Intergovernmental Platform On Biodiversity And Ecosystem Services:
The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has been selected for the 2024 Blue Planet Prize.
- Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is an intergovernmental organisation established in 2012.
- It aims to strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity
- It provides policymakers with objective scientific assessments about the state of knowledge regarding the planet’s biodiversity, ecosystems and the benefits they provide to people, as well as the tools and methods to protect and sustainably use these vital natural assets.
- This independent body was inspired by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.
- It is not a United Nations body. However, at the request of the
- IPBES Plenary and with the authorisation of the UNEP Governing Council in 2013, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) provides secretariat services to IPBES.
- India is a member country of this organisation.
- The governing body of IPBES (Plenary )– made up of the representatives of IPBES member States – usually meets once per year.
- Secretariat: It is located in Bonn, Germany
