The Final Meeting of the International Steering Committee of the Consultative Process Towards an International Mechanism of Scientific Expertise on Biodiversity (IMoSEB) was held from 15-17 November 2007, in Montpellier, France.

The meeting addressed outcomes from six regional consultations that have taken place in the North American, African, European, Asian, South American, and the Pacific regions since January 2007. Participants focused on the needs and options for an IMoSEB, as well as on how to improve the science-policy interface for biodiversity at all levels. In their final Statement, the International Steering Committee, while not recommending the formation of a new institution, agreed to invite donors and governments to provide support for the further and urgent consideration of the establishment of a science-policy interface. It further invited the Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and others to convene a meeting to consider establishing such an interface.
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