Scientific Assessment
2019
Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
Summary
A global assessment of the state of nature, the direct and indirect drivers of biodiversity loss, and the options for transformative change.
Original summary written for The Free Degrees. Not an official abstract.
Key themes
Status and trends of nature
Direct and indirect drivers of change
Pathways toward sustainability
Findings
Findings are not restated here. Please read them in the original source, where they appear with their stated confidence and context.
Citation
IPBES (2019). Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. IPBES Secretariat, Bonn.