Biodiversity decline in Africa

**Summary of the current state of biodiversity affairs in Africa** Footage courtesy by IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services). The video illustrates, but is not part of any of the IPBES assessment reports the 2018 IPBES media release refers to. The four regional assessments of biodiversity and ecosystem services, the result of three years of work, cover the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Africa, as well as Europe and Central Asia – the entire planet except the poles and the open oceans. The assessment reports were approved by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), in Medellín, Colombia, at the 6th session of its Plenary. IPBES has 129 State Members. IPBES is an independent intergovernmental body comprising 129 member Governments. Established by Governments in 2012. It provides policymakers with objective scientific assessments about the state of knowledge regarding the planet’s b