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| Launch of the Global Assessment Report in Paris |
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and
Ecosystem Services (IPBES) ended its one-week 7th Plenary meeting in
Paris on Saturday 4th May, 2019. The major outcome of this session
was the launch of the Global Assessment
Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. This report was prepared by about
150 scientists from 50 countries, who took about three years to research
existing scientific studies and reports. The Assessment Report painted a
relatively disappointing picture of human’s stewardship of nature…which appears
inconsistent with many of the National Reports on Biodiversity submitted by
Governments periodically, to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Two interesting summaries done by the BBC can be read here:
The IPBES official, advanced, unedited
Summary for Policy Makers can be found here:
The Government of Trinidad and Tobago was represented at the 7th
Plenary by Dr Rahanna Juman, Deputy Director of the Institute of Marine Affairs.
Another outcome of that meeting was the election of two members to the IPBES
Bureau from the Latin America and Caribbean group of countries (GRULAC). The
two members are Mrs. Anna Maria Hernandez of Colombia who was also voted in as the
new Chair of IPBES, and Dr Floyd Homer of Trinidad and Tobago. Dr Juman was also
elected to serve as the alternate to Dr Homer.
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| Dr Juman (extreme left) and fellow representatives from the Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC) |
(Photo courtesy: Dr R Juman)
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