Presentation given at the side event organized by the CBD secretariat during the BBNJ meeting, United Nations, NYC.

1. Intergovernmental
Oceanographic
Commission
of
UNESCO
Ward Appeltans
Project manager OBIS
CBD side event, UN BBNJ, 20 January 2015, New York

2. Global Ocean Observing System

3. GOOS Regional Alliances
Framework for sustainable ocean observation systems

4. Essential Ocean Variables

5. Developing a framework for sustained
biological and biogeochemical ocean observing systems
GOOS Biology and Ecosystems
13-15 Nov 2013
EOV meeting
Australia

6. Design Biological Observing Systems taking into
account the:
 CBD/EBSA criteria
 CBD/EBSA data and information availability and gaps
Based on readiness, feasibility and impact enroll global
ocean observations that can directly feed the
CBD/EBSA process.
GOOS and CBD/EBSA

7. OBIS is the world’s largest open access,
online data system on the diversity,
distribution and abundance
of marine species
42 million observations
+116,000 marine species
+1,400 datasets
www.iobis.org

8. Capacity Development
Process, quality control, publish and access and use marine biodiversity data

9. Capacity Development
All lectures remain available online
via video and powerpoint

10. IOC Ocean Teacher
Regional Training Centres
www.oceanteacher.org
“To ensure equitable
participation of all
States in global
initiatives”