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On Friday, 6 May 2016, delegates to the first meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI) finalized 13 recommendations. CBD Executive Secretary Dias highlighted recommendations on biodiversity mainstreaming, the SBI modus operandi, synergies with biodiversity-related conventions, guidelines for national reports, and resource mobilization. He also pointed to the voluntary peer-review process of implementation, and to COP 13 meeting for the first time concurrently with the Protocols’ COP/MOPs. The EU drew attention to the need to scale up efforts to achieve the Aichi targets, and to link efforts on biodiversity mainstreaming with the Sustainable Development Goals. India for Asia-Pacific considered that the SBI was off to a good start and welcomed the identification of means to overcome obstacles in achieving the Aichi targets, such as capacity building and resource mobilization. St Kitts and Nevis for GRULAC underscored the need to review progress also in the provision of support for implementation. The CBD Alliance noted the need to look into implementation in more detail in the future, involving indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs), women and civil society in the peer review of NBSAPs and national reports; and expressed concern about the emphasis on the business sector and natural capital in relation to biodiversity mainstreaming. The International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity urged the full and effective participation of IPLCs, including women and youth, in the review of implementation, in work on integration of the Convention and its Protocols, and capacity building. SBI 1 Chair Jae Choe (Republic of Korea) congratulated delegates on their tireless work ethic and drew the meeting to a close at 4:47 pm. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web updates from the 20th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and the 1st Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation. In addition, IISD Reporting Services has produced a summary and analysis of both meetings which is available in HTML and PDF format. L-R: Fumiko Nakao and Joji Miyamori, Japan Tia Stevens, Australia SBI plenary SBI 1 delegates huddle in the corridors Anne Theo Seinen, EU delegation Global Youth Biodiversity Network stand

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. Photos by IISD/ENB | Sean Wu For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. 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