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A Plataforma Intergovernamental para a Biodiversidade e os Serviços dos
Ecossistemas (IPBES)
Henrique Miguel [email protected]
Centro de Biologia Ambiental Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
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Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de LisboaLisboa, 30 Outubro 2012
What is IPBES?
• Established in April 2012, Panama City, after years of discussion and negotiation.
• An interface between scientific and policy communities
• Filling gaps at multiple scales
• Multiple contributors and users
A long process
Nov. 2008 - Putrajaya, Malaysia
Oct. 2009 - Nairobi, Kenya
June 2010 - Busan, Republic of Korea
Oct. 2011- Nairobi, Kenya
April 2012 - Panama City, Panama
Modalities of operation and establishment
Identification of needs and
gaps
We need an IPBES
Intersessional processOperation--alisation Jan. 2013 - First plenary meeting
What will IPBES do?
Four main functions
• Knowledge generation
• Regular and timely assessments
• Support policy formulation and implementation
• Capacity building
Objectivo: melhorar os processos de decisão e a definição de políticas
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Decisores Governos Convenções int. Sector privado Sociedade civil Indivíduos
Avaliação
Monitorização
Investigação
GEO BON
ipBes
IPCC
GCOS
Under which principles will IPBES operate?
Collaboration –avoiding duplication
Scientific independence,
credibility, relevance and
legitimacy
Policy-relevant but not policy-prescriptive
Contribution of indigenous and local knowledge
Full participation of
developing countries
Gender equity
Bottom-up
Inter- and multidisciplinary
approach
Address terrestrial, marine and inland water biodiversity and ecosystem services and their interactions
Who are the
IPBES Stakeholders?
IPBES relevant to a wide range of stakeholders, including:
• Governments (including through biodiversity and ecosystem services related Conventions, UN bodies, and IGOs)
• International scientific community• NGOs• Private sector• Indigenous people, farmer’s associations, etc. • Potential donors;• General public and media.
Participação governamental
ALGERIAANTIGUA & BARBUDAARGENTINAARMENIAAUSTRALIABANGLADESHBELGIUMBENINBHUTANBRAZILBURKINA FASOCAMBODIACAMEROONCANADACHILECHINACOLOMBIACOSTA RICACÔTE D'IVOIRECROATIACUBADEMOCRATIC REP. CONGODENMARKEQUATORIAL GUINEAETHIOPIAFINLANDFRANCEGAMBIAGEORGIAGERMANYGHANAGREECEGRENADAGUINEA BISSAUINDIAINDONESIAIRAN ISRAELJAPANKENYALESOTHOLIBERIAMADAGASCAR
MALAWIMALI
MARSHALL ISLANDSMAURITIUS
MEXICOMOROCCOMYANMAR
NEPALNETHERLANDSNEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUANIGER
NORWAYPAKISTAN
PALAUPANAMA
PERUREP. OF KOREA
REP. OF MOLDOVARUSSIAN FEDERATION
RWANDASAINT KITTS & NEVIS
SAINT LUCIASAMOA
SAUDI ARABIASENEGAL
SERBIASOUTH AFRICA
SPAINSRI LANKA
SWAZILANDSWEDEN
SWITZERLANDTHAILAND
TUVALUUGANDA
UNITED KINGDOMUSA
URUGUAYVIET NAM
YEMENZAMBIA
O 3º encontro teve a participação de 86 Governos
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Outros participantes
Convenções Organizações intergovernamentais
Organizações das NU e agências especializadas
Organizações não-governamentais
How is
IPBES structured?
Plenary – Decision making body of the Platform • Government Members (currently 92) and observers
Bureau – Overseeing administrative functions• 10 members (2 from each UN region)
Multidisciplinary Expert Panel (MEP) – overseeing scientific and technical functions• 25 members ( 5 from each UN region)
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Plenário
Orgão decisor
Decisões apenas pelos Governos
Estados Membros das NU e
Organizações de Integração Regional
Observadores
Presidente (Chair) do IPBES
4 vice presidentes
Um presidente
Equilíbrio regional e de género12
Financiamento
.Fundo com contribuições
voluntárias
Programa de trabalho e custos do secretariado
Potential activities in the area of assessments
• Regular multidisciplinary assessments at regional (including sub-regional) and global scales.
• Thematic assessments on policy relevant issues, including emerging issues
• Technical support and capacity building for national assessment activities
• Developing common frameworks and tools for assessment
• Catalogue of assessments
• Produce and disseminate reports – but the assessment process also important!
Potential activities in the area of policy support
• Overview of policy-relevant knowledge, tools and methodologies
• Partnerships to develop priority tools and approaches
• Promotion of effective tools through communication and capacity building
• Policy-relevant (eg sector specific) knowledge syntheses
Potential capacity building activities
• Maintain a list of CB needs
• Specific workshops and training on assessment approaches
• Increasing access to data, information and knowledge for use in assessment
• Scholarships, fellowship programme, mentoring
• Peer to peer exchange visits
• Regional hubs supporting assessment and peer learning
Potential activities on knowledge generation
• Identifying and communicating gaps in knowledge – including from assessments
• Convening research and donor communities to agree on policy-relevant research priorities
• Supporting peer learning and networks to strengthen generation of policy-relevant research
Current process on IPBES
Resolving various procedural elements
• Rules of procedure• Other procedures
Preparations for the initial work programme of the platform
• Capacity building needs• Scoping process• Overview of assessments• Conceptual framework• MEP bioregional structure
Getting involved
• Contribute to the current intersessional process
• Participate in IPBES-1 (21 to 26 Jan. 2013, Bonn Germany)
• Future contribution to implementation of IPBES work programme – this will depend on thousands of scientists and policy makers!
ipBes na internet
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A Iniciativa de Mapeamento e Avaliação dos Ecossistemas e seus Serviços (MAES)
• Objectivo principal (headline target) da UE para 2020:– "Halting the loss of biodiversity and the degradation of
ecosystem services in the EU by 2020, and restoring them in so far as feasible, while stepping up the EU contribution to averting global biodiversity loss”
• Seis sub-objectivos e 20 acções associadas– Action 5 of the Biodiversity Strategy requires Member States,
with the assistance of the Commission, to map and assess the state of ecosystems and their services in their national territory by 2014, assess the economic value of such services, and promote the integration of these values into accounting and reporting systems at EU and national level by 2020"
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Importância da Acção 5 para a Estratégia Europeia de Biodiversidade
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Estrutura conceptual do MAES
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Papel da biodiversidade
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Uma Plataforma em Portugal para a IPBES
• Estabelecimento de um mecanismo de diálogo entre a comunidade científica portuguesa e a comunidade de decisores– Pontos focais– Mailing list– Portal na internet
• Participação de portugueses nas estruturas e projectos da IPBES
• Desenvolvimento de um MAES Portugal como contribuição para o MAES e a IPBES
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