How do we address unprecedented biodiversity decline? - the IPBES Global Assessment and the opportunities for Australian law and policy

摘要

1. Nature underpins human existence, a good quality of life and what makes life worth living. 2. We are losing biodiversity at rates never before seen in human history. 3. The only way we can reverse unprecedented global biodiversity loss is if we fundamentally shift our current relationships with the natural world. The above are the key findings of the Global Assessment of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) - the world's largest ever global assessment of the state of biodiversity and nature's contribution to people. The Global Assessment is also the world's first intergovernmental global biodiversity report. A summary of the main conclusions of the Assessment was released on 6 May 2019.