Hi All, Just to highlight that there is a world delegation currently meeting in Panama to decide on an Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) loosely based on the IPCC. We hope that by Saturday, the IPBES will be formed, including the location of a Secretariat (Nairobi, Seoul, Paris, Bonn, or Delhi). The conversation now is mostly on rule, procedures and the structure of the IPBES, however if any one is interested, you can find a nice summary of the daily discussion on the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (http://www.iisd.ca/ipbes/sop2/).
The four goals of the IPBES should be of interest to most ecologists and include: * To identify and prioritize key scientific information needed for policymakers and to catalyse efforts to generate new knowledge; * To perform regular and timely assessments of knowledge on biodiversity and ecosystem services and their interlinkages; * To support policy formulation and implementation by identifying policy-relevant tools and methodologies; * To prioritize key capacity-building needs to improve the science-policy interface, and to provide and call for financial and other support for the highest-priority needs related directly to its activities. More general information on IPBES can be found at www.ipbes.net Cheers! Fabrice Fabrice DeClerck PhD Program Leader Agroecological Intensification and Risk Management Bioversity International CATIE Campus 7170 Turrialba Costa Rica, 30501 email: f.decle...@cgiar.org Phone: (506) 2558-2596 Skype: fadeclerck www.bioversityinternational.org
