The Intergovermental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Capacity Building Workshop on Policy Support Tools 1-2 July 2016 Sirindhorn International Environmental Park The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Capacity Building Workshop on Policy Support Tools RCE Cha-am in collaboration with UNU-IAS hosted the IPBES Capacity Building Workshop on Policy Support Tools during 1-2 July 2016, at the Sirindhorn International Environmental Park. The Workshop was aimed to introduce the IPBES and explain the goals and the IPBES functions, to identify the policy relevant tools/ methodologies, facilitate their use and promote and catalyse their further development. As well, group works on ValuES projects/the potential areas of engagement with IPBES and the linkage with task forces were carried out and presentation on the discussion summary were made at the plenary session. Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the 353 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand Achievement: 22 RCEs and RCE candidates from Asia-Pacific countries which are Japan, Indonesia, Mexico, New Zealand, India, China, Malaysia, Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand attended the Meeting along with delegates from UNU-IAS, and USAID. Specialists from IPBES, UNU-IAS, GIZ, UNDP, and UNESCO delivered presentation and also facilitated the workshop. A summary of the workshop presentations and discussions were made on the IPBES functions in terms of assessment, knowledge generation, capacity building and policy support tools vis-à-vis the ecosystem functions namely provisioning, regulating, cultural, supporting, and perhaps also inspirational. These functions are contributing to human well-being. There are challenges that must be addressed including the issue of biodiversity and ecosystems services assessment, valuation of benefits and their nonlinear and temporal nature. Assessment and decision making tools are available such as Cost- Benefit Analysis (CBA), Scenario Analysis, and Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA). RCEs can be a strategic partner of the IPBES Secretariat, and in this regard efforts must be made to incorporate IPBES task forces’ ambitions into the RCE action plans.
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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