Report of the Science-Policy Dialogue for South-East Asia and North-East Asia on the IPBES Asia-Pacific Regional Assessment

A subregional biodiversity science-policy dialogue workshop for South-East Asia and North-East Asia was held at the Anantara Riverside Bangkok Resort, Bangkok, Thailand from 21-23 October 2019. The workshop formed part of the “Capacity Building Project for the Implementation of IPBES Asia-Pacific Regional Assessment”, funded by the Japan Biodiversity Fund through the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and operated by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES). The dialogue was supported by the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand.

The three-day dialogue was attended by Government representatives, scientists and other experts from the subregions of South-East Asia and North-East Asia. They gathered to discuss how the IPBES Regional Assessment for Asia and the Pacific (AP) can support policymaking in the subregions, and to highlight how the rich biodiversity and ecosystem services of the subregions offer vital support systems for human wellbeing.