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# Regional Assessement for Africa

### **Full report**

**The IPBES Regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Africa**\
DOI: <https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3236066>

> IPBES (2018). The IPBES Regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Africa. Archer, E., Dziba, L., Mulongoy, K. J., Maoela, M. A., and Walters, M. (eds). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. DOI: <https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3236066>

Download the [BibTeX file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Regional_Assessment_Africa/Bib/Regional_Asessment_Africa_Full_Report.bib). Download the [RIS file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Regional_Assessment_Africa/Ris/Regional_Assessment_Africa_Full_Report.ris).

### **Summary for Policy Makers**

**Summary for policymakers of the regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Africa of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services**\
DOI: <https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3236188>

> IPBES (2018). Summary for policymakers of the regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Africa. Archer, E., Dziba, L., Mulongoy, K. J., Maoela, M. A., Walters, M., Biggs, R., Cormier-Salem, M.-C., DeClerck, F., Diaw, M. C., Dunham, A. E.,Failler, P., Gordon, C., Harhash, K. A., Kasisi, R., Kizito, F., Nyingi, W. D., Oguge, N., Osman-Elasha, B., Stringer, L. C., Tito de Moralis, L., Assogbadjo, A., Egoh, B. N., Halmy, M. W., Heubach, K., Mensah, A., Pereira, L., and Sitas, N. (eds.). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. DOI: <https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3236188>

Download the [BibTeX file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Regional_Assessment_Africa/Bib/Regional_Assessment_Africa_SPM.bib). Download the [RIS file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Regional_Assessment_Africa/Ris/Regional_Assessment_Africa_SPM.ris).


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