The IPBES regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Asia and the Pacific
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The Regional Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for Asia and the Pacific 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.
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Intensive use of land has been the dominant driver of the accelerating loss of terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.
“The intensive use of land, with the extraction of wood, agricultural commodities, and water, has until now been the dominant driver of degradation and desertification, as well as the associated accelerating loss of terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (1,2).”
From Restoring Degraded Lands (2021) · cites this paper as [2]
Intensive use of land, with extraction of wood, agricultural commodities, and water, has been the dominant driver of degradation and desertification.
“The intensive use of land, with the extraction of wood, agricultural commodities, and water, has until now been the dominant driver of degradation and desertification, as well as the associated accelerating loss of terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (1,2).”
From Restoring Degraded Lands (2021) · cites this paper as [2]
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- Authors
- IPBES
- Corresponding author
- IPBES
- Venue
- Zenodo
- Publisher
- Zenodo
- Published
- 2018-03-24
- OpenAlex
- W6930941660
- Cited by
- 46
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 5
- Type
- report
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- Locations
- Lincoln University Research Archive (Lincoln University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (cc-by)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Keywords
- biodiversity, ecosystem services, nature's contributions to people, biodiversity loss, drivers of biodiversity change, terrestrial biodiversity, freshwater biodiversity, coastal biodiversity, biodiversity governance, biodiversity policy, Asia-Pacific region
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