Connecting the Dots: Integrating Animal Movement Data into Global Conservation Frameworks

Session ID: 6803172

The Move BON Initiative is co-hosting a session at Living Data 2025 in collaboration with Marine BON and Freshwater BON. We invite you to submit an abstract and share how your work is helping bridge the science-policy gap for movement data! Details below:

Animal movement is a fundamental driver of biodiversity, influencing species distributions, linking disparate ecosystems, and underpinning healthy communities of people and wildlife. Accordingly, it is a key component of at least nine Sustainable Development Goals, fifteen targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), and multiple Global Ocean Observing System Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) and Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs). Given its recognized importance, systematic approaches to integrating movement data into global conservation policy should be further developed.

We are launching the Animal Movement Biodiversity Observation Network (Move BON) Initiative in 2025 as a collaborative and open partnership that aims to align efforts across the animal movement community with Multilateral Environmental Agreements and processes. Move BON will foster a global community of practice to advance movement-informed conservation strategies.

This session will explore opportunities for integrating Move BON and associated workflows with the global community - through GEO BON and in partnership with groups such as GBIF, OBIS, GOOS, FW BON, and MBON - to support a more comprehensive and dynamic global biodiversity monitoring system. We will highlight the need for collaboration across geographic regions and taxonomic groups, emphasizing how movement data can fill critical gaps in biodiversity assessments and enhance conservation efforts worldwide.

If you would like to participate as a speaker in this session, please submit an abstract by May 20, 2025 - submit here!