Summary
The Stakeholder Days preceding the Fourth Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES 4 Stakeholder Days) opened on Saturday, 20 February 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
In the morning, participants met to hear opening statements from dignitaries. They also heard updates on IPBES and the implementation of its work programme thus far.
In the afternoon, participants were informed on the work of the task forces, and experiences from the first thematic and methodological assessments, and the regional assessments. A series of breakout group sessions then convened to discuss regional assessments, address how to best utilize the outcomes of the assessments on pollinators, scenarios and modeling, and capacity building, and prepare a draft opening statement for the IPBES 4 Plenary.
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Welcoming and Introductory Section
Panel (L-R): Megat Sany Megat Bin Ahmad Supiar Supian, Ministry of Rural and Regional Development, Malaysia; IPBES Executive Secretary Anne Larigauderie; Anne-Hélène Prieur-Richard, Future Earth; Laurence Perianin, IUCN; and Raj Kumar, IUCN Asia
IPBES Executive Secretary Anne Larigauderie
Megat Sany Megat Bin Ahmad Supiar Supian, Ministry of Rural and Regional Development
Laurence Perianin, IUCN
Owen Gaffney, Future Earth
Anne-Hélène Prieur-Richard, Future Earth
Raj Kumar, IUCN Asia
Introduction to IPBES and Stakehoders Engagement
IPBES Executive Secretary Anne Larigauderie
Malte Timpte, Museum für Naturkunde, Germany
Dirk Schmeller, Department of Conservation Biology
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research
Elikana Kalumanga, Institute of Resource Assessment, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Romano DeVivo, Europe, Africa, Middle East (EAME), Syngenta
Xiaojun Deng, Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research
Karachepone Ninan, Centre for Economics, Environment and Society, Bangalore, India
Million Belay, Movement for Ecological Learning and Community Action (MELCA), Ethiopia
Thomas Koetz, IPBES Secretariat
Paul Leadley, Ecology, Systematics and Evolution Laboratory, University of Paris-Sud, France
Yoke Ling Chee, Third World Network
Progress of the IPBES Work Programme
Task Forces Panel (L-R): Owen Gaffney, Future Earth; Thomas Koetz, IPBES Secretariat; Ivar Baste, Chief of Scientific Assessment Branch, Division of Early Warning and Assessment in UNEP; and Brigitte Baptiste, Colombia
Ivar Baste, Chief of Scientific Assessment Branch, UNEP Division of Early Warning and Assessment
Thomas Koetz, IPBES Secretariat
Aroha Mead, IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), New Zealand
Brigitte Baptiste, Colombia
TSU Pollination Panel (L-R): Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca, University of São Paulo; Simon Potts, Centre for Agri-Environmental Research (CAER); and Owen Gaffney, Future Earth
Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca, University of São Paulo
Simon Potts, Centre for Agri-Environmental Research (CAER)
TSU Scenarios Panel (L-R): Karachepone Ninan, Centre for Economics, Environment and Society, Bangalore, India; Simon Ferrier, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO); Owen Gaffney, Future Earth; Paul Leadley, the Ecology, Systematics and Evolution laboratory; and Rob Alkemade, The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL)
Karachepone Ninan, Centre for Economics, Environment and Society, Bangalore, India
Simon Potts, Director of Centre for Agri-Environmental Research (CAER)
Stefan Hotes, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
Simon Ferrier, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Regional Assessments Panel (L-R): Amor Torre-Marin, Technical Support Unit: Europe and Central Asia Regional Assessment; Michele Walters, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa ; Felice van der Plaat, IPBES Secretariat; Sana Okayasu, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan; and Mauricio Bedoya, Head of Technical Support Unit-Americas Assessment
Felice van der Plaat, IPBES Secretariat
Mauricio Bedoya, Head of Technical Support Unit-Americas Assessment
Sana Okayasu, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan
Michele Walters, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa
Amor Torre-Marin, Technical Support Unit: Europe and Central Asia Regional Assessment
Breakout Groups
Breakout Group on Regional Assessment
Breakout Group on How to Use the Outcomes of the Pollination Assessment
Breakout Group on How to Use the Outcomes of the Scenario Assessment
Breakout Group on Capacity Building
Participants Networking
