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BISO Home > USNC/DIVERSITAS Homepage USNC/DIVERSITAS Activities & Events USNC DIVERSITAS HOSTS IPBES PUBLIC FORUM, ALFRED NOBEL HALL OF THE HOUSE OF SWEDEN, WASHINGTON, DC, NOVEMBER 29, 2011
The Intergovernmental Science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is designed to be an interface between the global scientific community and policymakers that aims at building capacity for and strengthening the use of science in policymaking. The public forum was designed to inform and update the Washington science and policy communities on the rationale and plans for the IPBES, describe the progress at the first IPBES plenary session, and explore opportunities for scientists, scientific societies, and NGOs to contribute to both the shaping and the execution of IPBES, in order to maximize its value for both scientific understanding and policy formulation. DIVERSITAS was designated by ICSU to represent the science community in those sessions. The U.S. National Committee for DIVERSITAS, chaired by Peter Raven, was funded by NSF to work with relevant scientific organizations to educate and engage the U.S. science community with regard to the IPBES. This informational public forum, and the discussions with the audience, has been the first step in the USNC’s process.
View symposium agenda and watch presentations DARWIN SYMPOSIUM HIGHLIGHTED BIODIVERSITY POLICY
 The USNC/DIVERSITAS and the Board on International Scientific Organizations convened “Twenty-first Century Ecosystems: Systemic Risk and the Public Good,” a symposium on the Science and Policy for Managing the Living World Two Centuries after the birth of Charles Darwin on February 11-12, 2009 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The symposium focused on opportunities for designing policies that strengthen and make use of biodiversity and ecosystem services as well as the dangers of pursuing policies that put ecosystems at risk. The USNC/DIVERSITAS thanks the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), National Science Foundation (NSF), National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), US Geological Survey (USGS), US Forest Service (USFS), Smithsonian Institution, Defenders of Wildlife, IUCN, and DIVERSITAS International for their support of the Symposium.
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