1. The regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Africa : summary for policymakers
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Archer, E., Dziba, L., Mulongoy, K. J., Maoela, M. A., Walters, M., Biggs, R. O., Marie-Christine Cormier Salem, Declerck, F., Diaw, M. C., Dunham, A. E., Failler, P., Gordon, C., Harhash, K. A., Kasisi, R., Kizito, F., Nyingi, W., Oguge, N., Osman-Elasha, B., Stringer, L. C., Luis Tito de Morais, Assogbadjo, A., Egoh, B. N., Halmy, M. W., Heubach, K., Mensah, A., Pereira, L., Sitas, N., University of Pretoria [South Africa], South African National Parks (SANParks), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research [South Africa] (CSRI), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research [Pretoria] (CSIR), Stellenbosch University, Patrimoines locaux, Environnement et Globalisation (PALOC), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Bioversity International [Montpellier], Bioversity International [Rome], Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR] (CGIAR)-Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR] (CGIAR), African Model Forests Network (AMFN), Rice University [Houston], University of Portsmouth, University of Ghana, Biodiversity Central Department, Ministry of Environment, Université de Montréal (UdeM), International Center for Tropical Agriculture [Colombie] (CIAT), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR] (CGIAR), National Museums of Kenya, University of Nairobi (UoN), Banque africaine de développement / African Development Bank (BAD), University of Leeds, Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR) (LEMAR), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Abomey Calavi (UAC), University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), Alexandria University [Alexandrie], Palmengarten der Stadt Frankfurt am Main (PalmenGarten), Group on Earth Observations (GEO), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université d’Abomey-Calavi = University of Abomey Calavi (UAC), and University of KwaZulu-Natal [Durban, Afrique du Sud] (UKZN)
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Africa ,[SDE]Environmental Sciences ,OS ,Biodiversity ,[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology - Abstract
International audience; The Regional Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for Africa 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.The present document, the Summary for Policymakers of the Assessment Report, was approved by the sixth session of the Plenary of IPBES (Medellín, Colombia, 18-24 March 2018). It is based on a set of chapters which were accepted at this same Plenary session. The chapters are available as document IPBES/6/INF/3/Rev.1 (www.ipbes.net).
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- 2018