Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

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World Biodiversity Council
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
 

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Organization type intergovernmental committee
Abbreviation IPBES
management United KingdomUnited Kingdom Robert Watson (since 2016)
status active
Founded 2012
Headquarters Bonn , GermanyGermanyGermany 
Upper organization United NationsU.N. United Nations
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The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) (German: Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services , also Weltbiodiversitätsrat or World Council for Biological Diversity called) is a UN organization with 136 member states for scientific policy advice in the field of conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and ecosystem services . IPBES is intended to provide political decision-makers with reliable, independent, credible and legitimate information as a decision-making aid. After a long-term planning process, the UN General Assembly gave the green light for its facility in December 2010 and the organization was officially founded on April 21, 2012 with its secretariat in Bonn (Germany).

tasks

The purpose of the organization is to provide scientific information at the request of governments, multilateral environmental agreements, UN institutions and other relevant decision-makers in the field of biodiversity and ecosystem functions. IPBES has the following main tasks:

  • Identify and prioritize scientific information for policy makers and support the generation of relevant knowledge;
  • to regularly assess the knowledge about biodiversity and ecosystem functions as well as their interrelationships;
  • identify politically relevant instruments and methods to support policy formulation and implementation;
  • Prioritize the need for capacities and activities that contribute to better networking between science and politics.

development

Background and Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

Many organizations deal with biodiversity and ecosystem services at the science-policy interface . The idea of ​​creating an international interface between global biodiversity research and the policy responsible for implementing its findings is not new: the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) had already pointed out the need to better interlink politics and science. Hundreds of scientists systematically demonstrated how much people depend on the services of ecological systems and how the availability of these ecosystem services has deteriorated over the past decades. In contrast to the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), however, in the opinion of many experts, this finding is hardly included in political and economic decisions. There was no permanent worldwide institution on the stage of international politics that was recognized by both academics and politicians. The task of such an institution would be to provide information that is relevant for decisions under the global conventions on environment and development.

IMoSeB as a forerunner

The immediate forerunner of IPBES was the IMoSEB process. IMoSEB stands for "International Mechanism of Scientific Expertise on Biodiversity". The last meeting of the international steering group for the stakeholder meetings of the consultation process for the establishment of IMoSEB took place in November 2007. The consultation process asked the Director General of the United Nations Environment Program ( UNEP ), together with governments and other partners, to invite to an intergovernmental multi-stakeholder process to advise on the establishment of an international institution for biodiversity and ecosystem services. The successor initiative of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment agreed to initiate a joint successor process. This decision then indirectly led to the establishment of IPBES.

Way to the Busan Outcome

Until 2010 UNEP invited three “ Ad Hoc Intergovernmental and Multi-Stakeholder Meetings on an Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ”. The first meeting took place on November 10-12 , 2008 in Putrajaya , Malaysia . Four possible IPBES work areas were identified at the meeting:

  • Early warning ( early warning and horizon scanning )
  • Multi-scale studies and evaluations ( multi-scale assessments )
  • Provision of information for the political process ( policy information )
  • Training and capacity building ( capacity building )

Before the next ad hoc meeting, the opinion of the Governing Council / Global Ministerial Environment Forum of UNEP should be obtained. At the 25th meeting of the Governing Council, the overall process and the main features of the work program were welcomed. With the decision 25/10 the UNEP was asked to take over the further development u. a. to report to the 65th General Assembly of the United Nations. A second ad hoc meeting was invited to prepare the report. This meeting took place from October 5th to 9th, 2009 with the participation of 96 countries at the UNEP headquarters in Nairobi . The detailed discussions dealt with the possible role and organizational structure of IPBES. The broadly supported outcome report called for further consultation with the Governing Council / Global Ministerial Environment Forum and a third and final ad hoc meeting. The G8 meeting in 2009 spoke out on the eve of the International Year of Biodiversity for the establishment of IPBES out.

The third and final ad hoc meeting was prepared by an informal advisory group and took place from June 7-11, 2010 in Busan , South Korea . As a result, the so-called Busan Outcome was decided, which included the fundamental decision to set up IPBES. In the Busan Outcome, the priorities of the IPBES work program were also defined and a number of procedural rules agreed.

Preparations for the first IPBES plenary session

The "Busan Outcome" document was welcomed by the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya in October 2010. The 65th General Assembly of the United Nations then passed a resolution instructing UNEP to call a first IPBES plenary session as soon as possible. UNEP has been working on this task since February 2011 in collaboration with UNESCO , FAO , UNDP and others.

Establishment of a permanent secretariat

In Panama in April 2012 met the UN community to call for IPBES to life. Only in the fourth round of elections for the future seat of the secretariat did Germany prevail against Korea with 47 to 43 votes . Previously, the representatives of the UN member states had decided against the competitors India , France and Kenya . The seat of the IPBES secretariat is in Bonn . This is where the future international exchange processes between science and politics will be coordinated within the framework of IPBES.

General assemblies

January 2013, Bonn

The first general assembly ( IPBES-1 ) took place from January 21 to 26, 2013 in Bonn. The host was the German federal government. In addition to the IPBES member states, other nations and numerous organizations with which the World Council on Biological Diversity works took part as observers : Among others, delegates from the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Ramsar Convention , United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), UNEP EUROBATS , UNFCCC , Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations Development Program (UNDP), United Nations Educational , Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Environment Program - World Conservation Monitoring Center (UNEP-WCMC), United Nations University , United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), ASEAN Center for Biodiversity European Union, Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF ), Group on Earth Observations , Global Environment Facility , International Center for Integrat ed Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO),

African Biodiversity Network , American Museum of Natural History , BirdLife International , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Conservation International , German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), European Center for Nature Conservation (ECNC), Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research UFZ , International Council for Science (ICSU), International Biogeography Society , International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), League of Arab States , Max Planck Institute for Ornithology , NAJU - Naturschutzjugend ( German Youth Association for the Protection of Nature ), Princeton University , Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung , Society for Conservation Biology , The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Trade Records Analysis of Flora and Fauna in Commerce (TRAFFIC), University of Bonn , University of East Anglia , University of Marburg , Wildlife Conservation Society , World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

December 2013, Antalya

The second general assembly ( IPBES-2 ) took place from December 9-14 , 2013 in Antalya (Turkey).

January 2015, Bonn

The incumbent German Federal Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks opened the third plenary session of the World Biodiversity Council in Bonn from January 12 to 17, 2015.

February 2016, Kuala Lumpur

The fourth general assembly ( IPBES-4 ) took place from February 22nd to 28th, 2016 in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).

March 2017, Bonn

The fifth general assembly ( IPBES-5 ) took place from March 6 to 11, 2017 in Bonn.

March 2018, Medellin

The sixth general assembly ( IPBES-6 ) took place from March 17 to 24, 2018 in Medellin (Colombia). The plenary session opened by Colombia's head of state Juan Manuel Santos was attended by over 800 scientists and government representatives from 128 countries. The number of species of flora and fauna in Colombia is the second largest in the world.

In 2018, IPBES published four regional and sub-regional reports on biodiversity in Africa, America, Asia and the Pacific as well as Europe and Central Asia.

April / May 2019, Paris

UNESCO in Paris

The seventh general assembly ( IPBES-7 ) - in German-speaking countries the conference is also called the World Conference on Biodiversity - took place from April 29 to May 4, 2019 at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris (France).

For the first time since 2005 a Global Assessment Report was published. It is based on 15,000 sources and was created over a period of three years by 145 specialist authors as lead authors from 50 countries, underpinned by contributions from around 330 other authors ( contributing authors ). On this basis, on May 6, 2019 , IPBES President Robert Watson warned the public of a current mass extinction with historical loss of species. Indigenous people were included in the preparation of the report , and they should also be fully involved in decision-making processes. IPBES Executive Secretary Anne Larigauderie emphasized the chance that everyone can contribute to stop the loss of biodiversity.

The report found that “material ecosystem services” (such as energy, food and feed), “cultural ecosystem services” (such as education, inspiration) and “regulating ecosystem services” (such as climate regulation, water quality) partly improved and partly worsened. The decline in some ecosystem services threatens people's quality of life, which may result in a. Can exacerbate inequalities in access to health care and healthy eating. Most ecosystem services are not completely replaceable or even irreplaceable; their loss is associated with high follow-up costs. The report also highlighted the effects of human activity on land, freshwater and marine ecosystems. When setting future goals for protecting nature and achieving sustainability, climate change, adaptation measures and the possible consequences for biodiversity should be taken into account. In order to be able to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 2050 vision for biodiversity, fundamental transformations are necessary - for example in relation to spatial planning, integrated water and coastal management, marine spatial planning, bioregional energy planning and new urban development models. The authors propose a wide range of measures, including sustainable farming practices, incentives to reduce consumption and waste, effective fishing quotas, and collaborative water management. A global financial and economic system that leads away from the “limited paradigm” of economic growth is necessary for sustainable development.

Web links

Commons : IPBES — Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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