This document aims to provide background material for the BES-Net Regional Trialogue for Central Asia: Bright Spots for Land Degradation Neutrality, Pollinators and Climate Change to be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in October 2019.
The BES-Net Trialogues are multi-stakeholder dialogues among the three communities of policy, science and practice that focus on specific policy questions at the national and regional levels. This Trialogue, seeking to engage six Central Asian countries, namely Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, will bring together a diverse set of stakeholders in dialogue around the two IPBES global thematic assessment reports – namely 1) Thematic Assessment Report on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production; and 2) Thematic Assessment Report on Land Degradation and Restoration. The Trialogue will explore ways to integrate the key messages from the two assessments, emphasize the connections between the themes and highlight their relevance for achieving the land degradation related agendas in the Central Asian region, including LDN. The Trialogue will also take into account the findings and recommendations of the IPBES Regional Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for Europe and Central Asia as well as IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. The Trialogue will also consider the recently published Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Climate Change and Land.
