The launch of an Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is just around the corner. This Platform is expected to be fully operational in 2012 after several years of negotiations. It will be a leading global body providing scientifically sound and relevant information to support more informed decisions on how biodiversity and ecosystem services are conserved and used around the world.
IUCN has contributed to the negotiation process for the establishment of IPBES since 2008. Its extensive experience with science, knowledge and policy tools, as well as its nature as a multi-stakeholder union, put IUCN at the heart of the civil society involvement in the IPBES development.
