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IPBES: IUCN support for the Platform Thomas Brooks Head, Science and Knowledge, IUCN Secretariat 20 January 2013. IUCN and IPBES. IUCN and IPBES. IUCN and IPBES. IUCN interests (WCC5.117 and 5.118).
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IPBES: IUCN support for the Platform • Thomas Brooks • Head, Science and Knowledge, IUCN Secretariat • 20 January 2013
IUCN interests (WCC5.117 and 5.118) Civil society participation: IPBES needs an ambitious engagement strategy, resources to support this, and utterly inclusive procedures for the admission of observers in the Plenary Build on existing mechanisms: collaborate with existing structures and initiatives as a cost-effective and efficient means to implement the IPBES work programme Adequate funding for capacity building: considering that capacity building is a critical priority for the implementation of the IPBES work programme in many developing countries IUCN contribution: partnership through which part of the IPBES work programme could be delivered by IUCN as an in-kind contribution in the course of implementing its own programme of work IUCN significant role: IUCN re-affirms its interest to play a significant role in IPBES, including in knowledge delivery, assessment processes, capacity building, and support to whatever global, regional or sub-regional structures might be established
IUCN:committed to working closely withIPBES to promote its successThank youwww.iucn.org/ipbes