In March, 2018, representatives of 127 Governments will receive, for approval, five landmark assessment reports describing the state of knowledge about biodiversity, ecosystems and nature’s contributions to people.
Prepared by more than 550 leading international experts from more than 100 countries, working with the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), the evaluations cover four world regions — the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Africa, and Europe and Central Asia, i.e. the whole world except Antarctica and the open oceans. The reports are scheduled for public launch in Medellin, Colombia at the 6th annual session of the IPBES Plenary (#IPBES6) in March 2018.
A fifth IPBES assessment report, also due to be approved and launched at the same meeting, examines land degradation and restoration, both regionally and globally.
The findings of the five IPBES reports will also be key inputs to a new comprehensive IPBES global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services, due for release in 2019, the first such evaluation since the authoritative 2005 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.
Access All the IPBES Assessment Report Message Primers Online at: www.ipbes.net/ipbes-6-primers
General Primer: www.ipbes.net/sites/default/files/downloads/general_message_primer_en.pdf
Land Degradation and Restoration: www.ipbes.net/sites/default/files/downloads/ldr_primer_en.pdf
Europe and Central Asia: www.ipbes.net/sites/default/files/downloads/eca_assessment_en.pdf
Asia-Pacific: www.ipbes.net/sites/default/files/downloads/asia_pacific_assessment_en.pdf
Africa: www.ipbes.net/sites/default/files/downloads/africa_assessment_en.pdf
The Americas: www.ipbes.net/sites/default/files/downloads/americas_assessment_en.pdf