The Ninth Plenary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-9): sustainable use, values, and business (as usual)

The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) held its ninth plenary session in hybrid form at Bonn, Germany in July 2022. The plenary had a packed agenda with assessments on the Sustainable Use of Wild Species and Values of Biodiversity to consider, as well as discuss a Nature Future Framework and a scoping document for business and biodiversity. Here, we present key issues that emerged from the plenary and suggest some matters Platform members need to consider for the future.

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The ninth plenary session of IPBES was held in Bonn, Germany in July 2022. Key issues discussed included the assessment of the Sustainable Use of Wild Species and Values of Biodiversity, as well as the Nature Future Framework and a scoping document for business and biodiversity. We present the insights from the plenary and suggest matters for the consideration of Platform members.