Decisions 12.13 to 12.14 - Cooperation between the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and CMS

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12.13
Decision directed to
Scientific Council

The Scientific Council, subject to available funds, shall undertake a review of needs and opportunities for improving the interface between science and policy in relation to the conservation and sustainable use of migratory species. This should include the use of scientific assessments, and consider the potential role of migratory species as indicators of wider ecological change and the results should be communicated to IPBES.

12.14
Decision directed to
Scientific Council

The Scientific Council shall report on the above-mentioned review to the Standing Committee at its 49th meeting and to the Conference of the Parties at its 13th meeting.

14.11
Decision directed to
Parties

Parties are requested to review the findings of the IPBES and consider their relevance to CMS and how to reflect such findings in their conservation actions at the national level. 

14.12
Decision directed to
Scientific Council

The Scientific Council is requested to, subject to the availability of resources, actively engage in relevant scoping and review processes of the IPBES assessments agreed by the IPBES Plenary at its tenth session, including with respect to the assessment of integrated biodiversity-inclusive spatial planning and ecological connectivity and a second global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services, with a view to ensure that CMS priority elements are addressed.

14.13
Decision directed to
Scientific Council

The Scientific Council is requested, subject to the availability of resources, to consider the findings of recent and forthcoming IPBES deliverables, including the assessment of the Sustainable Use of Wild Species, the assessment of the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature, the assessment of Invasive Alien Species and their Control, the IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop report on biodiversity and climate change, the assessment on the of the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food and health, the assessment of the underlying causes of biodiversity loss and the determinants of transformative change and options for achieving the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity, the assessment of the impact and dependence of business on biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people, and the assessment on monitoring biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people, and to prepare recommendations relating to the implementation of the Convention for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its 15th Meeting.