# Global Assessment ### Full report **Global assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services**\ DOI: > IPBES (2019). Global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (pp. 1-1082). Brondízio, E. S., Settele, J., Díaz, S., and Ngo, H. T. (eds). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. \ > DOI: Download the [BibTeX file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Global_Assessment/Bib/Global_Assessment_Full_Report.bib). Download the [RIS file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Global_Assessment/Ris/Global_Assessment_Full_Report.ris). ### Summary for Policymakers **Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services**\ DOI: > IPBES (2019). Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (pp. XIV-LXI). Díaz, S., Settele, J., Brondízio, E. S., Ngo, H. T., Guèze, M., Agard, J., Arneth, A., Balvanera, P., Brauman, K. A., Butchart, S. H. M., Chan, K. M. A., Garibaldi, L. A., Ichii, K., Liu, J., Subramanian, S. M., Midgley, G. F., Miloslavich, P., Molnár, Z., Obura, D., Pfaff, A., Polasky, S., Purvis, A., Razzaque, J., Reyers, B., Roy Chowdhury, R., Shin, Y. J., Visseren-Hamakers, I. J., Willis, K. J., and Zayas C.N. (eds.). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. \ > DOI: Download the [BibTeX file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Global_Assessment/Bib/Global_Assessment_SPM.bib). Download the [RIS file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Global_Assessment/Ris/Global_Assessment_SPM.ris). ### Chapter 1 **Chapter 1: Assessing a planet in transformation: Rationale and approach of the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service**\ DOI: > Brondízio, E. S., Díaz, S., Settele, J., Ngo, H. T., Guèze, M., Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Y., Bai, X., Geschke, A., Molnár, Z., Niamir, A., Pascual, U., Simcock, A., and Jaureguiberry, P. (2019). Chapter 1: Assessing a planet in transformation: Rationale and approach of the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service. In: Global assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (pp. 1-48). Brondízio, E. S., Settele, J., Díaz, S., and Ngo, H. T. (eds). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. \ > DOI: [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3831852](http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3831852) Download the [BibTeX file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Global_Assessment/Bib/Global_Assessment_Chapter1.bib). Download the [RIS file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Global_Assessment/Ris/Global_Assessment_Chapter1.ris). ### Chapter 2.1 **Chapter 2.1. Status and Trends – Drivers of Change**\ DOI: > Balvanera, P., Pfaff, A., Viña, A., García-Frapolli, E., Merino, L., Minang, P. A., Nagabhatla, N., Hussain, S. A., and Sidorovich, A. A. (2019) Chapter 2.1. Status and Trends – Drivers of Change. In: Global assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (pp. 49-200). Brondízio, E. S., Settele, J., Díaz, S., and Ngo, H. T. (eds). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. \ > DOI: [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3831881](http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3831881) Download the [BibTeX file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Global_Assessment/Bib/Global_Assessment_Chapter2.1.bib). Download the [RIS file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Global_Assessment/Ris/Global_Assessment_Chapter2.1.ris). ### Chapter 2.2 **Chapter 2.2. Status and Trends – Nature**\ DOI: > Purvis, A., Molnar, Z., Obura, D., Ichii, K., Willis, K., Chettri, N., Dulloo, E., Hendry, A., Gabrielyan, B., Gutt, J., Jacob, U., Keskin, E., Niamir, A., Öztürk, B., Salimov, R., and Jaureguiberry, P. (2019). Chapter 2.2. Status and Trends – Nature. In: Global assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (pp. 201-308). Brondízio, E. S., Settele, J., Díaz, S., and Ngo, H. T. (eds). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. \ > DOI: [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3832005](http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3832005) Download the [BibTeX file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Global_Assessment/Bib/Global_Assessment_Chapter2.2.bib). Download the [RIS file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Global_Assessment/Ris/Global_Assessment_Chapter2.2.ris). ### Chapter 2.3 **Chapter 2.3. Status and Trends – Nature’s Contributions to People (NCP)** \ DOI: > Brauman, K. A., Garibaldi, L. A., Polasky, S., Zayas, C., Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Y., Brancalion, P., DeClerck, F., Mastrangelo, M., Nkongolo, N., Palang, H., Shannon, L., Shrestha, U. B., and Verma, M. (2019). Chapter 2.3. Status and Trends – Nature’s Contributions to People (NCP). In: Global assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (pp. 309-384). Brondízio, E. S., Settele, J., Díaz, S., Ngo, and H. T. (eds). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. \ > DOI: [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3832035](http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3832035) Download the [BibTeX file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Global_Assessment/Bib/Global_Assessment_Chapter2.3.bib). Download the [RIS file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Global_Assessment/Ris/Global_Assessment_Chapter2.3.ris). ### Chapter 3 **Chapter 3. Assessing progress towards meeting major international objectives related to nature and nature's contributions to people**\ DOI: > Butchart, S. H. M., Miloslavich, P., Reyers, B., Subramanian, S. M., Adams, C., Bennett, E., Czúcz, B., Galetto, L., Galvin, K., Reyes-García, V., Gerber, L. R., Bekele, T., Jetz, W., Kosamu, I. B. M. K., Palomo, M. G., Panahi, M., Selig, E. R., Singh, G. S., Tarkhnishvili, D., Xu, H., Lynch, A. J., Mwampamba, T. H., and Samakov, A. (2019). Chapter 3. Assessing progress towards meeting major international objectives related to nature and nature’s contributions to people. In: Global assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (pp. 385-598). Brondízio, E. S., Settele, J., Díaz, S., and Ngo, H. T. (eds). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. \ > DOI: [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3832052](http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3832052) Download the [BibTeX file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Global_Assessment/Bib/Global_Assessment_Chapter3.bib). Download the [RIS file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Global_Assessment/Ris/Global_Assessment_Chapter3.ris). ### Chapter 4 **Chapter 4: Plausible futures of nature, its contributions to people and their good quality of life**\ DOI: > Shin, Y. J., Arneth, A., Roy Chowdhury, R., Midgley, G. F., Leadley, P., Agyeman Boafo, Y., Basher, Z., Bukvareva, E., Heinimann, A., Horcea-Milcu, A. I., Kindlmann, P., Kolb, M., Krenova, Z., Oberdorff, T., Osano, P., Palomo, I., Pichs Madruga, R., Pliscoff, P., Rondinini, C., Saito, O., Sathyapalan, J., and Yue, T. (2019). Chapter 4: Plausible futures of nature, its contributions to people and their good quality of life. In: Global assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (pp. 599-766). Brondízio, E. S., Settele, J., Díaz, S., and Ngo, H. T. (eds). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. \ > DOI: [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3832073](http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3832073) Download the [BibTeX file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Global_Assessment/Bib/Global_Assessment_Chapter4.bib). Download the [RIS file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Global_Assessment/Ris/Global_Assessment_Chapter4.ris). ### Chapter 5 **Chapter 5. Pathways towards a Sustainable Future**\ DOI: > Chan, K. M. A., Agard, J., Liu, J., Dutra De Aguiar, A. P., Armenteras Pascual, D., Boedhihartono, A. K., Cheung, W. W. L., Hashimoto, S., Hernández-Pedraza, G. C., Hickler, T., Jetzkowitz, J., Kok, M., Murray-Hudson, M., O’Farrell, P., Satterfield, T., Saysel, A. K., Seppelt, R., Strassburg, B., Xue, D., Selomane, O., Balint, L., and A. Mohamed. (2019). Chapter 5. Pathways towards a Sustainable Future. In: Global assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (pp. 767-874). Brondízio, E. S., Settele, J., Díaz, S., and Ngo, H. T. (eds). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. \ > DOI: [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3832099](http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3832099) Download the [BibTeX file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Global_Assessment/Bib/Global_Assessment_Chapter5.bib). Download the [RIS file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Global_Assessment/Ris/Global_Assessment_Chapter5.ris). ### Chapter 6 **Chapter 6. Options for Decision Makers**\ DOI: > Razzaque, J., Visseren-Hamakers, I. J., McElwee, P., Rusch, G. M., Kelemen, E., Turnhout, E., Williams, M. J., Gautam, A. P., Fernandez-Llamazares, A., Chan, I., Gerber, L. R., Islar, M., Karim, S., Lim, M., Liu, J., Lui, G., Mohammed, A., Mungatana, E., and Muradian R. (2019). Chapter 6. Options for Decision Makers. In: Global assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (pp. 875-1028). Brondízio, E. S., Settele, J., Díaz, S., and Ngo, H. T. (eds). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. \ > DOI: [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3832107](http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3832107) Download the [BibTeX file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Global_Assessment/Bib/Global_Assessment_Chapter6.bib). 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