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4th Session of the IPBES Plenary and Stakeholder Days

20–28 February 2016 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services – IPBES

  1. Negotiations
  2. Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services – IPBES

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Delegates left Kuala Lumpur in a celebratory mood after having successfully accepted technical reports, approved two summaries for policy makers and thereby delivered the first IPBES products on time. Many were encouraged by the constructive atmosphere during the line-by-line negotiations of the texts, which some had expected to be far more arduous and politically charged. 

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