IPBES – Update from the 4th Plenary Claire Brown

IPBES 4 Fourth meeting of the plenary, 22-28 February 2016, KL, Malaysia 124 Members plus stakeholders Marks the second year of implementation of the Work Programme New IPBES Bureau: * Bob Watson (UK/EU) – also new Chair & Ivar Baste (Norway/non- EU) – WEOG * Senka Barudanovic (Bosnia & Herzegovina) & Rashad Allahverdiyev (Azerbaijan) – Eastern Europe

What was discussed? Pollinators, pollination and food production thematic assessment Scenarios and models methodological assessment/ future development Capacity Building Indigenous and Local Knowledge Systems (ILK) Scoping of the Global Assessment Scoping of diverse conceptualisation of multiple values / Guide Scoping of an assessment on IAS Scoping of an assessment on sustainable use of biodiversity (CITES) Policy support tools and methodologies Communications, stakeholder engagement and strategic partnerships

Ways for the MAES community to get involved Within your own assessment work A webinar series around different aspects of the IPBES process E-learning tools – Conceptual Framework & IPBES Assessment Process Scenarios and Modelling methodological assessment – utilise the tools identified Guide for the Conceptualisation of multiple values – utilise in your own assessments Contributing your expertise Global Assessment – responding to the call for nominations and TSU Joining the stakeholder community and keeping yourself informed Pan-European IPBES Stakeholder Consultation, 14-16 June, Leipzig, Germany: www.biodiversity.de/index.php/ipbes/nefo-aktivitaeten-zu-ipbes/workshops/pesc-3 Dr Elisabeth Marquard, NeFo lisa.marquard@ufz.de Capacity Building Task Force meeting, Budapest, Stakeholder day on 22 April – Grazia Zulian attending on behalf of MAES