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Requests, inputs and suggestions put to the Platform
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- Created on Wednesday, 27 March 2013 07:24
Submissions on requests, inputs and suggestions on scientific and technical matters that require the Platform's attention can be found here.
1st full MEP and Bureau meeting
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- Created on Friday, 03 May 2013 08:31
The 1st full MEP and Bureau meeting will be held from 1 - 6 June 2013, in Bergen, Norway and hosted by the Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management. The objective of this meeting is to implement Decision IPBES/1/2 Next steps for the development of the initial IPBES work programme, as requested by the IPBES Plenary at its first session (see IPBES/1/12 for further details).
Expert workshop on Indigenous and Local Knowledge Systems to IPBES
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- Created on Friday, 03 May 2013 08:41
The International Expert and Stakeholder Workshop on the Contribution of Indigenous and Local Knowledge Systems to IPBES: Building Synergies with Science, will be held from 9 - 11 June 2013, in Tokyo, Japan. Convened by the IPBES Multidisciplinary Expert Panel and hosted by the Ministry of Environment, Japan, the workshop is being co-organised by UNESCO and UNU. The objectives of the workshop are to examine and identify procedures and approaches for working with indigenous and local knowledge systems in the framework of IPBES; and to review and assess possible conceptual frameworks for the work of IPBES that are based on or accommodate indigenous and local knowledge systems and worldviews. The workshop is part of the on-going intersessional process leading up to the second session of the Platform's Plenary (IPBES-2), where the outcomes of this workshop will be presented for further consideration.
Ongoing Intersessional process towards IPBES-2
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- Created on Friday, 03 May 2013 08:42
Details of the on-going intersessional process towards IPBES-2 is available here.
