From h.eggermont at biodiversity.be Mon Jun 5 21:31:27 2017 From: h.eggermont at biodiversity.be (hilde eggermont) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 21:31:27 +0200 Subject: [ES] Belgian IPBES Assessment Review Workshop - report & ppt Message-ID: Dear IPBES Stakeholder On 24th May, the IPBES Belgian Focal Point organized a workshop to prepare for the ongoing review of the 4 Regional Assessments, and the Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment. The purpose of the workshop was to - update experts on the last year's progress of the IPBES Work Programme - provide background information on IPBES assessments and their review, and explain how to engage - discuss main features of a high-quality assessment - collect first feedback on the Regional Assessments, and Land degradation and restoration assessment to feed the belgian government review The full report and presentation can be downloaded here (until 12 June) Best regards, Hilde E. www.biodiversity.be/ipbes -- Dr. Hilde Eggermont - OD Nature, Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences , Belgium Coordinator of the Belgian Biodiversity Platform *WATCH OUR BELGIAN BIODIVERSITY PLATFORM MOVIES ON:* http://vimeo.com/114955090 (data publication activities) http://vimeo.com/114955160 (science-policy activities) http://vimeo.com/114955193 (our general mission) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From h.eggermont at biodiversity.be Wed Jun 7 11:54:33 2017 From: h.eggermont at biodiversity.be (hilde eggermont) Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 09:54:33 +0000 Subject: [ES] Belgian experts for GEO-6 (Global Environmental Outlook 6) - expression of interest by 12 June Message-ID: Dear Colleagues We would like to raise your interest for the below review opportunity in the context of the Global Environmental Outlook . More specifically, the first 9 chapters of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO 6), will be available for intergovernmental review during the *period 3 July to 15 September 2017*. Following themes will be covered - Introduction and context; - Drivers of environmental change; - The state of our data and knowledge; - Links between the environment and other sustainability issues; - Air, Fresh Water, Oceans, Land, Biodiversity. Governments are now requested to nominate the experts responsible for providing UNEP with their government?s comments and inputs. In order to be able to respond to this call by the given deadline (30/6/2017) and also in view of internal endorsement (by 22/6), *kindly indicate your availability to Eline.Botte at environnement.belgique.be by 12 June*. More information is provided in the attached letter If you need more information - please don't hesitate to contact me, Best regards, Hilde -- Dr. Hilde Eggermont - OD Nature, Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences , Belgium Coordinator of the Belgian Biodiversity Platform *WATCH OUR BELGIAN BIODIVERSITY PLATFORM MOVIES ON:* http://vimeo.com/114955090 (data publication activities) http://vimeo.com/114955160 (science-policy activities) http://vimeo.com/114955193 (our general mission) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: GEO-6 Intergovernmental Review_Nominations.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 246713 bytes Desc: not available URL: From h.eggermont at biodiversity.be Mon Jun 26 11:51:40 2017 From: h.eggermont at biodiversity.be (hilde eggermont) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 11:51:40 +0200 Subject: [ES] IPBES: External review of the Global Assessment (deadline 15 August) Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Herewith, the IPBES Belgian Focal Point is calling for *expert reviewers* with relevant knowledge and/or experience to participate to the first external review for the *IPBES Global Assessment* of biodiversity and ecosystem services (First Order Draft; link to Call ) The period for this first external review of the global assessment is from *15 June until 15 August, 2017*. This assessment will be the first global snapshot of the state of the world?s biodiversity in more than a decade, since the release of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. The global assessment will provide decision makers with the state of knowledge regarding the planet's biodiversity, ecosystems and the benefits they provide to people, as well as the options to protect and use these natural assets more sustainably. Furthermore, the global assessment will provide vital data to assess progress against the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the Sustainable Development Goals. Concurrently running are the external reviews of other IPBES assessments for Africa, Asia-Pacific and Europe and Central Asia, and Land Degradation and Restoration (ending 26 June 2017) and the Americas regional assessment (ending 24 July 2017). *This external review of the Global Assessment is thus a separate process, running in parallel to the others*. If you would like to be an expert reviewer for the global assessment, please follow these easy steps: 1) Register as user of the IPBES website (http://www.ipbes.net/ registration_global_fod) if you have not already done so. 2) Apply to become an IPBES external reviewer for individual chapters of the global assessment at http://www.ipbes.net/user/login?destination= registration_global_fod (this will only work when logged in first as IPBES website user). 3) Once registered, you will immediately receive an email providing confidential access to the draft chapters and will be requested to submit your comments in English using a template that is available on the same webpage. 4) We would be grateful if you could also inform the IPBES Belgian Focal Point (by email to h.eggermont at biodiversity.be) on your contribution, so that we can consider it for our Belgian government response. If you need further information or assistance on this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me, Best regards Hilde Eggermont www.biodiversity.be/ipbes -- Dr. Hilde Eggermont - OD Nature, Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences , Belgium Coordinator of the Belgian Biodiversity Platform *WATCH OUR BELGIAN BIODIVERSITY PLATFORM MOVIES ON:* http://vimeo.com/114955090 (data publication activities) http://vimeo.com/114955160 (science-policy activities) http://vimeo.com/114955193 (our general mission) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: