The project, apart from improving the management effectiveness of protected areas in the ASEAN region, also reinforced ASEAN’s support to the East and Southeast Asia Biodiversity Information Initiative (ESABII) and other biodiversity information management platforms, such as the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and Asia Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network (AP-BON), through capacity-building activities.
The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) was established in 2005 by the ASEAN Member States
Five years after the publication of the first ASEAN Biodiversity Outlook (ABO 1),
the
Dr. Arvin Diesmos, Senior Director of the Biodiversity and Knowledge Management Department of the ASEAN