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The IPBES regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Europe and Central Asia
Summary
This IPBES regional assessment analyses the status, trends, and drivers of biodiversity and ecosystem service change across Europe and Central Asia, covering terrestrial, freshwater, and coastal systems over recent decades and projecting forward to 2050. The report identifies governance options, policies, and management practices available to slow biodiversity loss and sustain nature's contributions to people in the region.
The Regional Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for Europe and Central Asia produced by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) provides a critical analysis of the state of knowledge regarding the importance, status, and trends of biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people. The assessment analyses the direct and underlying causes for the observed changes in biodiversity and in nature’s contributions to people, and the impact that these changes have on the quality of life of people. The assessment, finally, identifies a mix of governance options, policies and management practices that are currently available to reduce the loss of biodiversity and of nature’s contributions to people in that region. The assessment addresses terrestrial, freshwater, and coastal biodiversity and covers current status and trends, going back in time several decades, and future projections, with a focus on the 2020-2050 period.
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