Decisions 15.12 to 15.13 - Cooperation between the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and CMS
Strategic and Institutional Matters
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Decision directed to: Scientific Council
Decision directed to: Secretariat
15.12
The Scientific Council is requested, subject to the availability of resources, to:
a) actively engage in relevant scoping and review processes of ongoing and upcoming IPBES assessments and, as appropriate, other deliverables of IPBES, in particular the second global assessment, the monitoring assessment and the methodological assessment of integrated biodiversity-inclusive spatial planning and ecological connectivity, with a view to ensuring that CMS needs and priority elements are taken into account;
b) review the scientific aspects of selected IPBES assessments and, as appropriate, other deliverables of IPBES and make recommendations on their relevance to the implementation of CMS for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its 16th meeting.
15.13
The Secretariat shall, subject to the availability of resources:
a) support the Scientific Council in implementing Decision 15.12;
b) engage with the IPBES Secretariat to further cooperate on issues of relevance to migratory species.