Science/policy interface
Arid zone ecology
Science communication
Biodiversity
MSc: Conservation Biology, University of Cape Town (2005)
B-Tech: Nature Conservation, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (2001)
National Diploma: Nature Conservation, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (1996)
生物多様性及び生態系サービスに関する政府間科学政策プラットフォーム（IPBES：Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services）は、生物多様性と生態系サービスに関する動向を科学的に評価し、科学と政策のつながりを強化する政府間のプラットフォームとして、2012年4月に設立された政府間組織で、事務局はドイツのボンに置かれています。本パンフレットはIPBESの機能、組織体制、作業計画や概念枠組、ならびに実施中及び計画中のアセスメントの概要等について説明しています。
These proceedings pertain to the JSPS-ICSSR seminar entitled ‘Understanding and Addressing Systemic Risks Behind the Socio-economic Impacts of Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Japan and India: Developing a Roadmap for a Resilient and Sustainable Future’. Led by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the Indian Institute...
In 2020, IGES and others reported that the United Nations’ Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its accompanying Aichi Biodiversity Targets would be replaced by a new framework to guide biodiversity planning at the national level. This framework, known as the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (GBF), was due to be proposed for...
各国の生物多様性計画の指針となる、国連の「生物多様性戦略計画2011-2020」および「愛知目標」が、2020年に新たな枠組に更新される。この新たな枠組は「ポスト2020生物多様性枠組と呼ばれ、同年10月に中国の昆明で開催される生物多様性条約第15回締約国会議（CBD-COP15）で審議、採択される予定だった。新型コロナウイルス感染拡大を受けた度重なる遅延の後、COP15の第1部は2021年10月11日から15日まで昆明において、ほぼオンラインで開催された。第2部は最終的に2022年12月7日から19日の間に、CBD事務局の本拠地であるカナダ・モントリオールで開催されることが決まり、ここで新枠組が採択される予定である。本稿ではその要点を概説した。
A hallmark of the media publicity surrounding COVID-19 has been the message that land change causes zoonotic diseases to spill over from wild animals to humans. The secondary peer-reviewed literature sends a similar message. However, as indicated in the primary peer-reviewed literature, the complexity of interacting variables involved in zoonotic...
An overview of the main outcomes and activities at the ninth meeting of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-9).
A brief overview of the major activities and outcomes of the ninth meeting of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). This meeting took place in Bonn on 3-9 July 2022.
A presentation of a paper written by Johnson, Mader, Dasgupta and Kumar in 2020, as part of an online event on citizen science. The original paper by Johnson et al. is available at https://www.iges.or.jp/en/pub/citizen-science-and-invasive-species/en.
This presentation presented a summary of the targets within the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (GBF) that relate to health. There are four such targets, which is a considerable proportion the total number, demonstrating the importance afforded to biodiversity and health.
Despite the growing global support for capacity building to improve soil management, the estimation and reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removals, especially from mineral soils in national GHG inventories, is still very limited. In 2021, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and FAO conducted a global survey to...
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is a multilateral environmental agreement on: (1) the conservation of biodiversity; (2) the sustainable use of the components of biological diversity; and (3) the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits
About Sustainability… is a podcast presented by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, featuring IGES staff and guests having in-depth discussions about sustainability-related topics.
This special webpage presents reports and publications related to the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF2020).
