The meeting that will see the launch has begun in Medellin, Columbia
The sixth session of Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), which is being held at Medellin, Columbia from March 17-24, will see the launch of four major regional biodiversity and one land quality assessment reports. This meeting will be attended by 750 world experts and policy makers.
During the meeting, IPBES executive secretary Anne Larigauderie said, “The ambitious nature of IPBES-6 is the expected approval of five assessments.”
The five major assessments were done in America, Asia and the Pacific, Africa, Europe and central Asia. Over three years, 550 scientists have studied the biodiversity in these regions to lay out the current status of biodiversity and land quality at a global scale.
This meeting has been held for all the experts and key stakeholders to come together and release the five assessments reports. After the release, the experts will move further towards the IPBES final report, which is due for release in 2019. Keeping these five assessments as key inputs, a comprehensive IPBES global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services will be released in 2019.
These assessments are very important and can prove helpful for decision makers to evaluate and further make progress on the global development commitments such a sustainable development goals, the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the Paris Agreement on climate change.
The discussions on the assessments will continue till March 24. On March 23, the reports will be released on a public forum.
We are a voice to you; you have been a support to us. Together we build journalism that is independent, credible and fearless. You can further help us by making a donation. This will mean a lot for our ability to bring you news, perspectives and analysis from the ground so that we can make change together.
.png)
Comments are moderated and will be published only after the site moderator’s approval. Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name. Selected comments may also be used in the ‘Letters’ section of the Down To Earth print edition.