IPBES 5 - 2017

IPBES5, Day 3: Contact Group Meetings

The plenary has broken up into the various contact groups.

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Group 1 has discussed issues of local and indigenous knowledge and the review of IPBES. Issues discussed include the scope of the review, who will conduct the review, budget considerations, and how the results of the review will be used.

Group 2, meanwhile, has discussed the pending assessments, the scope of the sustainable use of wild species scoping document and capacity building. Specific issues under consideration include which of the pending assessments should be prioritised and whether the pending assessments should be commenced—questions which garnered a great deal of debate and disagreement among member nations. As commencement of the pending assessments is very much dependent upon budget considerations, Group 2 will meet with the budget group today.

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As the discussions within the contact groups are open negotiations, details of country positions and the issues discussed cannot be published on the blog.

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