3 September 2012: The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has announced the list of members as of 1 September 2012. IPBES has currently 92 members, including eight small island developing States (SIDS).

SIDS members of IPBES are: from Africa, Guinea-Bissau; from Asia and the Pacific, Fiji; and from the Caribbean, Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Saint Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago.

IPBES also has members from Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Western Europe and Other States. [IPBES List]