At the national level, the Trialogue approach creates a three-way dialogue between scientists, policymakers and practitioners, including indigenous peoples and local communities, farmers, businesses, civil society and NGOs.
National Trialogues
About National Trialogues
Harnessing innovative facilitation techniques, the Trialogue creates a space for knowledge holders and stakeholders with a diverse set of expertise and experience – and who do not commonly communicate or collaborate – to join forces in addressing biodiversity and ecosystem services issues.
The Trialogue enables knowledge-sharing, conflict management and joint decision-making. It is a gender-responsive and inclusive approach, fostering a constructive dialogue between, within and among stakeholder groups, including science, policy and practice but also the private sector, non-governmental organizations, and indigenous and local knowledge holders.
Understanding and integrating local knowledge is particularly critical in order to:
- Understand the impacts and trade-offs of different policy recommendations in terms of their impact and appropriateness for the different local contexts
- Ensure that the proposed actions are fair, feasible, appropriate and achievable
- Engage local champions to support new approaches
The Trialogue in National Ecosystem Assessments
In the context of national ecosystem assessments, effective decision-making for the sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services requires cooperation between different stakeholders with complex power and interest dynamics.
The Trialogue encourages the identification, analysis and development of approaches to address the patterns that can either hinder or provide opportunities for collaboration between stakeholders involved in a national ecosystem assessment.
Upcoming Trialogues
Cameroon was one of the four countries that received support to carry out a national ecosystem assessment under the first phase of BES-Net (BES-Net I) in 2017. With political support...
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Past Trialogues
Learn about past Trialogues, including the regions and themes covered and the outcomes.
The First Kenya National Trialogue: Attaining Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Targets and Pollinator Conservation for Food Security
The National Trialogue is a BES-Net (Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network) initiative, uniting policy, practice and science communities around the topics of IPBES assessments, primarily land degradation and pollination. The National Trialogue in Kenya aims…
Towards the Kenya National Trialogue: Accelerating Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Implementation through Strengthened Science-Policy-Practice Interface
Towards the Kenya National Trialogue: Accelerating Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Implementation through Strengthened Science-Policy-Practice Interface Background The Inter-Governmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) recently undertook some global…
Viet Nam National Trialogue and Consultation Workshop
Hanoi, Vietnam Although Vietnam has hundreds of policies and regulations related to biodiversity conservation, it still lacks a comprehensive methodology and capacity for ecosystem assessment in the context of science-policy-practice…
Colombia National Trialogue
Bogota, Colombia. In preparation for the development of Chapter 5 “Indigenous and Local Knowledge” of the National Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (carried out with the IPBES methodology for…
Cameroon National Trialogue
Yaoundé, Cameroon Terms of Reference Agenda Day 1 and 2 Day 3