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.Д¬ompiled by 145 expert authors from 50 countries over the past three years, with inputs from another 310 contributing authors, the Report assesses changes over the past five decades, providing a comprehensive picture of the relationship between economic development pathways and their impacts on nature. The IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is the most comprehensive ever completed. вЂњThe 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,вЂќ Watson said. By transformative change, we mean a fundamental, system-wide reorganization across technological, economic and social factors, including paradigms, goals and values.вЂќ вЂњThrough вЂtransformative changeвЂ™, nature can still be conserved, restored and used sustainably вЂ“ this is also key to meeting most other global goals. вЂњThe 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,вЂќ he said. We are eroding the very foundations of our economies, livelihoods, food security, health and quality of life worldwide.вЂќ вЂњThe health of ecosystems on which we and all other species depend is deteriorating more rapidly than ever.

вЂњThe overwhelming evidence of the IPBES Global Assessment, from a wide range of different fields of knowledge, presents an ominous picture,вЂќ said IPBES Chair, Sir Robert Watson. PARIS, 6 May вЂ“ Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history вЂ“ 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 вЂ“ 4 May) in Paris.

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