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Home page of GEO BON
GEO BON stands for the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network. By facilitating and linking efforts of countries, international organizations, and individuals, GEO BON will contribute to the collection, management, sharing, and analysis of data on the status and trends of the world’s biodiversity. Read more about GEO BON….
GEO BON News
GEO BON creation
GEO, January 2007, The Group on Earth Observations, NASA and DIVERSITAS International announces the formation of a new global partnership to collect, manage, analyse and report on the status and trends of the world's biodiversity. The newly established community seeks to ensure that adequate biodiversity data and information will be generated, analysed and included in the ongoing effort to establish a Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).
A workshop of governmental, non-governmental, academic, national and international institutions co-sponsored by DIVERSITAS International, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), the Global Terrestrial Observing System GTOS, UNESCO-MAB and GEO was held in Geneva 23-25 October 2006 with over 40 biodiversity conservation institutions represented.
The members of this workshop proposed to establish a website which provides a declaration defining the goals of the initiative.
Biodiversity News
Endangered river dolphins
WWF, 10 March 2008, SANTIAGO DE CALI, COLOMBIA -- A milestone in the protection of the world's endangered river dolphins has been achieved with the successful completion of an ambitious 13 river, five nation census survey of South America's river dolphins.
The census, which took two years and recorded 3188 pink and gray dolphins in 3.600 km of rivers in the Amazon and Orinoco basins, was key to development of a standard methodology for assessing river dolphin populations and the threats they face.
Read full WWF web article…
Wetlands International
The Wings Over Wetlands Project (WOW) has launched its website. The site is presenting a wealth of information about this major international project.
The project is working to enhance the conservation of waterbirds and the wetlands they depend on in the African Eurasian region. For this we train people, conduct demonstration projects, develop webbased information tools and advocate the flyway approach internationally.
Wetlands International is the overall technical lead organisation of the Wings Over Wetlands Project, and is contracted by the donor, UNOPS/UNEP-GEF as the senior lead contractor.
The project is conducted together with Birdlife International, the African Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA,) the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, UNOPS, UNEP-WCMC and several other partners on specific issues.
Go to www.WingsOverWetlands.org to see this beautiful new website
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