Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

Marie Hrabanski and Denis Pesche are researchers in political sociology at CIRAD (Centre International de Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development), Montpellier, France. Within the research unit UMR ART-Dev, their work focuses on international biodiversity policies.

• 1. Introduction, Analyzing IPBES Functioning within the Biodiversity Regime Complex and Beyond Marie Hrabanski and Denis Pesche 2. IPBES and Governance of the International Biodiversity Regime Complex Daniel Compagnon and Philippe Le Prestre 3. The Birth of a Science-policy Interface for Biodiversity: The History of IPBES Alice Vadrot 4. IPBES Mandate and Governance Denis Pesche, Guillaume Futhazar and Sandrine Maljean 5. From Climate to Biodiversity: Procedural Transcriptions and Innovations within IPBES in Light of IPCC’s Practices Guillaume Futhazar 6. The IPCC Experience and Lessons for the IPBES Daniel Compagnon and Wolfgang Cramer 7. Making the IPBES Conceptual Framework: A Rosetta Stone? Maud Borie and Denis Pesche 8. Building Process, Effectiveness and Limits of an IPBES Stakeholder Group Marie Hrabanski, Mohamed Oubenal and Denis Pesche 9. Capacity Building for Global Science-policy Interface Activities: Establishment of the IPBES Task Force on Capacity Building Selim Louafi 10. Indigenous Challenges under IPBES: Embracing Indigenous Knowledge and Beyond Claudio Chiarolla and Annalisa Savaresi 11. First Thematic Assessment on Pollination: Between the Legitimization of IPBES and Tensions Regarding the Selection of Knowledge and Experts Fanny Duperray, Marie Hrabanski and Mohamed Oubenal 12. Conclusion Philippe Le Prestre

"There are 11 narrative chapters and a final set of conclusions that provide some excellent food for thought ... For those interested in the science-policy interface or in the problems in finding agreement between diverse stakeholders with conflicting expectations, there is much of interest in this volume." - David Walton, inThe Bulletin of the British Ecological Society (September 2017).