High-level dignitaries attending IPBES 11: Anne Larigauderie, IPBES Executive Secretary; Antonio De Sousa Abreu, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Pohamba Penomwenyo Shifeta, Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, Namibia; Astrid Schomaker, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Executive Secretary; and David Obura, IPBES Chair