Summary
On Sunday, 21 February 2016, participants gathered for the second and final day of the Stakeholder Days preceding the Fourth Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-4 Stakeholder Days).
In the morning, they heard a presentation on arrangements for stakeholder participation during the IPBES Plenary and discussed the creation of an open-ended inclusive network of IPBES stakeholders, the experience of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net), and challenges in bridging existing networks.
In the afternoon, participants discussed in breakout groups: how to enhance the engagement of indigenous people and local communities (IPLC); the procedure for the review of the Platform; linking existing networks to the IPBES Stakeholder network; and stakeholder coordination. Participants then gathered to hear report backs from the breakout groups and discuss the Stakeholders Statement for the opening plenary of IPBES-4. Participants then heard closing statements from dignitaries.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the Stakeholder Days and 4th Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-4). Our summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF.
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Getting Ready for IPBES-4 Plenary
Cornelia Krug, Fondation pour la Recherche sur la Biodiversité, France
Cornelia Krug, Fondation pour la Recherche sur la Biodiversité, France, introducing IISD/ENB coverage of IPBES-4 to the participants
Building an Open-ended, Inclusive, Network of IPBES Stakeholders
Malte Timpte, Network-Forum for Biodiversity Research, Germany
Malte Timpte, Network-Forum for Biodiversity Research, Germany, giving a presentation on self-organization of the open-ended Network of IPBES Stakeholders
Simoné Maynard, Australian National University
Günter Mitlacher, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Panel (L-R): Günter Mitlacher, WWF; Owen Gaffney, Future Earth; and
Malte Timpte, Network-Forum for Biodiversity Research, Germany
Faizal Parish, Global Environment Centre
Linda Anne Stevenson, Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)
Joji Cariño, Forest Peoples' Programme (FPP)
Jasper Montana, University of Cambridge
Solène LeDoze, UNDP
Solène LeDoze, UNDP, giving an introduction to BES-Net
Panel (L-R): Jasper Montana, University of Cambridge; Teuta Skorin, IPBES Engagement Network; Eva Spehn, Swiss Biodiversity Forum; Romano De Vivo, Syngenta Head Environmental Policy and Sustainable Productivity (EAME); and Joji Cariño, FPP
Jasper Montana, University of Cambridge
Joji Cariño, FPP
Teuta Skorin, IPBES Engagement Network
Eva Spehn, Swiss Biodiversity Forum
Romano De Vivo, Syngenta Head Environmental Policy and Sustainable Productivity (EAME)
Lars Opgenoorth, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
Preston Hardison, Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education (TEBTEBBA)
Breakout Groups
Breakout Group on Linking Existing Networks and the IPBES Stakeholder Network
Breakout Group on the Procedure for the Review of the Platform
Breakout Group on the Draft Statement to Plenary
Breakout Group on How to Enhance Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities' Engagement
Participants raising hands to agree on the draft statement
Christine von Weizsäcker, ECOROPA,
consulting with Romano De Vivo, Syngenta
Laurence Perianin, IUCN
IPBES Chair Abdul Hamid Zakri
Participants Networking
Group photo of the participants at Stakeholder Days