ePeerReview: Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

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Concept Note
1. Concept Note Page(s): Line(s): Issue: Supportive of content	Gye-Yeong Hwang Government (ghwang21@paran.com) Republic of Korea

Korea supports to establish an Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform.

Response: Appreciated.

Concept Note
1. Concept Note Page(s): Line(s): Issue: IPBES and other ongoing processes	Gye-Yeong Hwang Government (ghwang21@paran.com) Republic of Korea

Regarding its activities, close collaboration with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is needed.

Response: Noted and reflected in working documents UNEP/IPBES/1/4 and UNEP/IPBES/1/5.

Concept Note
1. Concept Note Page(s): Line(s): Issue: Role of IPBES	Gye-Yeong Hwang Government (ghwang21@paran.com) Republic of Korea

An Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform needs to contribute to the capacity-building of developing countries and ways of providing financial aid to developing countries should be more promoted.

Response: Noted.

Concept Note
1. Concept Note Page(s): Line(s): Issue: Institutional arrangements	Gye-Yeong Hwang Government (ghwang21@paran.com) Republic of Korea

Consensus over the sizes of OSG and SSG in Phase 1 should be reached.

Response: Noted and this will be deliberated in the November meeting once consensus is reached on the need for IPBES.

Concept Note
1. Concept Note Page(s): Line(s): Issue: Institutional arrangements	Gye-Yeong Hwang Government (ghwang21@paran.com) Republic of Korea

Considering social and economic consequences of spillover effects that may result from the activities of the Platform, each of the OSG and the SSG needs to be composed of more than one third of social scientists

Response: IPBES emphasizes balanced multi-disciplinary composition.

Concept Note
1. Concept Note Page(s): Line(s): Issue: Institutional arrangements	Gye-Yeong Hwang Government (ghwang21@paran.com) Republic of Korea

Decision-making processes are in need of elaboration.

Response: See working documents UNEP/IPBES/1/4 and UNEP/IPBES/1/5.

Concept Note
1. Concept Note Page(s): Line(s): Issue: Institutional arrangements	Gye-Yeong Hwang Government (ghwang21@paran.com) Republic of Korea

The frequency and schedule of the meetings in Phase 1 should be specified.

Response: See working documents UNEP/IPBES/1/4 and UNEP/IPBES/1/5, which will be used as a basis for deliberations at the November meeting.