IPBES invites national experts of nature and biodiversity to express comments on its next reports

IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) has launched the draft of two important report:

1. The "Nexus Assessment", that will contain an assessment of the interconnection between biodiversity, water, food and health (https://ipbes.net/nexus)
2. The "Transformative Change Assessment", to understand and identify the factors of human society at individual and collective level, that can be useful to make change in order to protect the biodiversity  (https://ipbes.net/transformative-change ).

In the frame of these activities, IPBES committee ask a critical review to the experts of the member Countries on the different chapters of the two reports.

Review dead-line:

Date e tempistiche della revisione:

• 31 July 2020: "Draft scoping report for the IPBES nexus assessment". Titolo del documento: Draft scoping report on assessing the interlinkages among biodiversity, climate, water, food, energy and health: fino al 31 luglio 2020
• 28 August 2020: "Draft scoping report for the IPBES trasformative changes assessment". Titolo del document: Draft scoping report on assessing the underlying causes of biodiversity loss and the determinants of transformative change (thematic assessment) to achieve the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity.

Confidentiality and privacy:

National experts wishing to participate in the review can send a request to ISPRA representatives acting as IPBES NFP:

Lorenzo Ciccarese, lorenzo.ciccarese@isprambiente.it

Valeria Giovannelli, valeria.giovannelli@isprambiene.it

Leonardo Tunesi, leonardo.tunesi@isprambiente.it