CABES - Capacity Development for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Experts in West, Central & East Africa
- Keywords
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Capacity development, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
- Countries
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Overall: 38+ countries (West, East and Central Africa). Core countries (8): Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Gabon, Madagascar, Sierra Leone
- Summary
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CABES – Capacity Development for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Experts (www.cabes.online) aims to develop and strengthen the capacity of professionals in biodiversity-related fields in West, Central, and East Africa to engage in the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES, www.ipbes.net). Goal one is to inform national decision-making processes amongst multiple stakeholder groups including researchers, practitioners from the public and private sectors, as well as NGOs, indigenous & local knowledge (ILK) holders, women, and IPBES national focal points. Goal two is to establish a network of science-policy platforms to contribute to the implementation of the IPBES work programmes at national, sub-regional and regional level. Goal three is to train early-career scientists, researchers, and facilitators to manage science-policy interfaces (SPIs). Finally, CABES will develop capacities to support the implementation of political decisions for the management and sustainable use of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services/Nature’s Contributions to People (BES/NCP).
- Methodology
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CABES will develop and strengthen capacity in West, Central, and East Africa to engage in IPBES through different capacity building initiatives and setting up of science-policy platforms across geographic scales, including: (i) A capacity development programme and platform targeted at professionals; (ii) Education & capacity development programme through university course works targeting early-career professional; (iii) the establishment and/or strengthening of National platforms on biodiversity & Ecosystem Services that brings together national experts to identify and address policy gaps; and (iv) A “network of platforms” that connects science-policy platforms at sub-regional, regional scale and beyond to mainstream contributions to the IPBES work programme and its uptake, as well as to foster knowledge exchanges & south-south collaboration.
- Main Cooperation Partners
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- CoKnow Consulting, Germany
- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), United Kingdom,
- West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change & Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), Burkina Faso.
- African Center of Excellence on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture (CEA-CCBAD), Université Félix Houphouët Boigny (UFHB), Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- Horn of Africa Regional Environment Center and Network (HoAREC), Ethiopia
- Faculty of Agronomic Sciences of the Université de Lubumbashi (FSA-UNILU), Democratic Republic of Congo
- Main Funding Partners
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The International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV).
- Duration of the Project
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15.02.2022 – 31.01.2030
- Project Homepage
- https://www.cabes.online/
- Team
