The ASEAN Clearing House Mechanism 5 th Asia Pacific-Biodiversity Observation Network (AP-BON) Meeting November 2013, SAS Hall, SEARCA, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines

ACB Background ACB: ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity Intergovernmental Organization, work through AWGs Has MOU with CBD, thus directions based on MEA commitments, mostly CBD Has a Biodiversity Information Management Unit that facilitates the establishment and population of CHM ACB engages in various thematic interests (ABS, TEEB, AHPs, GTI, IAS, PES, B&B, CC, Green, Blue Economy, etc.)

1BiodiversityInformation Infrastructure and Data Content 2 Tools and Knowledge Products 3 Partnerships Biodiversity Information Management in the ASEAN Region

Biodiversity Information Infrastructure and Data Content 1 chm.aseanbiodiversity.org

CHM Infrastructure ASEAN CHM website CHM Server 1 (Godaddy.com) CHM Server 2 (ACB local server) Biodiversity Information Unit Production Server Load balancing & Mirror imaging

Links to CHMs of AMS Biodiversity in the ASEAN Region Priority Areas for Conservation Biodiversity Conservation Initiatives Improving Capacities for Biodiversity Conservation Who’s Who in ASEAN Biodiversity Biodiversity Resources Glossary of Terms ASEAN Biodiversity Outlook - Ecosystems, Drivers, Regional Analyses GBIF Integrated Publishing ToolKit (IPT ver. 2.4) Online tools and web services Running in Joomla, PHP and Mysql ASEAN CHM Thematic Contents

Species Information: Standard Output Species Photos Species Name (Scientific Name) Author Common Names Species Occurrence/Map (Source from GBIF & OBIS) Taxonomy Synonyms Red List Status Assessment Physical Characteristics Distribution and Habitat Species Description Biology Vulnerability Other Information (Internet sources)

Current Inventory of Species Data harvested from various datasets and web service providers Regular updates and maintenance by BIM

Summary of threatened species by Country Based on 2012 IUCN Threatened species update

Threatened species in the ASEAN Based on 2012 IUCN Threatened species update

Protected Areas Summary

2 Tools and Knowledge products chm.aseanbiodiversity.org

 Online remote data entry  Species database  Protected areas database  Offline species and PA encoders  Electronic Library  5 th National Report encoder  Friends of Biodiversity  Training Modules  CHM establishment  Data entry  Mapping Tools  Easy to understand videos  Animals and Plants in danger  Coastal and Marine Ecosystems  How the ASEAN Region is Faring  Species summaries  Maps  ASEAN Heritage Parks  Priority Areas for Conservation  Map Overlays  Marine Habitats  Marine habitats and the temperature in the coral triangle Knowledge Products

5NR Tool Completed the development of the 5NR encoding tool during the first quarter of this year. Dedicated 5NR encoding URLs were established for the following countries to facilitate preparation of their Fifth National reports by their respective 5NR teams. URLCountryMain Editor Address Brunei Darussalam Cambodia rsity.org/id5nr.php IndonesiaLu’Lu’ Lao PDR rsity.org/my5nr.php MalaysiaTherese Tiu Kok rsity.org/mm5nr.php MyanmarWin Naing Philippines rsity.org/sg5nr.php SingaporeJeremy rsity.org/th5nr.php rsity.org/vn5nr.php Viet NamLe Ngoc

E-Library Mobile Application Currently available in Android Downloadable from the web Soon to be available in iOS

Friends Of Biodiversity Enhanced new web interface Added features Link to Facebok Link to linkedin Current FOB Members registered (n = 1,655)

Marine PA priority sites ASEAN Heritage Parks Integrated MAP Samples

First version of the AHP Application Currently available in Android Downloadable from the web Soon to be available in iOS ASEAN Heritage Park Mobile Application

3 Partnerships chm.aseanbiodiversity.org

 UNEP-WCMC  WDPA structure  Data Population  Birdlife International  IBAs & KBAs  Points  Polygons  GBIF  Data collection  Asia Regional Rep  OBIS (nego-ongoing)  As SEA-OBIS  Marine Information Formal Arrangements  COL  Species backbone  GEOBON  Bon in a Box  Attend meetings  APBON  FishBase  ASEAN Data  LFM tool  ABCDNet Non-Formal Arrangements

Challenges Data content  data contribution from CHM focal points  Data from academic institutions do not officially constitute national contributions Interoperability  Variable storage mechanisms Sharing  Difficulty of approvals to share  Issues on willingness to share

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