Kennis voor biodiversiteit in Azië - een routekaart voor de toekomst

Regionale workshop Kennismanagement voor Biodiversiteit (KM4B) Azië
Regionale workshop Kennismanagement voor Biodiversiteit (KM4B) Azië
ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

Hoe kunnen we kennis effectiever inzetten om natuurbehoud in Azië te stimuleren? Wat voor soort netwerken, platforms en hulpmiddelen hebben we nodig om met elkaar uit te wisselen? Hoe bouwen we voort op de kennis en wijsheid van gemeenschappen die al duizenden jaren de natuur op lokaal niveau beschermen? In welke vormen verpakken en delen we wat we leren?

Dit zijn enkele van de vragen die deelnemers aan de recente regionale workshop Kennismanagement voor Biodiversiteit (KM4B) Azië bespraken. De workshop, georganiseerd in Bangkok, Thailand door het Secretariaat van het VN Verdrag inzake Biologische Diversiteit (VBD) in samenwerking met het ASEAN Centrum voor Biodiversiteit, bracht deelnemers samen uit meer dan 20 landen over het hele continent, die regeringen, maatschappelijke organisaties en regionale en internationale organisaties vertegenwoordigden.

Seoraksan National Park, South Korea
Seoraksan National Park, South Korea
Korea National Parks Service (KNPS)

Knowledge management underpins the success of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, by enabling the collection, organization, sharing, and application of biodiversity knowledge to support effective planning, policy development, implementation, monitoring and reporting. The regional workshops of the KM4B initiative help enhance countries’ knowledge management capacities by identifying common challenges, best practices and developing roadmaps. The workshop produced the “Knowledge Agenda for Biodiversity in Asian countries” outlining key steps across 10 priority areas, ranging from knowledge partnerships to infrastructures, which would support implementation of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).      

The PANORAMA partnership worked closely with the CBD Secretariat, providing advice on the design of the workshops and presenting. PANORAMA as an established tool that can supports knowledge capture, exchange, analysis and dissemination. PANORAMA was introduced as a platform that, offers a neutral and inclusive space that elevates local practitioners’ knowledge to, inform national and global policy processes. By providing visibility to country-led biodiversity solutions, PANORAMA facilitates peer-to-peer learning through both online and offline formats. Its focus on capturing and sharing practitioners’ reflected insights complements data and information focused platforms and initiatives – an aspect positively highlighted by workshop participants.  

PANORAMA Coordinators Helga Mahler (GIZ) and Marie Fischborn (IUCN) at the KM4B Asia regional workshop
PANORAMA Coordinators Helga Mahler (GIZ) and Marie Fischborn (IUCN) at the KM4B Asia regional workshop
ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

PANORAMA partners will continue to support countries in Asia and beyond to anchor knowledge management in NBSAPs and support knowledge exchange for their implementation.  Collaboration with the CBD Secretariat- formalized through a memorandum of understanding (MoU) - will also continue including to implement tagging of Solutions with relevant GBF targets, the interlinking of the PANORAMA platform with CBD-managed digital systems, and support on shaping the future of the KM4B initiative. 

Learn more:  

PANORAMA in the context of the Global Biodiversity Framework  

KM4B initiative