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Prepared by 150 leading international experts from 50 countries, balancing representation from natural and social sciences, and with input from another 250 experts, the Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services will be presented to representatives of 132 governments in Paris next week .
An approved version of the Summary for Policymakers is expected to be published in the media under strict embargo on Saturday, May 4 .
Global Biodiversity Assessment
According to some reports , up to a million France Mobile Number List species face extinction due to human influence, which has undermined the natural resources on which all life depends.
The report will provide an integrated overview of where the world stands in relation to key international goals, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Biodiversity loss is advancing a thousand times faster than it should
Setting priorities
Prepared by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) in Bonn, the report will be discussed, finalized and considered for approval at the five-day meeting at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. .
IPBES President, environmental scientist Robert Watson from the University of East Anglia in the UK said: “The loss of species, ecosystems and genetic diversity is already a global and generational threat to human well-being. Protecting nature's valuable contributions to people will be the defining challenge of the coming decades.
Three years in development, with a total cost of more than $2.4 million (€2.1 million), the IPBES Global Assessment is based on nearly 15,000 references, including scientific documents and government information. It is also the first global assessment to systematically examine and include indigenous and local knowledge, issues and priorities.
IPBES is the global science and policy forum providing evidence to all decision-makers about people and nature.
An approved version of the Summary for Policymakers is expected to be published in the media under strict embargo on Saturday, May 4 .
Global Biodiversity Assessment
According to some reports , up to a million France Mobile Number List species face extinction due to human influence, which has undermined the natural resources on which all life depends.
The report will provide an integrated overview of where the world stands in relation to key international goals, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Biodiversity loss is advancing a thousand times faster than it should
Setting priorities
Prepared by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) in Bonn, the report will be discussed, finalized and considered for approval at the five-day meeting at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. .
IPBES President, environmental scientist Robert Watson from the University of East Anglia in the UK said: “The loss of species, ecosystems and genetic diversity is already a global and generational threat to human well-being. Protecting nature's valuable contributions to people will be the defining challenge of the coming decades.
Three years in development, with a total cost of more than $2.4 million (€2.1 million), the IPBES Global Assessment is based on nearly 15,000 references, including scientific documents and government information. It is also the first global assessment to systematically examine and include indigenous and local knowledge, issues and priorities.
IPBES is the global science and policy forum providing evidence to all decision-makers about people and nature.