1. IPBES – Update from the 4th Plenary
Claire Brown

2. IPBES 4
Fourth meeting of the plenary, 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

3. 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

4. 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, June, Leipzig, Germany: Dr Elisabeth Marquard, NeFo
Capacity Building Task Force meeting, Budapest, Stakeholder day on 22 April – Grazia Zulian attending on behalf of MAES