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GEO BON’S PRE-LAUNCH OF BON IN A BOX: LATIN AMERICA – AN ONLINE TOOLKIT FOR BIODIVERSITY OBSERVATIONS

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Group on Earth Observations – Biodiversity Observation Network

Date and Time
5 November 2015 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Nineteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

This side event will involve the pre-launch of BON in a Box: Latin America. BON in a Box (Biodiversity Observation Network in a Box) is an online, customizable and continually updated toolkit for biodiversity observations. It serves as technology transfer and capacity building mechanism that will lower the threshold for a country or region to develop or enhance a biodiversity observation system. It is being specifically designed to increase national and regional capacity in support of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity. The pre-launch will consist of an opening presentation, video, and live and interactive demonstration of the toolkit including a demonstration of how Colombia is using the toolkit to evaluate its observation capacity in support of development of a national Biodiversity Observation System. The development of BON in a Box by GEO BON is in response to a recommendation made at a pre-SBSTTA17 workshop to develop this toolkit. BON in a Box: Latin America has been led by Colombia’s Alexander von Humboldt Institute on behalf of GEO BON. In 2016, GEO BON will begin working with partners in Africa to develop an African version of this toolkit. As well, development of a marine version is in discussion. We warmly invite all to attend and hope to use the side event as an opportunity to generate feedback and input into the toolkit and how we can improve it.