ESA DUE DIVERSITY II Supporting the Convention on Biological Diversity Requirements Baseline Document Version 4.1 2015-01-20 Requirements Baseline Document, Version 4.1 20 January 2015 Change Log Version Date Change Originator(s) 1 06.05.2013 Initial Version Per Wramner, Carsten Brockmann, Diversity Team 2 iss.1 21.06.2013 Section 2.3 “User Contacts” inserted Per Wramner, Carsten Brockmann, Diversity Team Section 5.1. “Preliminary Analysis of the Questionnaires” added Annex 15 Filled User Questionnaires added 2 iss.1.1 24.06.2013 Section 5.1 updated Per Wramner Restructuring of section 5 C. Brockmann 3 draft 2 26.09.2013 Section 5 updated after UCM Per Wramner, C. Brockmann Section 6.6 updated after UCM Annex 16 UCM added Annexes 13 and 14 Returned Questionnaires amended with 2 more questionnaires 3 draft 3 3.12.2013 Section 5.2 amended Per Wramner 9.12.2013 Section 5.3.1 added U. Gangkofner 3.0 10.12.2013 Final review by PW and CD; submission to ESA Wramner, Brockmann 4 draft 1 10.12.2014 Section 5 updated, 5.2.2, 5.3.1 and Annex 17-18 added Wramner, Brockmann, Philipson, Thulin, Odermatt 4 draft 2 20.01.2015 Section 5.3.2 updated Gangkofner, Philipson, Thulin 2 Requirements Baseline Document, Version 4.1 20 January 2015 Table of Contents 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 7 2 The Diversity II Users ...................................................................................................................................... 8 2.1 Analysis of Users .................................................................................................................................... 8 2.1.1 Determination of User types ............................................................................................................. 8 2.1.2 The role of CBD .................................................................................................................................. 8 2.2 User organisations and end-use of Diversity II products ....................................................................... 9 2.2.1 User descriptions ............................................................................................................................... 9 2.2.2 User applications and reporting requirements ................................................................................. 9 2.2.3 User contacts ..................................................................................................................................... 9 3 Analyses of relevant CBD documents ........................................................................................................... 13 3.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 13 3.2 Background .......................................................................................................................................... 13 3.3 GBO-3 .................................................................................................................................................. 13 3.4 The CBD PoW on Biological Diversity of Inland Water Ecosystems ..................................................... 15 3.4.1 Conclusions in summary .................................................................................................................. 17 3.5 The CBD PoW on Biological Diversity of Dry and Sub-Humid Lands .................................................... 18 3.5.1 Conclusions in summary .................................................................................................................. 23 3.6 The CBD Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011 – 2020 .......................................................................... 23 3.6.1 Implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011 – 2020 ............................................... 24 3.7 Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) ............ 25 3.7.1 Linkages between the IPBES and the Diversity II Project ................................................................ 26 4 Biodiversity Indicators – a tool to monitor the implementation of the CBD Strategic Plan 2011 – 2020 .... 28 4.1 Background .......................................................................................................................................... 28 4.2 Development of biodiversity indicators within the context of CBD .................................................... 29 4.2.1 Conclusions in summary .................................................................................................................. 31 4.3 The potential of EO to provide data for indicators that can be used to monitor the implementation of the Aichi Targets ............................................................................................................................................... 31 4.3.1 Aichi Targets of relevance to the Diversity II Project ...................................................................... 32 4.3.2 Contribution of EO data to the monitoring of how the Aichi Targets are met ............................... 34 5 User Requirements ....................................................................................................................................... 48 5.1 Analysis of the Questionnaires ............................................................................................................ 48 5.1.1 Inland Waters .................................................................................................................................. 48 5.1.2 Drylands .......................................................................................................................................... 50 5.2 User Consultation Meetings ................................................................................................................ 51 5.2.1 User Consultation Meeting I ........................................................................................................... 51 5.2.2 User Consultation Meeting II – Inland Waters ................................................................................ 58 5.2.3 User Consultation Meeting III - Drylands ........................................................................................ 62 5.3 Synthesis of User Requirements .......................................................................................................... 71 5.3.1 Second order indicators - Inland waters ......................................................................................... 71 5.3.2 Second order indicators - Drylands ................................................................................................. 72 3 Requirements Baseline Document, Version 4.1 20 January 2015 5.3.3 User Requirements Derived from Additional Discussions and Current Developments .................. 73 6 Biodiversity Hotspots and Global Bioregionalization – Requirements on Site Selection ............................. 74 6.1 The concept of Biodiversity Hotspots .................................................................................................. 74 6.2 Biodiversity Hotspots sensu stricto ..................................................................................................... 75 6.3 Global Ecoregions ............................................................................................................................... 76 6.4 Key Biodiversity Areas ......................................................................................................................... 78 6.5 Global bioregionalization ..................................................................................................................... 81 6.5.1 Freshwater Ecoregions of the World............................................................................................... 81 6.5.2 Marine Ecoregions of the World ..................................................................................................... 82 6.5.3 Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World ................................................................................................ 82 6.6 Conclusions .......................................................................................................................................... 82 Annex 1 Excerpt from Biodiversity Work Programme .......................................................................................... 84 Annex 2 Relationships between biodiversity and the water cycle........................................................................ 89 Annex 3 Status and Trends of Biodiversity of Dry and Sub-Humid Lands ............................................................. 90 Annex 4 Section IV of Strategic Plan ..................................................................................................................... 94 Annex 5 Exec Summary of Adequacy of Biodiversity ............................................................................................ 97 Annex 6 Excerpts from the ”Critical review …” ..................................................................................................... 98 Annex 7 Possible Indicators for the Aichi Biodiversity Targets ........................................................................... 101 Annex 8 INDICATORS FOR