Resources
GEO BON has generated a number of key documents setting out its mandate, governance and work plan. These documents can be found below, together with other relevant texts related to the work with the CBD, and the work of other related tasks of GEOSS, and outreach documents.
GEO BON documents
- GEO BON submission to CBD SBSTTA-17 (Oct 2013; UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/17/INF/14)
- GEO BON submission to CBD/SBSTTA-15 (Nov 2011; UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/15/INF/8)
- Adequacy of Biodiversity Observation Systems to support the CBD 2020 targets
- GEO BON Detailed Implementation Plan and Technical Summary
- GEO BON concept document
- Principles of the GEO BON Information Architecture
- GEO BON submission to CBD/SBSTTA-14 (May 2010)
- Task sheet BI-07-01a Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON)
Relevant CBD decisions
- CBD decision IX/15
- CBD decision X/7
- CBD decision XI/3
Relevant GEO and GEOSS documents
- Other relevant documents on related tasks of the Group on Earth Observations can be found here
Articles
- Pereira H et al. 2013. Essential Biodiversity Variables, Science, Volume 339, pp 277 (supplementary material here)
- Toward a Global Biodiversity Observing System, Science, Volume 321, 22 August 2008, pp 1044-1045. (Reprinted with permission from AAAS)
- Tallis H, Mooney H, Andelman S, Balvanera P, Cramer W, Karp D, Polasky S, Reyers B, Ricketts T, Running S, Thonicke K, Tietjen B and Walz A. 2012. A Global System for Monitoring Ecosystem Service Change. Bioscience 62(11):977-986.
Brochures
- GEO-BON brochure (2010)
- GEO BON flyer (2010)
Presentations
- Presentation "Building a Global Biodiversity Observation System", by Robert Scholes, January 2014
- Presentation "A strategic vision for GEO BON", by Henrique Pereira, January 2014
- Presentation "GEO BON: addressing the observation needs of the UN Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020" at GEOSS S&T Stakeholder Workshop, by Anne Larigauderie, Bonn, Germany, August 2012
- Presentation "Building a global observation system for biodiversity: The GEO BON initiative" at GEOSS S&T Stakeholder Workshop, by Anne Larigauderie, Bonn, Germany, August 2012
- Presentation of GEO BON at IUCN, By Robert Scholes, June 2010
- Presentation of GEO BON at GEO Plenary VIII, by Anne Larigauderie, November 2011
- Presentation of GEO BON at GEO Plenary VI, by Robert Scholes, November 2009
- Introduction to GEO BON, by Gary Geller, July 2009
Press releases
- GEO BON Implementation Plan launched for International Day for Biodiversity (May 2010)
- GEO BON at the WCC in Barcelona (October 2008)
- GEO BON launch (April 2008)
