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| | |IPBES/3/INF/4 |
|[pic] |Intergovernmental Science-Policy |Distr.: General |
| |Platform on Biodiversity and |16 December 2014 |
| |Ecosystem Services |English only |
Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy
Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Third session
Bonn, Germany, 12-17 January 2015
Item 5 (b) of the provisional agenda(
Initial work programme of the Platform:
guides on assessments, policy support tools
and methodologies, and preliminary guides
on scenario analysis and modelling and the
conceptualization of values Guide on the production and integration of assessments from and across all
scales (deliverable 2 (a))
Note by the secretariat In its decision IPBES-2/5, the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-
Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services requested the
Multidisciplinary Expert Panel in consultation with the Bureau, supported
by a time-bound and task-specific expert group, to implement deliverable
2 (a) of the work programme, on the development of a guide to the
production and integration of assessments from and across all levels. The
guide was intended to address the practical, procedural, conceptual and
thematic aspects of undertaking assessments and to draw on the work of the
task forces and other expert groups. Accordingly, an expert group was
established to develop the guide, in accordance with the rules of procedure
set out in the annex to decision IPBES-2/3 (IPBES/2/17). The annex to the
present note provides information on the membership of the expert group,
progress made in the development of the guide and next steps, and sets out
the draft guide in its annex III. The annex is presented without formal
editing.
Annex Expert group on the development of a guide to the production and
integration of assessments from and across all levels
Membership of the Expert Group 1. Governments and other relevant stakeholders submitted 90
nominations for the expert group to prepare the draft of the
Guide. The Multidisciplinary Expert Panel, at its third meeting,
decided to select from this pool of nomination a small group of 9
experts, tasked, to develop the guide on assessments, together
with members of the Multidisciplinary Expert Panel and the Bureau,
as well as a larger group of 48 experts tasked to review the draft
guide. The selection process involved members of the
Multidisciplinary Expert Panel supported by members of the Bureau,
together reviewing all nominations submitted, based on examination
of nomination templates and curricula vitae for each nominee.
Selections were made on the basis of excellence and relevance of
candidates' expertise with respect to relevant areas of the work
programme. Once selected on merit, further selection was focused
on balancing disciplinary, regional and gender diversity, as well
as sectoral aspects (i.e. government and stakeholder nominations). 2. The expert group selected included 22 percent of experts from
Africa, 33 percent from Asia Pacific, 11 percent from Eastern
Europe, 22 percent from Latin America and the Caribbean and 11
percent from Western European and Others Groups, with 89 percent
nominations made by Governments and 11 percent by other
Stakeholders, with 44 per cent males and 56 percent females. The
expert group was co-chaired by Ivar Baste (Bureau) and Sebsebe
Demissew (MEP). Ten other members of the Multidisciplinary Expert
Panel and Bureau oversaw the work of this deliverable. The
composition of the expert group is presented in annex I.
Additionally, a larger group of 48 nominated experts formed a
review panel for the work on policy support tools and
methodologies providing peer review. The composition of the larger
expert group is presented in annex II. 3. Technical support to the development of the Guide was provided by
the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation
Monitoring Centre by means of an agreement on interim support to
the IPBES secretariat.
Progress and planned next steps in the development of the guide 4. A draft version of the guide has been developed but more work
remains until the guide is completed. The guide is awaiting
further inputs from IPBES Task Forces and directions from the
Plenary on issues such as priority capacity-building needs. Text
still needs to be developed in relation to knowledge gaps and
indigenous and local knowledge. 5. An early draft of the guide was subject to one round of peer
review in August 2014 by the larger group of experts. The current
draft will undergo a second round of review by the same group and
members of IPBES Task Forces and relevant Expert Groups. 6. The guide is furthermore open for review by Members and
Stakeholders of IPBES and comments should be submitted to the
IPBES Secretariat by 31 January 2015 using the standard format as
in annex 4. Review should focus on content within the guide as
well as length and accessibility of language. 7. The expert group for the guide will address the review comments
and consider whether the guide could be produced as an e-book with
an overarching diagrammatic summary of practical steps to be
considered. The summary is also intended to assist users in
accessing the information contained within the Guide. The
Multidisciplinary Expert Group will in consultation with the
Bureau consider how the Guide on the production and integration of
assessments from and across all scales should be published and
made available. They will also explore the possibility of holding
a final expert group meeting to finalise the guide.
Annex I Members of the Multidisciplinary Expert Panel and Bureau dedicated to the
work on the Guide on the production and integration of assessments from and
across all scales |Name |Affiliation |Bureau/MEP |
|Ivar Baste |Norwegian Directorate for Nature |Bureau |
| |Management |(co-chair) |
|Sebsebe Demissew|Addis Ababa University |MEP (co-chair) |
|Zakri Abdul |National Professors Council, Malaysia |Bureau |
|Hamid | | |
|Robert Watson |University of East Anglia |Bureau |
|Yousef Al-Hafedh|King Abdulaziz City for Science and |MEP |
| |Technology, Saudi Arabia | |
|András Báldi |MTA Centre for Ecological Research |MEP |
|Julia Carabias |National Autonomous University if Mexico |MEP |
|Sandra Diaz |Universidad Nacional de Córdoba |MEP |
|Paul Leadley |University of Paris-Sud |MEP |
|Jean Bruno |National School for Water and Forest |MEP |
|Mikissa | | |
|Yosihisa |Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and|MEP |
|Shirayama |Technology | |
|Randolph R. |University of the South Pacific |MEP |
|Thaman | | |
Selected members of the expert group developing guidance on the Guide on
the production and integration of assessments from and across all scales |Name |Affiliation |Country/Organisatio|
| | |n |
|Dolors |Universidad Nacional de Colombia |Colombia |
|Armenteras | | |
|Bojie Fu |Chinese Academy of Sciences |China |
|Edwin Iguisi |Ahmadu Bello University |Nigeria |
|Eun-Shik Kim |Kookmin University |Republic of Korea |
|Patricia Koleff|CONABIO |Mexico |
|Sandra Lavorel |CNRS |France |
|Szabolcs |Hungarian Academy of Sciences |Hungary |
|Lengyel | | |
|Belinda Reyers |CSIR |South Africa |
|Sheila Vergara |ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity |ASEAN Centre for |
| | |Biodiversity |
Annex II Selected members of the review panel on the Guide on the production and
integration of assessments from and across all scales |Name |Affiliation |Country/Organisation |
|Byron Adams |Brigham Young University |Ecological Society of|
| | |America |
|Edward Amankwah |Centre for Environmental |Ghana |
| |Governance | |
|Detlef Bartsch |Federal Office of Consumer |Germany |
| |Protection and Food