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HI-LIFE webinar series episode 1
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Towards this goal, we are organising a webinar series focusing on fostering a wider understanding of our shared Far Eastern Himalaya Landscape. The first episode focused on ‘Exploring future investments in biodiversity research and monitoring’, and included technical presentations, key note speeches, and interactive discussions that covered a wide range of issues, including on how to achieve the goals and targets for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and what role scientific communities need to play to highlight and communicate existing knowledge.
There were three keynote speeches from experts and 12 thematic presentations on wide topics like land use change, orchids, cryptic species, arable plants, and other key issues related to biodiversity. Our ICIMOD team also shared a review of past scientific research and existing knowledge about biodiversity of the landscape. The reviewed found that biodiversity research in the landscape started as early as 1863 and saw a steep rise in the number of researches in the past 10 years. Researches have recorded over 800 bird species, 240 mammal species, and 6,000 plant species. An interactive session on biodiversity data sharing and management introduced different platforms, such as GBIF and HKH RDS, which are for free and open access data for biodiversity, and a mobile-based app called Biotrack that is designed for field data recording and management in biodiversity surveys. Experts talked about the importance of scientific data in achieving biodiversity targets under the climate change scenario.
Through the different expert talk sessions, participants were able to understand research priorities from scientists, policy makers, protected area managers, and international organisations. Professionals working in the government (especially those involved in protected area management) and conservationists from international conservation organisations working on the ground provided valuable inputs during the discussions.
Some of the key messages from the webinar are listed below:
This is first of three episodes in the series planned for 2022 that will target a diverse group of professionals – from scientists and communication experts to policy makers, practitioners, and funding agencies – who are working in or may have a future interest in the landscape. The first episode had nearly 60 participants from Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and European countries, and various nationals representing international organisations. The diverse participation was fitting for the purpose of the webinar: creating a platform to encourage diverse landscape perspectives and promoting the sharing and use of knowledge.
HI-LIFE now invites practitioners and decision makers to substantiate this scientific evidence of rich biodiversity in the Far Eastern Himalayan Landscape through conservation and management actions. We will discuss policy and resource management priorities of the three countries in the upcoming second episode of the webinar series.
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