Upcoming Webinar: Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in the IPBES Assessment of Invasive Alien Species - NEA InitiativeNEA Initiative

Online, Wednesday 29 May 2024

2pm-4pm Paris / 8pm-10pm Manila / 7am-9am Bogota

In English, French and Spanish

Organized by the Centers of Distinction on Indigenous and Local
Knowledge, IPBES and UNESCO

Register here: https://unesco-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Kw5UrXHTRKjCCs4Cq5xzw

Download the event flyer here.

This webinar will explore the key messages relating to Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs) in the IPBES assessment of invasive alien species and their control (see: https://www.ipbes.net/ias), which was completed in 2023.

The assessment followed a rigorous approach to working with Indigenous and local knowledge, including dialogue workshops with IPLCs and contributions from authors across a range of disciplines and knowledge systems.

This has resulted in an assessment which highlights the important
contributions of IPLCs to understanding, monitoring, management
and governance of invasive alien species.

Key messages from the assessment have now been approved by the
145 member countries of IPBES.

In this webinar, assessment authors will present the main findings related to IPLCs from the assessment, and IPLCs will reflect on their perceptions,
experiences, adaptations, management and governance related to invasive
alien species.