Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
Media Release
Issued by the IPBES Secretariat on 16 October 2019
IPBES Announces First Private Sector Partnership for Biodiversity Science with Kering Group
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Posted on 16 Oct 2019
Posted on 07 Feb 2019
Introducing IPBES' 2019 Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
First global biodiversity assessment since 2005
Posted on 02 Aug 2018
Frankfurt, Germany – The first comprehensive overview for more than a decade of the state of knowledge about global biodiversity and the contributions of nature to people is nearing completion with a final meeting of authors this week at the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), in Frankfurt Germany.
Posted on 01 Jun 2018
The University of Helsinki will this week host a groundbreaking dialogue meeting (from 6-7 June) bringing together indigenous representatives and decision makers from the Arctic region - including the Arctic Council - with leading scientists and experts from around the world.
Posted on 11 May 2018
Biodiversity – the essential variety of life forms on Earth – continues to decline in every region of the world, significantly reducing nature’s capacity to contribute to people’s well-being. This alarming trend endangers economies, livelihoods, food security and the quality of life of people everywhere, according to four landmark science reports released today, written by more than 550 leading experts, from over 100 countries.
Posted on 26 Mar 2018
La causa principal de la pérdida de especies y factor de la migración de millones de personas para el año 2050 En el informe de evaluación de 3 años de referencia, más de 100 expertos describen los costos, peligros y opciones
Posted on 26 Mar 2018
Main cause of species loss & driver of the migration of millions of people by 2050 In landmark 3-year assessment report, 100+ experts outline costs, dangers & options
Issued by the IPBES secretariat on 23 March 2018
Posted on 24 Mar 2018
El bienestar humano está en riesgo. Los informes de referencia destacan opciones para proteger y restaurar la naturaleza y sus vitales contribuciones a las personas
Posted on 23 Mar 2018
Biodiversity – the essential variety of life forms on Earth – continues to decline in every region of the world, significantly reducing nature’s capacity to contribute to people’s well-being. This alarming trend endangers economies, livelihoods, food security and the quality of life of people everywhere, according to four landmark science reports released today, written by more than 550 leading experts, from over 100 countries.
Posted on 10 Jan 2018
To freely access the full text of the article in the 19 January 2018 edition of Science please use these links: (NB: Only available once published by Science and only free if accessed from this page on the IPBES website)
Posted on 07 Sep 2017
__Ordos, China__ – Leading world experts today in China presented an update on the first comprehensive evidence-based assessment of global land degradation and restoration, to be launched next March by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services’ (IPBES).
Posted on 20 Apr 2017
Experts are invited to participate in the external review of the four IPBES regional assessments of biodiversity and ecosystem services (for Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe and Central Asia) and the thematic assessment on land degradation and restoration. IPBES aims to finalize these five assessments at the sixth session of the IPBES Plenary, in March 2018.
Posted on 28 Mar 2017
Media release about new expert article published in Ecology Letters building on the IPBES Assessment on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production
Posted on 07 Mar 2017
The keynote message at the opening of the 5th IPBES Plenary session highlighted the complex links between action on climate change and protection of biodiversity.
Posted on 30 Nov 2016
Posted on 28 Oct 2016
Remarks by Dr. Anne Larigauderie, Executive Secretary of IPBES at the UN Talk, Celebrating UN Day and 20 Years of the UN in Bonn, Germany, 28 October 2016
Posted on 06 Sep 2016
The scoping report for a possible future assessment of the sustainable use of biodiversity by IPBES is open for review from 5 September 2016 until 2 October 2016. The document will then be revised by the experts and submitted for consideration by IPBES-5 in March 2016. Letter of invitation and template for response are here.
Posted on 05 Jul 2016
Posted on 16 Jun 2016
The IPBES task force and technical support unit on capacity-building are pleased to invite you to attend the third webinar of the IPBES Webinar Series. The webinar will take place 14:00-15:00 CEST, Thursday 23 June 2016. In this webinar, we will partner with Professor Simon Potts, co-chair of the IPBES Thematic Assessment of Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production, who will give a presentation on “The IPBES Pollination Report”.
Posted on 15 Jun 2016
The secretariat invites all expert reviewers with relevant knowledge and/or experience to register to review one or more chapters of the land degradation and restoration assessment. Interested reviewers are requested to fill the registration form for external reviewers.
Posted on 11 Mar 2016
IPBES invites the nomination of experts for Deliverable 2(c): Global assessment on biodiversity and ecosystem services and Deliverable 3(biii): Sustainable Use of Biodiversity. For more information and the application form, please click here. Deadline is 05 May 2016.
Posted on 10 Mar 2016
The IPBES pollination assessment report has been featured in more than 28 languages at 1,300+ online news sites in 81 countries (plus print newspaper and radio coverage).
Hyperlinks with these stories are available here