Side Event

Building synergies between traditional and scientific knowledge systems in biodiversity monitoring and assessments – such as for the Aichi targets and IPBES

Organizer
Stockholm Resilience Centre in collaboration with the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity and Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Date and Time
17 October 2013 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Seventeenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

This side event will build on the outcomes of the In Depth Dialogue of the WG 8(j) 8 meeting; “Connecting diverse knowledge systems and science, such as in the IPBES, including gender dimensions”. It will present recent developments of methodologies for connecting traditional and scientific knowledge systems, for broader and richer evidence base in assesments such as in the IPBES or the monitoring of Aichi targets, and for the communities monitoring alike. The Community Based Monitoring and Information Systems (CBMIS) represents the bundle of methodologies developed by indigenous peoples and local communities for their own monitoring for the benefit of biological and cultural revitalization, human well-being and indigenous self-determination. The Multiple Evidence Base (MEB) approach highlights the importance of indigenous and local knowledge systems on their own terms to generate equally valid and useful evidence relevant to the sustainable governance of ecosystems and biodiversity. An explorative work with this approach is under development to be used in e.g. Aichi targets indicators follow up, as well as optionally for the IPBES.