During the last months, ValuES has carried out numerous activities. Below is a brief summary of the activities and additional information on the following topics:

  1. Results of the sixth plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
  2. IPBES Newsletter
  3. Support for the national adoption of the main results of the IPBES Regional Assessment for Africa and the Americas
  4. Jordan is a member of IPBES
  5. Website and inventory of methods in Spanish, English and Russian

 

 

  1. Results of IPBES 6

From March 18 to 23, the sixth plenary session of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) took place in Medellín, Colombia. The project ValuES has been following the evolution of IPBES since 2015. ValuES collaborates closely with the Technical Support Unit for Capacity Development, and also with the Unit that works on the conceptualization of multiple values ​​(TSUV), based at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). It has developed the guide on Multiple Values ​​of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services while coordinating the integration of the theme in the different thematic and regional evaluations, as well as the global evaluation on the subject, whose funding was approved during the last plenary. ValuES has prepared a newsletter that includes a summary of the decisions adopted at IPBES-6.

 

 

 

The sixth plenary session of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Medellin, Colombia

 

  1. Subscription to the IPBES newsletter

The newsletter of GIZ ValuES IPBES provides information about IPBES, such as calls, events and policy summaries. The newsletter is published at irregular intervals and is available in three languages: English, French and Spanish.

To subscribe write an email to gianna-maria.pedot@giz.de

 

  1. National adoption of the IPBES Regional Assessment for Africa and the Americas

Shortly after the approval of the regional evaluations by the sixth plenary session of IPBES, held from April 10th to 12th, ValuES organized a francophone workshop in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on the regional evaluation of IPBES for Africa. The event brought together 40 representatives of GIZ and its partners, as well as scientific institutions from seven French-speaking African countries. They discussed instruments, structures and strategies to use the results of the evaluation, its key messages and the proposed actions, and prepared roadmaps to advance on the integration at the national level of some results of the regional evaluation.

 

 

 

Participants at the workshop on national adoption of the IPBES Regional Evaluation for Africa, Abidjan.

Currently, the ValuES team is organizing a meeting to present and discuss the results of the evaluation of the Americas with partner countries and counterparts in Latin America. This meeting, the Fifth Regional Meeting of ValuES in Latin America, will be held from June 4th to 6th, 2018 in Pirenópolis, Brazil. Similar to the meeting in Africa, it is expected that one of the results will be the formulation of roadmaps to integrate certain elements of the regional evaluation of the Americas into national policies.

  1. Jordan is a member of IPBES

Very good news come from Jordan, the partner country of ValuES is a member of IPBES since May 2018. ValuES has supported Jordan in this process.

 

  1. Website in Spanish, English and Russian

The ValuES website is now also available in Spanish and Russian. On the site are:

• The Browser of ValuES Methods: it helps to get to know better some methods and to find those that are most suitable to be applied in specific contexts.

• Case studies: experiences with assessment processes and valuation of ecosystem services

• Information on ecosystem services and IPBES

 

 

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