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The 4th AP-BON Workshop
Date: from 2 to 4 December, 2011
Venue: TKP Akasaka Twin-Tower Conference Center, Tokyo, Japan
Organizer: Biodiversity Center of Japan, Ministry of the Environment
Contents: Thirty nine scientists from Japan and abroad participated, including guest speakers from international organizations, such as the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Global Biodiversity Information Facility and ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, who shared global efforts for data sharing and biodiversity monitoring. The participants discussed on the role and future activities of biodiversity observation in Asia-Pacific region, especially on the assessment of the achievement toward the “Aichi Biodiversity Targets” adopted at the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD/COP-10).
ESABII side-event at SBSTTA15
Date: 8 November, 2011
Venue: Montreal, Canada
Organizer: Biodiversity Center of Japan, Ministry of the Environment
Contents: Promotion of taxonomic capacity building in East and Southeast Asia under ESABII programmes
CITES Country Training in Viet Nam
Date: 21-23 February 2011
Venue: Ho Chi Min City, Viet Nam
Organizer: Veit Nam WEN, ASEAN WEN PCU, TRAFFIC,Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Contents: Build in-country capacity in Viet Nam to prepare and deliver CITES,wildlife trade and species identification courses
・Report Summary (PDF: 191KB)
・Link to the press release by TRAFFIC
Training Workshop on Taxonomy of Terrestrial Plants
Date: 15-22 February 2011 (8 days)
Venue: Research Center for Biology Indonesia, Institute of Science (RCB-LIPI), Bogor, Indonesia
Organizer: RCB-LIPI, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity(ACB), Ministry of the Environment, Japan,(MOE-Japan)
Contents: General taxonomy of terrestrial plants and taxonomy of the Dicot
The Training of Trainers(ToT) on CITES Policies and Identification of Threatened Species
Date: 17-20 January 2011
Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Organizer: ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity(ACB), the Ministry of Environment-Japan(MOE-Japan), TRAFFIC-SEA, ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network(ASEAN WEN)
・Call for nominations on CITES (PDF)
・Agenda (PDF)
Training Workshop on Coral Taxonomy
Date: 4-8 December 2010
Venue: Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
Organizer: ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity(ACB), Ministry of Environment-Japan(MOE-Japan), Universiti Sains Malaysia(USM)
・Summary Report (PDF)
・Training Manual (PDF)
ESABII and NaGISA Joint Conference
October 23, 2010. ESABII and NaGISA Joint Conference in Commemoration of the CBD COP10, Nagoya
The CBD COP10 Side-Event
October 22, 2010. The CBD COP10 Side-Event (Nagoya Congress Center, Japan)
ESABII Strategy and Work Plan 2010-2011 are now available online
ESABII Strategy (14 Dec. 2009) (PDF, 159kb)
ESABII Work Plan (14 Dec. 2009) (PDF, 80KB)
Intergovernmental Meeting for ESABII was in December, 2009
The first intergovernmental meeting for East and Southeast Asia Biodiversity Information Initiative(ESABII) was held at UNU in Tokyo, Japan, from 12 to 14 December 2009. Strategy and Work Plan for ESABII were discussed in depth during the session.
