About

The Global Conference on Biodiversity and Monitoring is organized by GEO BON and its partners between 10-13 October 2023 in Montreal, Canada.

One year after COP15 of the UN CBD and the landmark agreement of a Global Biodiversity Framework, the GEO BON global conference will focus on the grand challenge of ‘Monitoring Biodiversity for Action’. A central theme will be the development of best practices and new technologies for biodiversity observations and monitoring to support transformative policy and conservation action.  

The conference will offer a venue for sharing and exchanging scientific and traditional knowledge related to biodiversity change, from genes to ecosystems; the associated contributions to people, across all sectors of society; and its conservation, sustainable use and shared benefits.

The Global Conference on Biodiversity and Monitoring is organized by GEO BON and its partners between 10-13 October 2023 in Montreal, Canada.

One year after COP15 of the UN CBD and the landmark agreement of a Global Biodiversity Framework, the GEO BON global conference will focus on the grand challenge of ‘Monitoring Biodiversity for Action’. A central theme will be the development of best practices and new technologies for biodiversity observations and monitoring to support transformative policy and conservation action.  

The conference will offer a venue for sharing and exchanging scientific and traditional knowledge related to biodiversity change, from genes to ecosystems; the associated contributions to people, across all sectors of society; and its conservation, sustainable use and shared benefits.

Open invitation


We invite researchers, policy-makers, Indigenous peoples and local communities, conservation organizations, businesses and others in the financial sector to join us in Montreal.

We invite abstracts for talks and posters on the following themes: 

  • Building a global biodiversity observing system (GBiOS) 
  • Essential Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Variables 
  • Enabling Biodiversity Observation Networks
  • Community-based monitoring and traditional knowledge
  • Detection and attribution of biodiversity change
  • Ecosystem accounting
  • Artificial Intelligence for biodiversity change 
  • Mainstreaming biodiversity change into policy and practice
  • Indicators for the targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework of the UN CBD
  • Biodiversity indicators for businesses
  • Linking monitoring for biodiversity and climate actions
  • Communicating biodiversity change across society 

Important dates


Call for sessions: 1 – 31 March 2023

Call for abstracts: 10 April – 14 May 2023

Registration opens: April 2023

Call for sessions


We invite proposals for Sessions, Workshops, Minisymposia, Fireside Chats or Panel Discussions.

Proposals should include the following information:

  1. The title of the Session
  2. Type of event (Session, Workshop, Minisymposium, Fireside Chat or Panel Discussion)
  3. The name, affiliation, e-mail address(es) of the proposer(s)
  4. A description of the topic of the Session (not exceeding 100 words)

The deadline for submitting a proposal is 31 March 2023. Please send your proposal to conf2023@geobon.org

 

 

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