National and regional platforms and networks

A range of platforms and networks on biodiversity and ecosystem services exist at the national and regional level and greatly support, in many different ways, the work of IPBES. For example, many of them facilitate the uptake of IPBES products, including by organizing uptake events for completed assessments and other deliverables, catalyse further activities based on the work of IPBES and facilitate the input of stakeholders into the work of IPBES.

Opportunities for national platforms and networks to engage with and contribute to the work of IPBES

Report of the online dialogue workshop with national and regional platforms engaging in IPBES: Communicating the importance of biodiversity for nature and people (1 March 2022)

An overview of reported national and regional platforms and networks is presented below.

National platforms

	Country	Name of the platform	Contact person
Image	Armenia	IPBES Armenia	Levon Aghasyan
Image	Belgium	Belgian Biodiversity Platform (BBPf)	Hilde Eggermont
Image	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Federal Ministry on Environment and Tourism	Cero Mehmed
Image	Brazil	Brazilian Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services/BPBES	Carlos Alfredo Joly
Image	Colombia	IPBES National Committee from Colombia	Juanita Chaves
Image	Denmark	IPBES in Denmark	Lars Dinesen
Image	Finland	Finnish National IPBES Working Group	Olli Ojala
Image	Finland	Finnish Nature Panel	Janne S. Kotiaho
Image	France	French Committee for IPBES	Nathalie Morata
Image	Germany	German IPBES Coordination Office	Dr. Mariam Akhtar-Schuster
Image	Grenada	Sustainable Development Council	Aria St.Louis
Image	Hungary	IPBES Hungarian Platform	András Báldi
Image	Japan	Japanese IPBES Platform	Mari TAKEHARA
Image	Lithuania		Ieva Čaraitė
Image	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	Science-Policy Interface IPBES in the Netherlands (IPBES-NL)	Machteld Schoolenberg
Image	Nigeria	National Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Platform	Professor Ahmed Dankishya
Image	Portugal	Portuguese platform	Helena Freitas
Image	South Africa	National IPBES HUB	Dr. Kiruben Naicker
Image	Spain		Miguel Aymerich
Image	Sweden	Scientific Council for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services at SEPA for IPBES related questions	Cecilia Lindblad
Image	Switzerland	IPBES-CH	Eva Spehn
Image	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	UK IPBES Stakeholder Network	Jessica Magnus

Regional platforms

	Name of the platform	Contact person
	Europe and Central Asia Network of Organisations (ECA)	Hilde Eggermont

Disclaimer

The inclusion in the list of “national and regional platforms and networks” does not constitute any official endorsement the listed organizations, institutions or networks or their activities and products or their officials by IPBES or the United Nations Environment Programme.