSERVICES workshop on biodiversity information
  and community based use of natural resources,
  12-19 June, Mexico City/Oaxaca, Mexico.
• Organizer Rodolfo Dirzo
• ecoSERVICES/CIB symposium on globalization,
  invasive species and national responses,
  DIVERSITAS OSC 2, 13-16 October 2009, Capetown,
  South Africa
• Organizers Charles Perrings and Dave Richardson

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Core projects 2 New science plans!
bioDISCOVERY
bioGENESIS
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Evolutionary responses to climate change
Yukon squirrel
Red squirrels have responded to a 2C mean
Apr-June temperature change by advancing the date
at which they give birth by almost 26 days in 26
years (matching peak spruce cone production)
Task 3.2. Evolution and climatic change
Bradshaw, W. and Holzapfel, C. 2007,
PNAS (bioGENESIS science plan)
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Biodiversity and climate change
Model development for regional test cases
Migration - Tundra / boreal / temperate forest
biome shifts as affected by climate change Fire
- interactions between land use, climate and
vegetation structure. Can general models predict
regional differences? Herbivory - impacts on
vegetation structure model development and
data synthesis for Southern Africa Plasticity -
Assess the importance of acclimation, adaptation
and biodiversity in determining dieback of
Amazonian forest under future climate change
Multi-model regional analyses of the effects of
climate change on biome / vegetation structure
shifts - Common drivers data sets esp. climate
and land use - Common benchmarking data sets
experiments, paleo Need new people, agreement on
data sets, etc
Perspectives Paper on Understanding and
Simulating Biome / Vegetation Structure Shifts
Soon
2010-11
Oct 2009
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Outline

• DIVERSITAS highlights and projects (2008-10)
• Research (core projects and networks)
• Observations (GEO BON)
• Assessment (IMoSEB/IPBES)
• Policy Contribution to International Year of
• Biodiversity (2010) and CBD-COP10
• Open Science Conference 2

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GEO BON

• GEO BON (GEO Biodiversity Observation Network) is
  a new global partnership to help collect, manage,
  analyse report data relating to the status of
  the worlds biodiversity
• GEO BON Science Plan (GEO V)
• 1st SC-GEO BON (June 09)

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Outline

• DIVERSITAS highlights and projects (2008-10)
• Research (core projects and networks)
• Observations (GEO BON)
• Assessment (IMoSEB/IPBES)
• Contribution to International Year of
  Biodiversity (2010)
• Open Science Conference 2

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IPBES
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

• Intergovernmental meeting (KL Nov 08)
• UNEP GC (Feb 09 gap analysis)
• Next 2nd Intergov mtg (Oct 09)
• Launch 2010?

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Overall views from the scientific community

• The scientific community is interested and
  committed to IPBES (gap analysis delegations at
  Nairobi mtg)
• Scientific organisations must be partners
• IPBES should thus be intergovernmental and
  multistakeholder
• Proper governance will be key to ensure
  scientific independance/quality

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Outline

• DIVERSITAS highlights and projects (2008-10)
• Research (core projects and networks)
• Observations (GEO BON)
• Assessment (IMoSEB/IPBES)
• Contribution to International Year of
  Biodiversity (2010)
• Open Science Conference 2

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International Year of Biodiversity 2010

• 3 contributions
• Biodiversity targets after 2010 (G Mace)
• Contribution to GBO-3 (P Leadley)
• Contribution to IPBES

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• Global Biodiversity Outlook 3
• Mandate from CBD to DIVERSITAS
• Scenarios
• Rob Alkemade, Miguel Araujo, Paul Leadley
  (bioDISCOVERY)
• Goal Synthesize projections of 21st century
  changes in biodiversity and associated ecosystem
  services based on an analysis of existing models,
  experiments and observations
• Whats new compared to GBO-2
• Stronger links between biodiversity and ES
• Draw on larger knowledge base
• Greater emphasis on evaluation of uncertainty
• Identification of key tipping points
• Identify means of intervention through policy

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2nd DIVERSITAS OSCBiodiversity and Society
Understanding connections, adapting to change

• 13-16 October 2009
• Cape Town, S-Africa
• 800 abstracts received
• Registrations open mid May 09

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Scientific programme

• Keynote scientific presentations
• Plenary roundtables
• ABS Access and Benefit Sharing under the CBD
• TEEB-Initiative on The Economics of Ecosystems
  and Biodiversity Scientific challenges in
  framing the economics of ecosystem services
• The new Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform
  on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
• The CBD 2010 targets and beyond towards a new
  generation of science based indicators
• Is simultaneously meeting the MDGs on food
  production and biodiversity possible?

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• Merci!

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Scientific programme parallel sessions (2)

• Symposia
• 25 selected among 112 proposals
• Contributed oral sessions posters
• Abstract call deadline extended to 15 April
• Expected products policy briefs (roundtable
  symposia)

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Cross cutting networks news

• ecoHEALTH
• DIVERSITAS/SCOPE scientific synthesis (2008)
• Trade, economy infectious diseases
• oceanLIFE
• New project Carlos Duarte, Spain
• GISP
• New phase in our partnership strenghten the link
  between science, policy and information on
  invasive species

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freshwaterBIODIVERSITY

• New Chair Margaret A Palmer (USA)
• Environmental flows
• The Brisbane Declaration (International
  Environmental Flows Conference, Brisbane, Sept
  07) Definition Global Action Agenda
• Special issue Freshwater Biology in preparation
• Science policy Symposium at the World Water
  Week (2007, 2008, 2009)
• Freshwater biodiversity assessment (FADA)
• Leader Royal Belgian Institute of Natural
  Sciences
• Goal provide quantitative estimates of FW
  biodiversity for conservation and scenarios
  purposes

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Future area of study

• Relationships between ecosystem functioning,
  conservation and novel / restored ecosystems
• Use novel restored ecosystems to respond to
• Is biodiversity comparable to natural systems?
• Are essential services supported?
• Can we identify critical diversity thresholds to
  support services?

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Geo-referenced biological databases

• 2 GMBA Workshops 2006 Kazbegi, Georgia, 2007
  GBIF Copenhagen
• GMBA Kazbegi Research Agenda
• Körner et al 2007, Mountain Research and
  Development
• 3rd GMBA synthesis volume (2009) Data mining
  for global trends in mountain biodiversity,
  Taylor Francis
• GMBAs Mountain Portal (with GBIF)

Data mining for global trends in mountain
biodiversity

Himalayas
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Rocky Mts.
Andes
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GMBA Synthesis Volumes
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Data mining for global trends in mountain
biodiversity

Himalayas
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Rocky Mts.
Andes
Alps
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Atlas
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Edited by E.M. Spehn and Ch. Körner