The report of the new IPBES assessment, co-chaired by Jean-Marc Fromentin (Ifremer MARBEC France) with Marla R. Emery (USA/Norway) and John Donaldson (South Africa), calls for sustainable management of wildlife to safeguard the well-being of billions of people and halt the decline of biodiversity.
"This report is the first comprehensive assessment of our use of wildlife… With around 50,000 wild species used through different practices, including more than 10,000 wild species harvested directly for food, rural populations in developing countries are most at risk of unsustainable use, with lack of complementary alternatives often forces them to further exploit wild species already at risk," said Jean-Marc Fromentin.
Published on Friday 8 July, it's the result of four years of work by 85 leading social and natural science experts and indigenous and local knowledge holders, as well as more than 200 contributing authors; more than 6200 sources were consulted. Meeting from 3 to 9 July in Bonn, Germany, the 139 IPBES member countries approved the report's summary.
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Reference: Summary for policymakers of the thematic assessment of the sustainable use of wild species of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. J.-M. Fromentin, M.R. Emery, J. Donaldson, M.-C. Danner, A. Hallosserie, D. Kieling, G. Balachander, E. Barron, R.P. Chaudhary, M. Gasalla, M. Halmy, C. Hicks, M.S. Park, B. Parlee, J. Rice, T. Ticktin, and D. Tittensor (eds.). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. 33 pages. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6425599