GEO BON

01/20/2022

Large synthesis led by GEO BON and bioDISCOVERY provides some key messages for Parties to the CBD to take into account while negotiating the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.
To hear from scientists, a webinar is organized on 25 January 2022: https://www.cbd.int/article/pre-geneva-2022-webinars/webinar-jan-25

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-scientists-urge-quick-deep-halt.html

Halting, then reversing the dangerous, ongoing loss of Earth's plant and animal diversity requires far more than an expanded global system of protected areas of land and seas, scientists warned today.

01/07/2022

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10/29/2021

Climate and biodiversity crises: "Solve both or solve neither"(Sveinung Rotevatn, Norway’s climate and environment minister)


For more reading:
https://ipbes.net/sites/default/files/2021-06/20210606%20Media%20Release%20EMBARGO%203pm%20CEST%2010%20June.pdf
https://zenodo.org/record/5101133/files/2021%20IPCC-IPBES%20worshop%20report_FRONT_V14_SINGLE.pdf?download=1
https://ipbes.net/events/launch-ipbes-ipcc-co-sponsored-workshop-report-biodiversity-and-climate-change

From destructive land use to invasive species, scientists have identified the main drivers of biodiversity loss – so that countries can collectively act to tackle them

10/29/2021

The UN climate summit COP26, or the 26th “Convention of the Parties" held in Glasgow, to discuss climate crisis, should not be acknowledged separately from COP15, the UN biodiversity summit in two parts, one online, from 11 October, 2021, and one planned to be held in-person, in Kunming, China, in April 2022. Lately, scientists have been calling for joined efforts to tackle unprecedented biodiversity loss and climate crises to achieve the best results.

Ecosystem collapse is as much a threat as the climate crisis, but valuing nature will help us meet these challenges

10/28/2021

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10/28/2021

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10/20/2021

Our fall 2021 newsletter is out!
Check it out for the latest updates from our network!

The UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (The Ocean Decade) has issued its second call for Actions (Programmes, Projects, Contributions – see here).