Events
Second Plenary Session to Build IPBES
16 - 21 April 2012
Panama City, Panama
It is anticipated that this session will make decisions on the modalities and institutional arrangements for IPBES and agree on an initial work programme of IPBES. …
16 Apr 2012 | Event
Second IPBES Stakeholder Day
15 April 2012
Panama City, Panama
Following a successful first IPBES Stakeholder Day held in advance of the First session of a plenary meeting on IPBES last October in Nairobi, the second IPBES Stakeholder Day will be held prior to the Second session of a plenary meeting on IPBES in Panama with an aim to provide a platform to discuss stakeholders’ engagement in the future IPBES. …
15 Apr 2012 | Event
Dialogue Workshop on Knowledge for the 21st Century
10 - 13 April 2012
Usdub Community, Comarca Guna Yala, Panama
The international workshop is part of a longer dialogue process on connection between diverse knowledge systems, with participants representing a diversity of knowledge systems: indigenous peoples and local communities, scientists, policymakers as well as governments. …
10 Apr 2012 | Event
Regional consultative meeting on IPBES - ECO country members, Asia & Pacific
10 - 12 March 2012
Tehran, Iran
This regional consultation aimed to provide information on the IPBES process so far, present the agenda and documents for thesecond session of a plenary meeting and facilitate an exchange ofviews on these among governmental stakeholders. …
10 Mar 2012 | Event
Second Scientific Workshop on IPBES
27 - 29 February 2012
Tokyo, Japan
At this workshop, it is expected that academics and experts from Japan and abroad will consider the draft of scientific assessment on IPBES and help bridging the gap between scientific dialogue and international policy. The outcomes of this workshop will be proposed to the second session of the plenary to be held in April 2012. …
27 Feb 2012 | Event
EU Expert meeting on Peer-review procedures and procedures for election of authors, editors and reviewers in IPBES
19 – 20 January 2012
Copenhagen, Denmark
The workshop was held preceding the formation of IPBES, when the procedure for peer-review of IPBES reports were to be defined and the universities were requested to contribute with significant input in terms of the problems facing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) due to the use of non-peer-reviewed information. …
19 Jan 2012 | Event
EPBRS Workshop on the IPBES work programme - Assessment Function
16 - 18 January 2012
Copenhagen, Denmark
During this workshop of the European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy (EPBRS) scientists from social as well as political and natural sciences, policy makers, and government officials considered various subjects related to possible themes, methodologies and approaches for the proposed workprogramme of IPBES. …
16 Jan 2012 | Event
International Expert Workshop on Policy support through relevant tools and methodologies in IPBES
7 - 9 December 2011
Bonn, Germany
This workshop considered several topics related to the IPBES function of policy support, including policy support as challenge for science‐policy interface in general, opportunities and challenges for IPBES, potential support for the different levels of the policy cycle, range and spectrum of policy tools and methods and enabling conditions for a successful policy support function. …
07 Dec 2011 | Event
Public Forum on IPBES
29 November 2011
Washington D.C., USA
This session was designed to inform and update the Washington science and policy communities on the rationale and plans for the IPBES, describe the progress at the first IPBES plenary session, and explore opportunities for scientists, scientific societies, and NGOs to contribute to both the shaping and the execution of IPBES, in order to maximize its value for both scientific understanding and policy formulation. …
29 Nov 2011 | Event
Intersessional Process ahead of the Second Plenary Session on IPBES
October 2011 to April 2012
To prepare for the second session, governments and other stakeholders were invited to submit their comments on proposed elements of the IPBES work programme, proposals on the way IPBES should work and offers to provide the physical location of the IPBES secretariat. …
10 Oct 2011 | Event
