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24 April

Second Session of the Plenary Meeting on the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

16-21 April 2012 | Panama City, Panama

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16 April - 17 April - 18 April - 19 April - 20 April - 21 April

Highlights for Monday, 16 April 2012

A view of the dais during the opening session.

Christine Dawson, US

Cyriaque Sendashonga, IUCN

Randolph Thaman, Fiji

Paulino Franco, Brazil

Ivy Belthan Jauna, Bolivia

Valeria Gonzalez Posse, Argentina

Neville Ash, Chief of Biodiversity, UNEP

In the evening, delegates attended a dinner hosted by the Republic of Korea.

Highlights for Tuesday, 17 April 2012

Hesiquio Benitez Diaz, Mexico

Khaled Hashem, Egypt

Yohpy Ichsan Wardana, Indonesia

Mark Flanigan, Australia

Ales Pires, UNEP

Abubakar Mohammed, Nigeria

Geoff Hicks, New Zealand

In the evening, delegates attended a dinner hosted by Kenya.

Chirau Makwere, Minister of Environment and Mineral Resources, Kenya

Highlights for Wednesday, 18 April 2012

A view of the dais.

Atsushi Suginaka, Japan

Martin Schneekloth, Denmark, speaking on behalf of the European Union

Idunn Eidheim, Norway

Yoeasta Valluzuela, Dominican Republic

Leonel Sierralta, Chile

Jose Romero, Switzerland

Abdul Munaf Qaimkhani, Pakistan

Umesh Kumar Mandal, Nepal

Highlights for Thursday, 19 April 2012

The second session of the plenary meeting on an Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) entered its fourth day in Panama City, Panama. In the morning, delegates met to discuss rules of procedure. At lunch, informal groups met to discuss regional groupings to be used for the bureau and the multi-disciplenary expert panel (MEP). In the afternoon, delegates continued to discuss proposed options regarding the structure and composition of subsidiary bodies of the plenary. During an evening session, plenary voted to decide what country will host the IPBES secretariat.

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L-R: Dais during the morning plenary session includes: Nalini Sharma, UNEP; Robert Watson, IPBES Chair; Neville Ash, UNEP; Masa Nagai, UNEP

Mark Flanigan, Australia

Alfred Oteng-Yeboah, Ghana

Javier Mendoza, Colombia

A member of the Korean delegation, prior to the vote

Delegates congratulate Germany for winning the bid to host the IPBES secretariat in Bonn.

Ibrahim Thiaw, Rossana Silva and Neville Ash, UNEP

Delegates consulting with the Chair.

Highlights for Friday, 20 April 2012

The second session of the plenary meeting on an Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) entered its fifth day in Panama City, Panama. In the morning, delegates met to discuss: interim arrangements for the multi-disciplinary expert panel (MEP) and the rules of procedure. At lunch, informal groups met to discuss legal aspects of establishing the IPBES. In the afternoon and late into the evening, delegates continued to consider the rules of procedure.

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Neville Ash, Masa Nagai, UNEP

Korean delegation giving a congratulatory speech to Germany for winning the bid to host IPBES.

Robert Watson, IPBES Chair; Rossana Silva, UNEP; Neville Ash, UNEP;

Side view of the dias.

Anne Larigauderie, International Council for Science

Members of the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB)

Mark Flanigan, Australia

Germany hosted a celebratory toast during the afternoon.

Highlights for Saturday, 21 April 2012

The second session of the plenary meeting on an Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) held its sixth and final day of discussions today in Panama City, Panama. Delegates met in the morning and afternoon to discuss a number of outstanding issues, including rules of procedure and possible intersessional work to prepare for the first session of the Platform’s plenary. In the evening, delegates worked through remaining issues and eventually adopted the report of the meeting and a decision establishing the IPBES. Chair Robert Watson declared the meeting closed at 8:57pm.

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