IPBES: IUCN support for the Platform Thomas Brooks
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IPBES: IUCN support for the Platform Thomas Brooks Head, Science and Knowledge, IUCN Secretariat 20 January 2013. IUCN and IPBES. IUCN and IPBES. IUCN and IPBES. IUCN interests (WCC5.117 and 5.118).
IPBES: IUCN support for the Platform Thomas Brooks
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IPBES: IUCN support for the Platform • Thomas Brooks • Head, Science and Knowledge, IUCN Secretariat • 20 January 2013
IUCN interests (WCC5.117 and 5.118) Civil society participation: IPBES needs an ambitious engagement strategy, resources to support this, and utterly inclusive procedures for the admission of observers in the Plenary Build on existing mechanisms: collaborate with existing structures and initiatives as a cost-effective and efficient means to implement the IPBES work programme Adequate funding for capacity building: considering that capacity building is a critical priority for the implementation of the IPBES work programme in many developing countries IUCN contribution: partnership through which part of the IPBES work programme could be delivered by IUCN as an in-kind contribution in the course of implementing its own programme of work IUCN significant role: IUCN re-affirms its interest to play a significant role in IPBES, including in knowledge delivery, assessment processes, capacity building, and support to whatever global, regional or sub-regional structures might be established
IUCN:committed to working closely withIPBES to promote its successThank youwww.iucn.org/ipbes