{"id":11967,"date":"2019-05-07T12:36:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T10:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/?p=11967"},"modified":"2023-05-08T15:26:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T13:26:26","slug":"un-report-natures-dangerous-decline-unprecedented-species-extinction-rates-accelerating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/pt-br\/un-report-natures-dangerous-decline-unprecedented-species-extinction-rates-accelerating\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Report: Nature\u2019s Dangerous Decline \u2018Unprecedented\u2019; Species Extinction Rates \u2018Accelerating\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

United Nations, 6 May 2019 | Source<\/a><\/p>\n

Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history \u2013 and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely, warns a landmark new report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), the summary of which was approved at the 7th session of the IPBES Plenary, meeting last week (29 April \u2013 4 May) in Paris.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe overwhelming evidence of the IPBES Global Assessment, from a wide range of different fields of knowledge, presents an ominous picture,\u201d said IPBES Chair, Sir Robert Watson. \u201cThe health of ecosystems on which we and all other species depend is deteriorating more rapidly than ever. We are eroding the very foundations of our economies, livelihoods, food security, health and quality of life worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Report also tells us that it is not too late to make a difference, but only if we start now at every level from local to global,\u201d he said. \u201cThrough \u2018transformative change\u2019, nature can still be conserved, restored and used sustainably \u2013 this is also key to meeting most other global goals. By transformative change, we mean a fundamental, system-wide reorganization across technological, economic and social factors, including paradigms, goals and values.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe member States of IPBES Plenary have now acknowledged that, by its very nature, transformative change can expect opposition from those with interests vested in the status quo, but also that such opposition can be overcome for the broader public good,\u201d Watson said.<\/p>\n

The IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is the most comprehensive ever completed. It is the first intergovernmental Report of its kind and builds on the landmark Millennium Ecosystem Assessment of 2005, introducing innovative ways of evaluating evidence.<\/p>\n

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Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services – IPBES<\/a><\/p>\n