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  • E-Conferences on Scoping Transformative Change and Nexus Assessments
    Transformative Change: 30 Sep - 2 Oct | Nexus: 9 - 11 Oct
  • Sustainable Use of Wild Species - Review of First Order Draft
    Review open until 20 October
  • Call for Nominations for Scoping of 'Nexus' and 'Transformative Change' Assessments
    Apply by 15 October | Details available in all UN languages
  • Review of Values Assessment First Order Draft
    Review Period Open 29 July - 22 September
    What values does nature hold for you? Help review this landmark assessment
  • The IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
    Click here to access the summary for policymakers and the chapters of the Global Assessment
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    Media Release: Nature’s Dangerous Decline ‘Unprecedented’; Species Extinction Rates ‘Accelerating’

Welcome to IPBES

The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is the intergovernmental body which assesses the state of biodiversity and of the ecosystem services it provides to society, in response to requests from decision makers.

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News

IPBES Chair Ana María Hernández speaks with The Guardian's Damian Carrington

Read the complete interview here

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Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Draft Chapters Available Now

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Przewalski's Horses - Mongolia

How did IPBES Estimate '1 Million Species At Risk of Extinction' in #GlobalAssessment Report

Explanatory Note by Dr. Andy Purvis

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IPBES invited by U.S. Congress to Testify on the #GlobalAssessment

On 22 May, IPBES experts, including Sir Bob Watson, will testify before the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Notifications

19 Sep 2019 to 11 Oct 2019

REMINDER: Online conference scoping process of the IPBES nexus assessment

Download EM/2019/18
03 Sep 2019 to 15 Oct 2019

Opportunity to provide early input to the scoping process of the IPBES nexus and transformative change assessments: Online conferences

Download EM/2019/17
27 Aug 2019 to 20 Oct 2019

First external review now open for the IPBES sustainable use assessment

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05 Aug 2019 to 15 Oct 2019

Call for nominations of experts to assist with the scoping of a thematic assessment of the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food and health

Download EM/2019/14
05 Aug 2019 to 15 Oct 2019

Call for nominations of experts to assist with the scoping of a thematic assessment of the underlying causes of biodiversity loss and the determinants of transformative change and options for achieving the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity

Download EM/2019/15
29 Jul 2019 to 22 Sep 2019

First external review now open for the IPBES values assessment

Download EM/2019/13
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Upcoming Events

29 Jul 2019 to 22 Sep 2019

Review of the first order draft of the values assessment

08 Oct 2019 to 09 Oct 2019

ILK dialogue workshop for the first order drafts of the sustainable use assessment

Montreal
26 Aug 2019 to 20 Oct 2019

Review of the first order draft of the sustainable use assessment

21 Oct 2019 to 25 Oct 2019

2nd author meeting for the values assessment

Vitoria-Gasteiz
11 Nov 2019 to 14 Nov 2019

Joint meeting of the task forces

Bonn
15 Nov 2019 to 16 Nov 2019

ILK dialogue workshop for the invasive alien species assessment

Montreal
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