Multidisciplinaire expert

panel (MEP) and

scientific work in IPBES –

The UN panel for

biodiversity and

ecosystem services

Ruslan Novitsky

www.ipbes.net

Biodiversity is under

serious threat…...

- Biodiversity & nature’s contributions to people underpin almostevery aspect of human development; production of food; cleanwater; climate regulation; disease control etc.

- Biodiversity and the ecosystem services it provides are beingdepleted at unprecedented rates, as a result of human activities.

- The main dangers worldwide are population growth and

resource consumption, climate change and global warming,

habitat conversion and urbanisation, invasive alien species, over-exploitation of natural resources and environmental degradation.

Biodiversity related conventions

Humans must not just survive as species, but

also have a good quality of life

Raworth 2012

UN Sustainable Development Goals

...

The knowledge needed to shed light on the

consequences for biodiversity and nature’s contributions topeople at local, regional or global

scales of various decisions often lacks

relevance, is incomplete and/or not accessible

to decision makers.

The role of MEP in IPBES?

Organisation

www.ipbes.net

The Plenary- Governing body of IPBES

- Made up of member States

- Usually meets once per year

The Bureau (10 members)

- Oversees all administrative functions

Multidisciplinary Expert Panel (MEP) (25)

- Oversees all scientific & technical functions

Expert Groups & Taskforces

- More then 1300 Selected scientists &

knowledge-holders

Secretariat (incl.

Technical Support Units)

(40-50)

Chair: Sir Bob Watson

3. What Does MEP Do?

Assessment Process

Plenary Plenary

Expert group

SCOPING EXPERTS

Bureau & MEP

Nomination

GOVERNMENTS & STAKEHOLDERS

1 year

scoping assessment

Expert group

ASSESSMENT AUTHORS& REVIEW EDITORS

Plenary

Bureau & MEP

Peer Review

EXPERTS

Peer Review

GOVERNMENTS & EXPERTS

Nomination

GOVERNMENTS & STAKEHOLDERS

3 years

writing assessment

Peer Review

GOVERNMENTS & EXPERTS

The 4 functions of IPBES and MEP roles

• Knowledge generation catalysis

Catalyse efforts to generate new knowledge

• Policy support tools

Identify policy relevant tools/methodologies, facilitate their use, and promote and catalyse their further development

• Capacity building

Prioritize key capacity building needs, and provide and call for financial and other support to address them

• AssessmentDeliver global, regional and thematic assessments on biodiversity and ecosystem services

IPBES Conceptual Framework

MEP roles• Co-chairs of MEP (2 person) are adjunct member of the Bureau• MEP members are involved in task forces for.........

– Global assessment– 4 regional assessment – author selection from roster of nomines,

management committees of relevant assessments– Assessment of polinator and polination – Assessment of sustainable use of wild species– Metodologycal assessment scenarious and modeling– Assessment of sustainable use of wild species– Assessment of values of biodiversity– Assessment of invasive species– Guidance and methodologies– Internal review of the effectiveness of the platform– Expert group on socio-economic indicators– Expert group on Nature’s contributions to people– Communication committée– Capacity-building task force– Media and public relation task force– Knowlage and data

Provisional agenda for 12th Buro&MEPmeeting22-26 October 2018

Structure of Global assessment

outline, as example Chapter 1 will set the stage for the assessment by outlining the

elements in the relationship between people, nature, nature’s

contributions to people, a good quality of life and indirect and direct

drivers of change and anthropogenic assets and their major

interactions

Chapter 2 will assess the global and cross-regional status of,

and trends in, nature, nature’s contributions to people, their

contribution to a good quality of life, indirect and direct drivers of

change

Chapter 3 will focus on the evidence available for assessing

progress towards meeting major international objectives

Chapter 4 will focus on plausible futures

Chapter 5 will focus on pathways towards a sustainable future

Chapter 6 will focus on opportunities and challenges for

decision makers

Pre-selection and recombination of authors (experts) for assessment

Balances in author’s teem

- Multidiscipline balance- Gender- Regional

Problems with nominations in author’s teem

- No NFPs- Passivity of decision-making from side of NFP- Centralizing of nominations via NFP- 20% of nominees from organizations

Strong CVExample of good structured CV

CURRICULUM VITAE

Scientific carrier and current scientific status

1. DEGREES

2. APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS

2a. Employment positions.

2b. Substantial contribution in Preparation of CBD Strategy and Related Strategic

Reports – Results led to publication of the following.

2c. Special appointment and Expert contribution

2d. Experience with CBD-CoP (Conference of Parties)

2e. Honour and Felicitations conferred by botanists by naming a new plant species of

Nepal

2f. IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem

Services) & Related Experiences

2g. Knowledge on Gender and Social Inclusion in Biodiversity Conservation

3. LANGUAGES English - Good in speaking, reading and writing

Russian – Fair in speaking, reading and writing

4. AWARDS, MEDALS, SPECIAL RECOGNITION, AND FELLOWSHIP

1. Research fellow of Government of the USSR (1983-1987).

2. Mahendra Vidya Bhushan Medal, His Majesty's Government of Nepal (1988).

3. National Education Award, His Majesty's Government of Nepal (1989).

4. Scholarship awarded by the Swedish Institute, Stockholm (1990).

5. Fellow of Natural Resource Society (FNRS) honored by International Society for Conservation of

Natural

5. EXPERINCE – TEACHING, RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION

5a. TeachingExperience of teaching, research and academic administration for 40 years; and mainly taught plant

systematics/taxonomy, biodiversity conservation, ethnobotany, conservation biology, ecosystem

services & livelihoods and climate change at the Masters level since 1978.

5b. Academic researchResearch areas include (i) Conservation biology & Biodiversity, (ii) Plant systematics, (iii) Landscape

conservation and Development, (iv) Ethnobotany & indigenous knowledge, (v) Environmental Issues,

(vi) Plant genetic Resources, (vii) Molecular approach to biodiversity assessment; and (viii) Policy

review.

5c. Major grants received and managed - (Since 1990)

For exampleReceived several grants from reputed international and national organizations, and led academic

research.

5d. Specific landscape/biodiversity level conservation and development project grants received

and managed

(a) Feasibility Assessment, (b) Conservation Strategy, (c) Conservation Strategic Monitoring Plan;

and (d) Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation Initiative-Implementation Plan. A project of China,

India and Nepal, Initiated by ICIMOD, focal institution and Co-ordination by Ministry of Forests and

Soil Conservation, and research lead by Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

5e. Academic supervisor of dissertation work

PhD’s

Master’s of Science

5f. Examiner of Ph.D. dissertation

Examined more than 10 Ph.D. dissertation in the areas of biodiversity, NTFPs, ethnobotany, plant

systematics submitted to University Bergen, Norway; University of Kalyani, West Bengal, University of

Coimbatore, India; Leiden University, The Netherlands; and Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

5g. Research experience (Field, Herbaria, Laboratory & Review of journals)

(i) Field

Over fifty field trips have been conducted in different parts of the Nepal Himalaya including Annapurna,

Langtang-Gosainkunda, Makalu-Barun, Khaptad, Ganesh Himal, Milke-Jaljale, Dolpo, Mustang-Manang,

Gaurishankar CA, Darchula, Humla, Jumla, Mugu, Bajhang, Taplejung, Panchthar, Ilam, Dolakha-

Kalingchowk, Parsa, Chitwan, Koshi Tappu, Shukla Phanta, Kailash and Kangchenjunga regions in

Nepal since 1978. I have traveled widely in the mountains (up to 5,000 m) and in the Tarai (plains) of

Nepal.

(ii) Herbaria worked/visited (Abroad)

(i) K (Kew) (ii) BM (London) (iii) P (Paris) (iv) S (Stockholm), (v) GH (Harvard) (vi) B (Berlin) (vii) LE

(St. Petersburg) (vii) W (Austria) (viii) E (Edinburgh) (ix) BG (Bergen)

(iii) Laboratory work (with modern equipment)

(i) Scanning Electron Microscope, (ii) DNA research with RAPDs

(iv) Review of Journals

Made review of peer reviewed articles in international journals including Environmental Conservation,

Plant Ecology and Diversity, Mountain Research and Development, International Plant Genetic

Resources, Journal of Ethnopharmacology; Forest Ecology and Management, Journal of Mountain

Science, J. Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, and several national journals including Journal of Natural

History Museum; Scientific World; Ecoprint, Progress in Physical Geography, etc.

5h. Post-doctoral research, positions & guest visits (selected)

5i. Workshop/seminar/conference attended since 1987 (Selected International only)

5j. Experience in science-policy interface

Made contribution in policy formulation to the Government of Nepal in the areas of Wetland policy, CITES

policy, Biodiversity and Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing policy, Plant protection policy.

5k. Awareness about biodiversity & Promotion of Science and Technology

5l. Experience in organizing conferences/workshops & schools (selected)

6. PUBLICATIONS (ARTICLES) – PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS & ABROAD ARE

MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK (*)

(I) Research Articles

Out of total 126 published articles under this category, 85 articles are published in international

journals and three manuscripts are under review process in international journals.

(I) Books & Fascicles (authored & co-authored) - International publications marked with

an asterisk (*)

(a) Authored and Co-authored. There are 15 books and fascicles out of which 13 are of international

publications.

(b) Books edited. There are three international publications (marked with an asterisk *, out of total nine

edited books.

(c) Book Chapters. A total of 27 publications under this category, 21 publications are international

(marked with an asterisk*) and one international publication on pipeline.

(I) Research review and policy papers. There are eight international publications (marked with an

asterisk*, out of total 35.

(II) Popular articles on conservation. There are 26 popular articles under this category.

(V). Correspondence publication

1. * Uprety, Y., Chaudhary, R.P. and Chettri, N. (2014). Himalayas already have hazard network. Nature,

505, January 9, 2014, 160.

(VI). Book review and Foreword

7. WORK ABILITY (INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND POLICY PROCESSES)

Working ability to work with international organizations, also familiar with international scientific and

policy processes.

7.1. Chairperson in boards National and international organizations

7.2. Trustee member (2011-2017)

7.3. Involvement in academic/ professional programmes (Major only)

7.4. As resource person (Selected)

8. POLICY RELATED INTERVIEWS PUBLISHED/BROADCASTED

REFERENCES

Mailing address

Home addressResidence

Poor CVLow chance to pass to list of potential authors on pre-selection stage

Curriculum Vitae

CONTACT INFORMATION:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

EDUCATION:

RESEARCH INTERESTS

GRANTS (• major field projects; *minor field projects):

PUBLICATIONS

PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS AND BOOKS:

CONFERENCE, WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS:

IPBES Conceptual Framework

Nature’s contributions to

people

IPBES advances human-nature

thinking

NCP broad categories• Regulating contributions – Functional and structural

aspects of organisms and ecosystems that modify environmental conditions experienced by people, and/or sustain and/or regulate the generation of material and non-material benefits.

• Material contributions – Substances, objects or other material elements from nature that sustain people’s physical existence and infrastructure. Typically consumable, eg., when organisms are transformed in food, energy, or materials for shelter or for some ornamental purposes.

• Non-material contributions – NCP’s subjective or psychological quality of life, individually and collectively. Can be physically consumed in the process (e.g. animals in recreational or ritual fishing or hunting) or not (individual trees or ecosystems as source of inspiration).

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