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01/24/2013
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Carolina Gonçalves
Brazil Agency Reporter
Brasília - Scientists and negotiators from more than 100 countries are meeting in Bonn, Germany, defining actions to help preserve the world's biodiversity and prevent the extinction of species of fauna and flora world under threat of disappearance.
These are some of the priority issues of the Intergovernmental Platform on Science and Policy on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES, its acronym in English) and the discussions in Bonn marks the first meeting of the board, created in April 2011, but had not yet leaders and schedule of actions defined.
Since yesterday, the group tries to reach agreements on the rules of operation of the platform. The goal is that the IPBES is an advisory body, with a database, expertise and information that can contribute to global debates around issues related to UN conventions such as those dealing with biodiversity, wetlands, International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora in Endangered (CITES) and the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild.
The Brazilian government representatives who are in Germany want until the next day 26, the last day of the meeting, negotiators establish practical definitions, such as the structure of the operating platform. The expectation is that Brazil's regional structures are created. The delegation of Brazil also wants to go back to the definition of the composition of the group and how the applications should be submitted for evaluation nations of IPBES.
According to the proposal signed by representatives of 94 countries two years ago in Panama, the platform will be a space for exchange of information and discussion between the scientific community and decision-makers in relation to the priority areas for the group. The IPBES will be administered jointly by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Program for Development (UNDP) and United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Besides establishing a schedule of commitments of IPBES, negotiators and scientists also will elect, until day 26, the members of the board who will lead the discussions and next steps the group.
Editing: Davi Oliveira
Source: Agency Brazil
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