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Second session of the Plenary of the
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-2)

9-14 December 2013 | Antalya, Turkey

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Intro - 9 December - 10 December - 11 December - 12 December

13 December - 14 December

Summary Highlights of the Meeting

Saturday, 14 December 2013

On Saturday, in the morning, IPBES-2 delegates met in a contact group to conclude consideration of the rules and procedures. In the afternoon and evening, they met in Plenary to adopt decisions on, inter alia: rules and procedures; institutional arrangements; and the work programme, including on the work programme for the period 2014–2018, the Terms of Reference for the task forces on capacity-building, knowledge and data, and indigenous and local knowledge. Due to lack of sufficient time to discuss the strategies on communications and outreach, and stakeholder engagement, delegates agreed to take these issues up again at IPBES-3.

Following closing statements, Chair Zakri said the "Antalya Consensus” is a testimony of the power of collective ambition to face biodiversity challenges. He highlighted that now IPBES is "on its feet" and hoped that from now on "it will walk very fast." He further thanked the Government of Turkey for their great hospitality, which contributed to making the meeting a success. Thanking participants for their collaborative spirit, Chair Zakri drew the meeting to a close at 7:37 pm.

Summary of the meeting in English (in HTML and in PDF format)

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L-R: Robert Watson, Bureau member; Anne Larigauderie, incoming IPBES Executive Secretary; IPBES Chair Abdul Hamid Zakri; Leonel Sierralta, Bureau member; and MEP Co-Chair Mark Lonsdale

CLOSING PLENARY

IPBES-2 Plenary discusses and adopts decisions on the work programme

Yvette Velasquez, Honduras

Andreas Obrecht, Switzerland

Shirin Karryeva, Turkmenistan

Delegates from the EU consulting

Simon Mitambo, IIFBES

Royal Gardner, Ramsar Convention

Adem Bilgin, Bureau member

Nadjat Said Abdallah, Comoros

Oleg Shamanov, the Russian
Federation, speaking on behalf of
Eastern Europe

Christine Dawson, US

L-R: Naohisa Okuda and Junichiro Kuji, Japan

IPBES Chair Abdul Hamid Zakri gaveled the meeting to a close at 7:37pm

IPBES SNAPSHOTS

Anne Larigauderie, incoming IPBES Executive Secretary (center front row) with IPBES Chair Abdul Hamid
Zakri, interim IPBES Secretariat, delegates from the Bureau, the MEP and Japan

L-R: Adem Bilgin, Bureau member; Anne Larigauderie, incoming IPBES Executive Secretary, and
Neville Ash, UNEP

L-R: Larissa Lima Costa, Carlos Scaramuzza, and Saulo
Arantes Ceolin, Brazil

L-R: Nikki Criticos and Stanley Vidolo, UNON

L-R: Solene Le Doze-Turvill, UNEP, and Leonel Sierralta, Bureau member

IPBES interim Secretariat staff

IPBES-2 participants from Latin America and the Caribbean

Participants from MEA Secretariats: Elysabeth David, UNCCD; Royal Gardner, Ramsar Convention;
Marci Yeater, CITES; and Simone Schiele, CBD

IPBES-2 staff from the interim IPBES Secretariat, UNON, and Turkey

IPBES-2 ENB team: Claudio Chiarolla, Paula Barrios, Claudia Friedrich, Eugenia Recio, Kate Louw,
and Franz Dejon

Friday, 13 December 2013

On Friday, 13 December 2013, IPBES-2 met in contact groups during the day and in Plenary in the evening. In the contact groups, delegates addressed the programme of work, including the terms of reference (ToR) for the task forces; the budget; and rules and procedures. In the evening Plenary, delegates adopted decisions on the work programme’s conceptual framework and on financial and budgetary arrangements. It was announced that Anne Larigauderie was appointed IPBES Executive Secretary.

Summary of the meeting in English (in HTML and in PDF format)

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L-R: IPBES Chair Abdul Hamid Zakri in discussion with Robert Watson, Bureau member and contact group Co-
Chair on rules and procedure

PLENARY

L-R: IPBES Chair Abdul Hamid Zakri on screen with Neville Ash, UNEP

François Lengrand, France, consulting with Belgium

L-R: Marci Yeater, CITES; Royal Gardner, Ramsar Convention; David Cooper, CBD; and Elysabeth
David, UNCCD

L-R: Keisha Garcia, Sub-global Assesment Network; Anastasia Gordon, Trinidad and Tobago; Clint
Lewis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; and Alwin Dornelly, Saint Lucia

French ecologist Anne Larigauderie is appointed as IPBES Executive Secretary

L-R: Sandra Díaz, MEP member, and Anne Larigauderie, incoming IPBES
Executive Secretary

Thursday, 12 December 2013

On Thursday, 12 December 2013, IPBES-2 met in contact groups. Delegates addressed the rules and procedures, including the issue of the MEP membership; the IPBES budget; and the initial work programme, including elements of the conceptual framework and the draft work programme for 2014-2018. Delegates agreed on the text of a draft decision on the conceptual framework.

Summary of the meeting in English (in HTML and in PDF format)

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Christine Dawson, US (center), in discussion with delegates from Brazil and Colombia

Valeria González Posse, Argentina (second from left), in conversation with delegates from the EU

Dan Leskien, FAO (left), in conversation with participants from UNDP and UNESCO

L-R: Juana Mariño, Brigitte Baptiste, and Paola Avilan, Colombia

L-R: Lillian Mwangi, UN Office at Nairobi (UNON); Makiko Yashiro, UNEP; and Aoife Leahy,
UNON

Wednesday, 11 December 2013

On Wednesday, 11 December 2013, IPBES-2 met to address communications and stakeholder engagement, including: the communications and outreach strategy; the stakeholder engagement strategy; and guidance on strategic partnerships. In the late morning and afternoon, delegates discussed institutional arrangements, including the UN collaborative partnership arrangements for the Platform’s work. Contact groups on rules and procedures, budget and the initial work programme met throughout the day.

Summary of the meeting in English (in HTML and in PDF format)

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View of the IPBES-2 registration area

L-R: Alfred Oteng-Yeboah, Bureau member, in conversation with Bradnee Chambers, CMS
Executive Secretary

L-R: H. Houssoyni, Comoros; Augustin Ngoliele, Republic of Congo; Najat Said Abdallah, Comoros; Emmanuel
Bayani Ngoyi, Gabon; and Jean Bruno Mikissa, Gabon

Claudia Friedrich, ENB, looking at Turkish silk products

View of the Rixos Sungate, Antalya, Turkey, venue of IPBES-2 with picturesque Taurus Mountains in the
background. Photo by Claudia Friedrich

L-R: Christopher Briggs, Secretary-General, Ramsar Convention, in conversation with Neville
Ash, UNEP

L-R: V. B. Mathur and Sujata Arora, India

L-R: Christine von Weizsäcker, ECOROPA, in conversation with Thomas Koetz, UNEP-WCMC

Monday, 9 December 2013

The second meeting of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) opened today in Antalya, Turkey. The meeting aims to agree on, inter alia: issues related to the initial programme of work of the Platform for 2014-2018; an outreach and communications strategy; financial and budgetary arrangements for the Platform; rules and procedures for the operation of the Platform; and institutional arrangements.

In the morning, delegates heard welcome messages from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey, and Veysel Eroğlu, Turkey's Minister of Forest and Water Affairs, urging for the adoption of decisions in Antalya to operationalize the Platform. Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme, called for adopting in Antalya the proposed budget and work programme to further implement IPBES. Delegates held a minute of silence to honour Nelson Mandela, who died last Thursday at the age of 95.

Delegates then adopted the agenda and organization of work. During the morning and afternoon, discussions addressed: the initial work programme of the Platform, including the draft work programme for 2014-2018 and the conceptual framework; and the financial and budgetary arrangements for 2014-2018. Members of the Bureau and of the Multidisciplinary Panel of Experts (MEP) addressed comments by delegates on the proposed work programme of the Platform.

Summary of the meeting in English (in HTML and in PDF format)

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Alfred Oteng-Yeboah, Ghana, on behalf of Africa, paid tribute to Nelson Mandela, former President of South
Africa and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, during the opening session of IPBES-2.

Başak Koç, GS TV ANA Haber, Turkey, Master of Ceremonies of the opening session, read the
messages from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey, and Veysel Eroğlu, Turkey's
Minister of Forest and Water Affairs