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04 Jul 2022, 10:32 GMT+10
IPS interviews Dr Anne Larigauderie, the Executive Secretary of IPBES
Dr Anne Larigauderie, the Executive Secretary of IPBES. Credit: IPBES
New Delhi, Jul 3 2022 (IPS) - Speaking to IPS about the importance of biodiversity and nature's contributions to people, Dr Anne Larigauderie, Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), stressed the importance of moving from knowledge and policy silos to a more integrated approach to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially those related to food, water, health, climate change, and energy, which can only be achieved together with the two goals related to biodiversity.
Larigauderie said it was crucial to provide resources and build capacity in under-resourced developing countries where much of the remaining biodiversity is located. Financial resources were particularly needed, she said, to fund global biodiversity observing systems in order to monitor biodiversity in order to follow progress according to internationally agreed indicators and targets. She was speaking to IPS ahead of the ninth session of the IPBES Plenary (#IPBES9) in Bonn, Germany.
IPBES harnesses the best expertise from across a wide range of scientific disciplines and knowledge communities to provide policy-relevant evidence and knowledge, thus helping to catalyse the implementation of knowledge-based policies at all levels of government, the private sector and civil society.
In the face of the worsening climate crisis and rapid biodiversity loss, IPBES' role has been growing in importance since it was established in 2012.
IPBES' first thematic assessment, on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production (2016) brought a global focus to issues relating to the protection and importance of all pollinators, and has since resulted in a number of strong policy changes and actions globally, nationally and locally.
At #IPBES9, 139 member governments are expected to approve two crucial new scientific assessment reports, one regarding the sustainable use of wild species and the other regarding nature's diverse values and valuation.
Four years in development, the 'Sustainable Use Assessment' has been written by 85 leading experts, drawing on more than 6,200 references, while the 'Values Assessment' has 82 top expert authors, drawing on more than 13,000 references.
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