Ipbes - Global biodiversity panel urged to heed local voices
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A newly established global panel on biodiversity faces being sidetracked by niche interests and northern agendas if it does not tread carefully, a meeting has heard.
The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES) was formed in April 2012, with a mandate to assess the state of the planet's biodiversity and ecosystems, and provide accessible scientific advice to policymakers. But it faces several challenges. The key issue to emerge at an IPBES stakeholders' meeting in Paris, France, this week (29–30
April) was how to involve voices from the global South, including those of indigenous communities, traditional and local knowledge holders, women, and civil society organisations. (...)
The article:
http://www.trust.org/item/20130509133924-x6ub9/
Ipbes website:
http://www.ipbes.net/
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Allarme perdita accelerata di biodiversità, si ferma solo mitigando il global warming:
http://www.greenreport.it/_new/index.php?page=default&id=%2021908
