Events
First session of a plenary meeting on IPBES
3 - 7 October 2011
Nairobi, Kenya
At this session, it was expected that government representatives would consider the draft principles and procedures governing the work of IPBES, its governance structure, processes for nomination and selection of host institution(s) and host country for the platform, and initial elements of the work programme. During this session participants made considerable progress in determining the modalities and institutional arrangements of IPBES. …
03 Oct 2011 | Event
First IPBES Stakeholder Day
2 October 2011
Nairobi, Kenya
Attended by 51 participants from a broad range of civil society and scientific community organisations, this meeting was an opportunity to share views on the operationalisation of IPBES and on the involvement of non-governmental stakeholders in the IPBES process. …
02 Oct 2011 | Event
Informal scientific Workshop on Assesssment
25 - 27 July 2011
Tokyo, Japan
The purpose of the workshop was to increase the understanding of the nature and scope of assessments to be undertaken by IPBES, and to provide options and recommendations as well as a more detailed analysis of the key elements that might guide the discussions and decisions to be made at the plenary meeting. …
25 Jul 2011 | Event
German Stakeholder Workshop on IPBES
7 - 8 July 2011
Bonn, Germany
The objectives of the workshop were to inform the biodiversity knowledge community in Germany about IPBES, to discuss potential contributions of the community to IPBES, and to provide input into the preparation of the first session of the IPBES plenary meeting in October 2011. …
07 Jul 2011 | Event
Workshop on traditional knowledge and citizen science and environmental assessments
27 - 28 June 2011
Copenhagen, Denmark
This workshop was organised by the European Environment Agency (EEA) with the objective of reviewing the lay, local, traditional knowledge and citizen science contributions to the long-term monitoring and assessment of environments. …
27 Jun 2011 | Event
Informal scientific meeting on the future IPBES
10 June 2011
Paris, France
Representatives of key scientific organizations interested in IPBES gathered at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris to provide input for future discussions on institutional arrangements and modalities of IPBES, and to focus, in particular, on possible elements for the generation of knowledge function of IPBES. …
10 Jun 2011 | Event
Expert workshop on capacity building
25 - 27 May 2011
Trondheim, Norway
The meeting was co-hosted by the Governments of Brazil and Norway, and was planned and organized by the Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management. …
25 May 2011 | Event
26th session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum
21 - 24 February 2011
Nairobi, Kenya
One of the most important outcomes of this session is the Decision No 26/4 about Intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services (IPBES). …
21 Feb 2011 | Event
Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP10)
18 - 29 October 2010
Nagoya, Japan
During the COP10, government representatives considered the establishment of IPBES, its implications and possible synergies with the CBD. Delegates' final decision encouraged the 65th Session of the UN General Assembly to consider the establishment of IPBES at the earliest opportunity, emphasized the need for IPBES to strengthen the work of the CBD SBSTTA and requested the CBD Secretariat to determine how CBD can make use of IPBES once established. …
18 Oct 2010 | Event
UNGA High Level Meeting on Biodiversity
22 September 2010
New York, USA
As a contribution to the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) convened a high-level meeting on biodiversity. Numerous Member States stressed in their Statements the importance of establishing IPBES and welcomed the decision reached in Busan, Republic of Korea, in June 2010. …
22 Sep 2010 | Event
