Assessment Report on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services in Asia and the Pacific: A Primer

The Asia-Pacific region hosts some of the world’s most critical bio-geographical, bio-cultural and socio-economic diversity. These diversities face unprecedented threats, ranging from extreme weather events to sea-level rise, leading to severe loss of biodiversity, increasing vulnerability and rising levels of inequality.

Growing human-induced challenges and opportunities for people across the region are the focus of a major new scientific assessment report, one of five being prepared by inclusive teams of leading international experts working with the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).