GEO BON has generated a number of key documents setting out its mandate, governance and work plan. These documents, together with relevant documents that guide the overall work of the Group on Earth Observations, can be found below.

The documents generated for and by GEO BON meetings can be found under Meeting documents lower on this page.

Key documents

GEO and GEO BON documents

• GEO BON Detailed Implementation Plan and Technical Summary
• GEO BON concept document
• Principles of the GEO BON Information Architecture
• GEO BON submission to CBD/SBSTTA-14 (May 2010)
• GEOSS 10-Year Implementation Plan
• GEO 2009-2011 Work Plan
• Task sheet BI-07-01a Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON)
• Adequacy of Biodiversity Observation Systems to support the CBD 2020 Targets

Other relevant texts

• UNEP/CBD/COP/11//2: Report of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice on the Work of Its Fifteenth Meeting
• CBD Decision X/7
• CBD Decision X/2
• CBD decision IX/15

Related GEO Tasks

• BI-07-01b Invasive Species Monitoring System
• BI-07-01c Capturing Historical and New Biodiversity Information
• DI-09-03a: Tsunami Early Warning System of Systems
• DI-09-03b: Implementation of a Fire Warning System at Global Level
• HE-09-03c: Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Health
• EN-07-02: Energy Environmental Impact Monitoring
• CL-09-01a: Enhanced Climate, Weather, Water and Environmental Prediction
• CL-09-01b: Climate Information for Decision-making and Adaptation
• AR-09-03a: Global Terrestrial Observations
• AR-09-03b: Legacy of the International Polar Year 2007-08
• AR-09-03c: Global Ocean Observation System
• AR-09-03d: Global Observing System (GOS)
• EC-09-01a: Ecosystem Classification and Mapping
• EC-09-01b: Ecosystem Status and Trends
• EC-09-01c: Regional Networks for Ecosystems
• EC-09-01d: Protected Areas Assessment and Monitoring
• EC-09-02a: Impact of Tourism on Environmental and Socio-Economic Activities
• EC-09-02b: Impact of Transport Infrastructure Development
• EC-09-02c: Vulnerability of Sea Basins
• EC-09-02d: Vulnerability of Mountain Regions
• AG-06-02: Data Utilization in Fisheries and Aquaculture

Meeting documents

• GEO BON Detailed Implementation Plan meeting (22-25 February 2010, Asilomar Conference Grounds, near Monterey, California, USA)
• Short report on presentation of GEO BON at GEO VI (17-18 November 2009, Washington, DC, )
• 1st Steering Committee meeting summary report (23-24 June, 2009 - Geneva, Switzerland)
• GEO BON launch meeting (8-10 April, 2008 - Potsdam, Germany)