IPBES Switzerland
The Swiss Biodiversity Forum, in close collaboration with the Federal Office for the Environment, is organizing IPBES-CH, the national platform for the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
IPBES is the leading intergovernmental body for assessing the state of the planet's biodiversity, its ecosystems and the essential services they provide to society. Established in April 2012, the platform provides a mechanism recognized by both the scientific and policy communities to synthesize, review, assess and critically evaluate relevant information and knowledge generated worldwide by governments, academia, scientific organizations, non-governmental organizations and indigenous communities.
More information: IPBES website.
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IPBES-CH
c/o Dr. Eva Spehn
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Swiss Biodiversity Forum
House of Academies
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3001 Bern
Switzerland
Call for nominations of experts and fellows to participate in four different task forces
IPBES is seeking candidates for the following task forces: «Capacity-building», «Data and knowledge management», «Indigenous and local knowledge» and «Scenarios and models». The term of office of the task force experts will end at IPBES 13 (tentatively scheduled for 2026).
Image: IPBES websiteCall for nominations of experts to contribute to the drafting of the second global assessment
The IPBES Plenary approved a scoping process for a second global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services. The second global assessment will be broadly similar in scope to the first global assessment while building on it to avoid repetition or unnecessary duplication.
Image: IPBES website