Chapter 1 - The Convention of Biodiversity, the Global Biodiversity Framework and key international bodies
IPBES is an the intergovern-mental body, established in 2012, which assesses the state of biodiversity and of the ecosystem services it provides to society, in response to requests from decision makers.
The objective of IPBES is to strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, long-term human well-being and sustainable development.
IPBES wants to provide a scientific basis for global environmental decision making in order to allow that decisions are made on the best knowledge available. With this objective IPBES plays a similar role for global environmental agreements as the IPCC plays for the UN Climate Framework Convention.
IPBES depends on the work of individual scientists and experts from different disciplines, including natural sciences and social sciences.
The reports provided by IPBES try to compile as much knowledge as possible on a given topic, from scientific knowledge as well as indigenous and local knowledge, published in different sources and in different languages.
Further reading about IPBES: Introduction to IPBES