MULTIPLE EVIDENCE BASE (MEB) The Multiple Evidence Base (MEB) is an

approach for connecting knowledge systems, building dialogue and mobilizing existing knowledge for assessments and improved policy such as potentially within IPBES. It is also a way to support and enhance existing mechanisms for learning and decision-making in response to the dynamics of social-ecologi-cal systems at all scales. Indigenous and local knowledge systems are increasingly recognized and brought forward as sources of understand-ing on ecosystem dynamics, sustainable practices, and interdependencies between people and nature; a potential that often has not informed decision making on ecosystem management beyond the local level. In some regions and at some temporal and spatial scale, our sole source o