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WCC 2012 Res 117 - Activity Report

Submitted by PerianinL on Thu, 09/03/2015 - 09:46
General Information
Operationalization of the Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
IUCN Constituent: 
Headquarters
IUCN Constituent type: 
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered: 
2014
Geographic scope: 
Global
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
IUCN Members: 
Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water ( DCCEEW ) / Australia
Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit und Verbraucherschutz ( BMUV ) / Germany
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ( DEFRA ) / United Kingdom
Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries & The Environment ( DEA ) / South Africa
Ministère des Relations Extérieures et de la Coopération de Monaco / Monaco
Ministry of Environment, Denmark / Denmark
Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères ( MEAE ) / France
Gouvernement du Québec / Canada
Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit / The Netherlands
Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change / India
Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea / Korea (RK)
Ministry of Natural Resources of China ( MNR ) / China
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan ( MOFA ) / Japan
New Zealand Conservation Authority / New Zealand
Norwegian Environment Agency / Norway
Office fédéral de l'environnement ( OFEV FOEN ) / Switzerland
Svenska Naturskyddsföreningen ( SSNC ) / Sweden
US Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs ( OES/ETC ) / United States of America
Ministry of the Environment of Finland / Finland
IUCN Commissions: 
No Commissions are/have been involved
IUCN Secretariat: 
Yes
Implementation
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
ActionDescription
OtherAs early as November 2013, IUCN set an example by making available to IPBES up to USD 1,450,000 of in-kind contribution, hoping to be followed by many others.
OtherStates Members of IUCN welcomed IUCN encouragements and supported significantly the IPBES budget during the period 2012-2014.
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken: 
States both members from IUCN and IPBES (65 out of 124 IPBES Member States) funded 99.88 % of cash contributions and pledges made to IPBES (USD 25,985,312 from May 2012 - Nov. 2014; USD 18,776,317 for 2014) and provided USD 1,470,000 of in-kind contributions.

Capacity building activities are foreseen to start in 2015.

Identify and briefly describe what future actions are planned for the implementation of this Resolution: 
Future ActionDescription
Capacity-building First IPBES Capacity Building Forum will occur in 2015, IUCN will take actions to support participation to the forum and, further, to capacity building activities.
Additional Information
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PDF icon 2013-11-19 IUCN in-kind offer.pdf