9th Asia-Pacific RCE Meeting 30 June 2016 Sirindhorn International Environmental Park The Sirindhorn International Environmental Park and RCE Cha-am hosted the 9th Asia- Pacific RCE Meeting on 30 June 2016 along with the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Capacity Building Workshop on Policy Support Tools on 1-2 July 2016. Before that the RCE members participated in and were involved in the academic roles, by way of presenting case studies, at the International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals: Policy and Practice in Celebration of HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn’s 5th Cycle Birthday Anniversary held during 27 to 29 of June 2017. Knowledge sharing, and learning of the pertinent issues including Ecosystem Services which enhanced the clear understanding of Ecosystem Services that helped the RCE participants proceed to the IPBES Workshop. All events were very successful due to the immense cooperation of the Asia- Pacific RCE Community, UNU-IAS and all the co-organizers. The 9th Asia-Pacific RCE Meeting RCE Cha-am and UNU-IAS hosted the 9th Asia-Pacific RCE Meeting on 30 June 2016, at the Sirindhorn International Environmental Park. The meeting was aimed to introduce new RCEs in Asia-Pacific, to inform and report to the RCE members the progress of the RCE network and to exchange the ideas and opinion and share their experiences during the discussion for further cooperation. Achievement: There were 26 RCEs and RCE candidates from Asia-Pacific countries – namely Japan, Indonesia, Mexico, New Zealand, India, China, Malaysia, Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand – that attended the Meeting along with delegates from UNU-IAS, GIZ, UNESCO, and USAID. The meeting introduced new RCEs in Asia-Pacific, informed and reported to the RCE members the progress of the Global RCE network. The achievements of the 8th Asia- Pacific RCE Conference was informed as well as the UNU-IAS ESD strategic directions and strategy/roadmap for the RCE community/ and the progress on Global Action Programme (GAP) on ESD/and updates of Asia-Pacific RCE collaborative activities. The evaluation of multi-stakeholder initiatives was also discussed in the meeting. Break-out sessions were divided into three groups, namely School and Youth, Community, and Higher Education. Each group developed working drafts of the Asia-Pacific regional action plan and the result on cooperation among the network is to be followed up after the meeting. The action plan drafts were presented at the plenary session. 352 Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Proceedings of International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals : Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016 at the Sirindhorn International Environmental Park, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
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