Synthesizing the scientific evidence to inform the development of the post-2020 Global Framework on Biodiversity

DÍAZ, SANDRA; BROADGATE, WENDY ; DECLERK, FABRICE ; DOBROTA, SUSANNA ; KRUG, CORNELIA ; MOERSBERG, HANNAH ; OBURA, DAVID; SPEHN, EVA ; TEWKSBURY, JOSHUA ; VERBURG, PETER ; ZAFRA-CALVO, NOELIA ; BELLON, MAURICIO ; BURGESS, NEIL ; CARIÑO, JOJI ; CASTAÑEDA-ALVAREZ, NORA ; CAVENDER-BARES, JEANINE ; CHAPLIN-KRAMER, REBECCA; DE MEESTER, LUC ; DULLOO, EHSAN ; FERNÁNDEZ-PALACIOS, JOSÉ MARÍA ; GARIBALDI, LUCAS A.; HILL, SAMANTHA ; ISBELL, FOREST; LEADLEY, PAUL ; LIU, JIANGUO; MACE, GEORGINA M. ; MARON, MARTINE ; MARTÍN-LÓPEZ, BERTA; MCGOWAN, PHILIP ; PEREIRA, HENRIQUE ; PURVIS, ANDY; REYES-GARCÍA, VICTORIA ; ROCHA, JUAN ; RONDININI, CARLO ; SHANNON, LYNNE ; SHAW, REBECCA ; SHIN, YUNNE-JAI ; SNELGROVE, PAUL ; STRASSBURG, BERNARDO ; SUBRAMANIAN, SUNEETHA ; VISCONTI, PIERO ; WATSON, JAMES ; ZANNE, AMY ; BRUFORD, MICHAEL ; COLLI, LICIA ; AZEREDO DE DORNELAS, MARIA ; BASCOMPTE, JORDI ; FOREST, FELIX ; HOBAN, SEAN ; JONES, SARAH ; JORDANO, PEDRO ; KASSEN, REES ; KHOURY, COLIN ; LAIKRE, LINDA ; MAXTED, NIGEL ; MILOSLAVICH, P

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Biológica

Recursos naturales renovables-Varios

This report is the result of a meeting which aimed to offer scientific guidance to the development under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework focussing on its contribution to the 2030 Mission and 2050 Vision. We provide a synthesis of the scientific and technical justification, evidence base and feasibility for outcome-oriented goals on nature and its contributions to people, including biodiversity at different levels from genes to biomes. The report is structured to respond to the Zero Draft of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.We commend:- The focus of the 5 high-level goals on the conservation of nature (Goals a-c), its sustained provision of benefits to people (Goal d) and fair and equitable sharing of benefits (Goal e);- The focus, at this high level, on outcomes (results to be achieved) for nature and people;- The focus on different facets of nature (or levels of organization within biodiversity): ecosystems, species and genetic diversity within species, each of them receiving the same level of importance.We stress:- That these goals cannot be fully achieved in isolation. Rather, each of them contributes synergistically to the achievement of the others.- That condensing the goals into fewer more compound goals would risk obscuring the multidimensionality of living nature and the complementarity of the outcome goals in achieving the long-term vision of the CBD.- The need to consider all ecosystems under the double perspective of conserving nature and ensuring the long-term provision of benefits to people. ?Natural? ecosystems provide essential benefits to people. At the same time, ?managed? ecosystems should not be considered as ?lost for nature?; they are places where certain functions of nature are managed to provide specific benefits, but also provide important opportunities for nature conservation and enhancing nature?s contributions to people.- The need to identify a reference year for measurement, and propose 2020 as a practical reference starting year, with the setting of goals for both 2030 and 2050.