The 5th session of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Plenary will take place from March 6-10 2017, in Bonn, Germany.
On Monday, 6 March, regional consultations and the stakeholder day will be held. The opening of the fifth session of the IPBES Plenary will take place on Tuesday, March 7, at 10 am. The session is scheduled to close on Friday, March 10, 2017. This invitation was sent to Ministers for Environment of all States Members of the United Nations or members of specialized agencies or of the International Atomic Energy Agency, as well as Permanent representatives to UNEP Permanent missions to the United Nations in New York, Geneva and Vienna.
Click the link to see the provisional agenda for the fifth session of the Plenary. As the Plenary, at its fifth session, will not need to review final drafts of assessment reports, the Bureau has recommended to convene a 4-day session. At this session, the Plenary will review progress made in the implementation of the on-going deliverables of the first work programme of IPBES, and consider the revised scoping report for an assessment on the sustainable use of wild species, as well as the undertaking of additional thematic and methodological assessments. It will also consider related budget and institutional arrangements. An information note concerning practical arrangements, along with the other official documents of the meeting, will posted on the IPBES website (www.ipbes.net) once available.
Please fill in the online registration form (http://www.ipbes.net/eform/submit/registration-ipbes-5) as soon as possible, and no later than November 15, 2016.
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