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Introduction: Setting the scene (2023)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J., Futhazar, G., & Maljean-Dubois, S. (2023). Introduction: Setting the scene. In Biodiversity Litigation (1-32). Oxford University Press

In 2020, the cognitive dissonance of environmental governance was made painfully clear. At the same time that the pandemic shed light on the disastrous and direct consequences of environmental degradation for the well-being of humans worldwide, envir... Read More about Introduction: Setting the scene.

Towards freezing global warming (2023)
Book Chapter
Phillips, N., Ayling, S. M., Ratcliffe, N. M., de Lacy Costello, B., Foord, W., Draper, T. C., …Razzaque, J. (in press). Towards freezing global warming. In Climate Change Policies: Science and Technology in Support of Policy-Making. World Symposium on Climate Change Policies

Numerous policies have been proposed to mitigate the problem of climate change as reducing emissions alone will not be sufficient. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), which captures carbon at the source, and Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs), whic... Read More about Towards freezing global warming.

Dismantling resource sovereignty in the context of the right to a healthy environment (2023)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (in press). Dismantling resource sovereignty in the context of the right to a healthy environment. In Order and Disorder in Geopolitics and Global Governance (161-181). Nomos

Resource sovereignty indicates the rights of the states to explore, develop and dispose of their natural resources and is set out in the UNGA Resolution 1803 which declares unequivocally that “[t]he right of peoples and nations to permanent sovereign... Read More about Dismantling resource sovereignty in the context of the right to a healthy environment.

Does public interest litigation act as an enabler of environmental justice? (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Razzaque, J. (2023, October). Does public interest litigation act as an enabler of environmental justice?. Presented at Guest Lecture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has emerged as a powerful tool that advocates environmental justice. It allows concerned citizens, environmental activists, and non-governmental organizations to initiate legal proceedings on behalf of the public or t... Read More about Does public interest litigation act as an enabler of environmental justice?.

Biodiversity litigation: Review of trends and challenges (2022)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J., Futhazar, G., & Maljean-Dubois, S. (2022). Biodiversity litigation: Review of trends and challenges. In Biodiversity Litigation (359-400). Oxford University Press

In the chapters of this book, we have learned a great deal about biodiversity litigation in all its forms. We have seen cases arising in all continents except Antarctica. We have seen jurisdictions where International Biodiversity Law (IBL) significa... Read More about Biodiversity litigation: Review of trends and challenges.

Transformative governance of biodiversity: Insights for sustainable development (2021)
Journal Article
Visseren-Hamakers, I. J., Razzaque, J., McElwee, P., Turnhout, E., Kelemen, E., Rusch, G. M., …Zaleski, D. (2021). Transformative governance of biodiversity: Insights for sustainable development. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 53, 20-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2021.06.002

While there is much debate on transformative change among academics and policymakers, the discussion on how to govern such change is still in its infancy. This article argues that transformative governance is needed to enable the transformative chang... Read More about Transformative governance of biodiversity: Insights for sustainable development.

Information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters (2020)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (2020). Information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters. In Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Law (58-72). (Second). Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Since the 1992 Rio Summit, increasing depletion of resources (such as land, water, energy and forests) as well as restricted access to these resources remain issues of global concern. Time and again, a lack of community engagement along with weak inf... Read More about Information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters.

Why protect ancient woodland in the UK? Rethinking the ecosystem approach (2020)
Journal Article
Razzaque, J., & Lester, C. (2021). Why protect ancient woodland in the UK? Rethinking the ecosystem approach. Transnational Environmental Law, 10(1), 135-158. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2047102520000333

Sites of ancient woodland in the United Kingdom (UK) are diminishing rapidly and the multi-functional forest management system with its fragmented approach fails effectively to protect such woodland. In the face of reports on the destruction of ancie... Read More about Why protect ancient woodland in the UK? Rethinking the ecosystem approach.

Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change (2019)
Journal Article
Díaz, S., Settele, J., Brondízio, E. S., Ngo, H. T., Agard, J., Arneth, A., …Zayas, C. N. (2019). Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change. Science, 366(6471), https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax3100

The human impact on life on Earth has increased sharply since the 1970s, driven by the demands of a growing population with rising average per capita income. Nature is currently supplying more materials than ever before, but this has come at the high... Read More about Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change.

Environmental impact assessment in the context of mangrove forest ecosystem management in Bangladesh: A case study of Rampal coal power plant project (2019)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (2019). Environmental impact assessment in the context of mangrove forest ecosystem management in Bangladesh: A case study of Rampal coal power plant project. In P. Cullet, & S. Koonan (Eds.), Research Handbook on Law, Environment and the Global South (207-230). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784717469.00020

The mangroves of the Sundarbans, spanning between Bangladesh and India, are recognized as an internationally important World Heritage and Ramsar site. It supports a wide range of ecosystem services that sustain the livelihoods of local poor communiti... Read More about Environmental impact assessment in the context of mangrove forest ecosystem management in Bangladesh: A case study of Rampal coal power plant project.

Environmental Rights: The Development of Standards (2019)
Book
Turner, S., Shelton, D., Razzaque, J., McIntyre, O., & May, J. (2019). J. May, O. McIntyre, J. Razzaque, D. Shelton, & S. Turner (Eds.), Environmental Rights: The Development of Standards. Cambridge University Press

Environmental rights, also known as the human rights or constitutional rights that are used for the protection of the environment, have proliferated over the last 45 years. However, the precise levels of protection that they represent has since been... Read More about Environmental Rights: The Development of Standards.

Global assessment Chapter 6: Options for decision makers (2019)
Report
Razzaque, J., & Visseren-Hamakers, . I. (2019). Global assessment Chapter 6: Options for decision makers. Paris, France: Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Servcies (IPBES)

In recent decades, the extent and scope of societal responses to environmental problems, including biodiversity decline, have been extensive and diverse. The outcomes, however, have been mixed across sectors and levels of governance, with limited suc... Read More about Global assessment Chapter 6: Options for decision makers.

A stock-taking of FPIC standards in international environmental law (2019)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (2019). A stock-taking of FPIC standards in international environmental law. In O. McIntyre, J. May, D. Shelton, S. Turner, & J. Razzaque (Eds.), Environmental Rights: The Development of Standards (195-221). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

With its roots in the international human rights law, free prior and informed consent (FPIC) is now integrated within the environmental law regime. The cross-fertilisation of FPIC standards from human rights laws to environmental laws is evident in t... Read More about A stock-taking of FPIC standards in international environmental law.

International Natural Resources Law, Investment and Sustainability (2017)
Book
Alam, S., Bhuiyan, J. H., & Razzaque, J. (2017). S. Alam, J. H. Bhuiyan, & J. Razzaque (Eds.), International Natural Resources Law, Investment and Sustainability. Routledge

The question of appropriate use of natural resources inevitably raises competing interests between the resource rich and resource hungry nations. Such conflict of interests are not new. Historically, resource abundant nations have been plagued with i... Read More about International Natural Resources Law, Investment and Sustainability.

Payments for Ecosystem Services in Sustainable Mangrove Forest Management in Bangladesh (2017)
Journal Article
Razzaque, J. (2017). Payments for Ecosystem Services in Sustainable Mangrove Forest Management in Bangladesh. Transnational Environmental Law, 6(2), 309-333. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2047102516000376

© 2017 Cambridge University Press. In the context of sustainable development, both developed and developing countries are implementing policies that encourage economic growth, environmental protection and social well-being in resource decisions. Acco... Read More about Payments for Ecosystem Services in Sustainable Mangrove Forest Management in Bangladesh.

Toxic ships, environmental crimes, and the North-South discourse (2017)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (2017). Toxic ships, environmental crimes, and the North-South discourse. In T. Bergin, & E. Orlando (Eds.), Forging a Socio-Legal Approach to Environmental Harms: Global Perspectives (154-182). Routledge

Notwithstanding the presence of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, the movement of hazardous waste has grown globally in the form of dumping of toxic and electronic waste, relocation... Read More about Toxic ships, environmental crimes, and the North-South discourse.

Sustainable agricultural investment and the global south (2017)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J., & Le, P. (2017). Sustainable agricultural investment and the global south. In S. Alam, J. H. Bhuiyan, & J. Razzaque (Eds.), International Natural Resources Law, Investment and Sustainability (263-286). Routledge

In this age of economic globalisation, the agricultural sector requires more investment to meet the global need for food and fuel security, and greater development needs in rural areas in the global South. However, a sharp increase in land acquisitio... Read More about Sustainable agricultural investment and the global south.

International natural resources law and sustainable investment: Principles and practices (2017)
Book Chapter
Alam, S., Jahid, B., & Razzaque, J. (2017). International natural resources law and sustainable investment: Principles and practices. In J. Razzaque, J. Bhuyian, & S. Alam (Eds.), International Natural Resources Law, Investment and Sustainability (15-44). Routledge

The authors argue that sustainable development and growth can be achieved by governments, but only through careful management of natural resources. The authors also argue that foreign investment is, perhaps paradoxically, increasingly perceived as a... Read More about International natural resources law and sustainable investment: Principles and practices.

Dismantling resource sovereignty in the context of the right to a healthy environment (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Razzaque, J. (2016, October). Dismantling resource sovereignty in the context of the right to a healthy environment. Presented at CPG's 7th Annual Conference: “The Great Game Reloaded: Order and Disorder in Geopolitics and Global Governance", Bangkok, Thailand

Quite how sovereignty is interpreted in the international environmental law remains less than straightforward and how sovereignty interacts with the right-based approach to promote sustainable development remains surprisingly under-explored. At the n... Read More about Dismantling resource sovereignty in the context of the right to a healthy environment.

UWE - Celebrating Bristol Green Capital 2015 activities catalogue (2016)
Report
Gough, G., Longhurst, J., Harris, V., Stephens, A., Smart, D., Holmes, I., …Bigg, M. (2016). UWE - Celebrating Bristol Green Capital 2015 activities catalogue

This catalogue showcases and celebrates examples of the work of the hundreds of UWE staff and students who contributed to Bristol Green Capital 2015.

UWE Celebrating Bristol Green Capital 2015 - Activities portfolio (supporting document for UWE Celebrating Bristol Green Capital 2015 activities catalogue) (2016)
Report
Gough, G., Longhurst, J., Putterill, T., Harris, V., Smart, D., Holmes, I., …Idle, J. (2016). UWE Celebrating Bristol Green Capital 2015 - Activities portfolio (supporting document for UWE Celebrating Bristol Green Capital 2015 activities catalogue)

This Activities Portfolio details projects, events and initiatives which represent the work of hundreds of UWE staff and students during Bristol's year as European Green Capital in 2015. It is the working file to accompany the UWE Green Capital 2015... Read More about UWE Celebrating Bristol Green Capital 2015 - Activities portfolio (supporting document for UWE Celebrating Bristol Green Capital 2015 activities catalogue).

International Environmental Law and the Global South (2015)
Book
Razzaque, J., González, C., Alam, S., & Atapattu, S. (2015). International Environmental Law and the Global South. Cambridge University Press

This book examines the ways in which the conflicting perspectives and priorities of the global North and the global South have compromised the effectiveness of international environmental law, including deadlocks in international negotiations and ina... Read More about International Environmental Law and the Global South.

Sustainable development versus green economy: The way forward? (2015)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J., & Alam, S. (2015). Sustainable development versus green economy: The way forward?. In S. Alam, S. Atapattu, C. González, & J. Razzaque (Eds.), International Environmental Law and the Global South (609-624). New York: Cambridge University Press

Integrated Water Resource Management, Public Participation and the 'Rainbow Nation' (2014)
Journal Article
Kleingeld, E. S., Razzaque, J., & Kleingeld, E. (2014). Integrated Water Resource Management, Public Participation and the 'Rainbow Nation'. African Journal of Legal Studies, 6(2-3), 213-247. https://doi.org/10.1163/17087384-12342026

© 2013 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. This article provides varied examples of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) and public participation interaction in South Africa. It critically examines the inadequate application of IW... Read More about Integrated Water Resource Management, Public Participation and the 'Rainbow Nation'.

Corporate responsibility in tackling environmental harm: Lost in the regulatory maze? (2014)
Journal Article
Razzaque, J. (2014). Corporate responsibility in tackling environmental harm: Lost in the regulatory maze?. Australasian Journal of Natural Resources Law and Policy, 16(2), 197-231

Environmental harm and corporate responsibility are increasingly being linked. While a number of approaches and techniques such as market instruments and enforcement are explored in the environmental, criminal and human rights law at the internationa... Read More about Corporate responsibility in tackling environmental harm: Lost in the regulatory maze?.

Constitutionalisation of rights: Influence of the right to a healthy environment in shaping the governance landscape of Asia (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Razzaque, J. (2013, April). Constitutionalisation of rights: Influence of the right to a healthy environment in shaping the governance landscape of Asia. Paper presented at “Rights in Environmental Governance: Explaining their Emergence, Examining their Effectiveness.”, New Haven, USA

This paper explores the influence of a right based approach on the effectiveness of environmental governance. The discussion focuses on the right to a healthy environment and its impact on the legislative and institutional governance in Asia. It prov... Read More about Constitutionalisation of rights: Influence of the right to a healthy environment in shaping the governance landscape of Asia.

Environmental governance in Europe and Asia: A comparative study of institutional and legislative framework (2012)
Book
Razzaque, J. (2012). Environmental governance in Europe and Asia: A comparative study of institutional and legislative framework. Routledge

This book looks at environmental governance in both Asia and Europe and offers a comparative analysis of the two regions in order to provide a better understanding of the concept of ‘environmental governance’ and its status in Europe and Asia. The bo... Read More about Environmental governance in Europe and Asia: A comparative study of institutional and legislative framework.

Natural resources and the green economy: Redefining the challenges for people, states and corporations (2012)
Book
Razzaque, J., & Blanco, E. (2012). J. Razzaque, & E. Blanco (Eds.), Natural resources and the green economy: Redefining the challenges for people, states and corporations. Brill

Considering that natural resources or green capital are the drivers of globalisation, this book focuses on the link between investment, trade and natural resource management in the context of the growing economic inequalities between states. It argue... Read More about Natural resources and the green economy: Redefining the challenges for people, states and corporations.

Information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters: Rio+20 appraisal (2012)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (2012). Information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters: Rio+20 appraisal. In J. H. Bhuyian, T. M. Chowdhury, E. J. Techera, & S. Alam (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Law (137-154). Abingdon: Routledge

Since 20 years of the Rio Declaration, we have seen a number of developments in the field of participatory rights where environmental agreements emphasise the need to include communities in the environmental decision making processes. Now and again,... Read More about Information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters: Rio+20 appraisal.

Resource sovereignty in the global environmental order (2012)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (2012). Resource sovereignty in the global environmental order. In J. Razzaque, & E. Blanco (Eds.), Natural Resources and the Green Economy: Redefining the Challenges for People, States and Corporations (81-110). Brill

Over the last two decades, the growth in the number of environmental regulations is influenced partly as a direct result of the obligations created under multilateral agreements. While a large number of regulations may be the outcome of the governme... Read More about Resource sovereignty in the global environmental order.

Unacknowledged and unwanted? Environmental refugees in search of legal status (2012)
Journal Article
Hing, N., Razzaque, J., & Höing, N. (2012). Unacknowledged and unwanted? Environmental refugees in search of legal status. Journal of Global Ethics, 8(1), 19-40. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449626.2011.635691

Environmental displacement is a global phenomenon affecting millions of people. Due to climate change and the corresponding sea-level rise, it is estimated that about eight million of indigenous people of Pacific Islands will be forced to settle else... Read More about Unacknowledged and unwanted? Environmental refugees in search of legal status.

Right to a healthy environment in human rights law (2010)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (2010). Right to a healthy environment in human rights law. In M. Baderin, & M. Ssenyonjo (Eds.), International Human Rights Law: Six Decades after the UDHR and Beyond (115-135). Ashgate

The human right to a healthy environment is indispensable for leading a life with human dignity. It is a prerequisite for the realization of other human rights. The fact that the environment and human rights are intrinsically linked, and that environ... Read More about Right to a healthy environment in human rights law.

Human rights to a clean environment: Procedural rights (2010)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (2010). Human rights to a clean environment: Procedural rights. In M. Fitzmaurice, & D. Ong (Eds.), Research Handbook On International Environmental Law (284-300). Edward Elgar

This chapter aims to provide an overview of the development of procedural environmental rights, and review the current interpretation, approaches and techniques of procedural rights in international and national laws. In the absence of any global fra... Read More about Human rights to a clean environment: Procedural rights.

Ecosystem services and human well-being in a globalized world: Assessing the role of law (2009)
Journal Article
Razzaque, J., & Blanco, E. (2009). Ecosystem services and human well-being in a globalized world: Assessing the role of law. Human Rights Quarterly, 31(3), 692-720. https://doi.org/10.1353/hrq.0.0098

There is no denying the close linkage between ecosystem services and human well-being. Human well-being is dependent on the sustainable management of ecosystem services. With economic globalization and free trade, there is an increasing demand for th... Read More about Ecosystem services and human well-being in a globalized world: Assessing the role of law.

Public participation in water governance (2009)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (2009). Public participation in water governance. In J. Dellapenna, & J. Gupta (Eds.), The Evolution of the Law and Politics of Water (353-372). Springer

Public participation in water management remains an evolving issue. International and regional instruments provide mechanisms for local community participation in water related projects and policies. This chapter gives an overview of the growing part... Read More about Public participation in water governance.

Linking human rights, development and environment: Experiences from litigation in South Asia (2007)
Journal Article
Razzaque, J. (2007). Linking human rights, development and environment: Experiences from litigation in South Asia

Despite having several procedural routes to bring actions in the court, public interest litigation seems to be the often-used tool used by the community groups in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh to protect the environment. In recent years, the decisio... Read More about Linking human rights, development and environment: Experiences from litigation in South Asia.

Protection of traditional knowledge and human rights obligations: The status of discussion in international organisations (2007)
Journal Article
Razzaque, J., & Ssenyonjo, M. (2007). Protection of traditional knowledge and human rights obligations: The status of discussion in international organisations. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 25(3), 401-436

Traditional knowledge and human rights are two fields that have largely developed separately despite being interrelated. A number of international institutions are pursuing different priorities related to the protection of traditional knowledge. The... Read More about Protection of traditional knowledge and human rights obligations: The status of discussion in international organisations.

Access to justice in environmental matters at member state level (2005)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (2005). Access to justice in environmental matters at member state level. In F. M. Thijs, & H. Somsen (Eds.), Yearbook of European Environmental Law (67-92). Oxford University Press

Access to justice has been a topic of interest in the EU even prior to the 1998 Aarhus Convention. The Aarhus Convention focuses on procedural rights and not substantive matters. While dealing with access to justice, Article 9 of the Convention takes... Read More about Access to justice in environmental matters at member state level.

Implementation of multilateral environmental agreements and integrated water resource management: What does national co-ordination achieve? (2005)
Journal Article
Razzaque, J. (2005). Implementation of multilateral environmental agreements and integrated water resource management: What does national co-ordination achieve?

At the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002, the international community agreed to develop integrated water resource management and water efficiency plans by 2005. Despite the slow progress in implementing this target, the... Read More about Implementation of multilateral environmental agreements and integrated water resource management: What does national co-ordination achieve?.

Trading water: The human factor (2004)
Journal Article
Razzaque, J. (2004). Trading water: The human factor. Review of European Community and International Environmental Law, 13(1), 15-26. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9388.2004.00380.x

This article briefly explores the status of water as a human right. It outlines the international commitments under the international and regional conventions, and judicial decisions outlining the nature of the right to water. It deals with the commo... Read More about Trading water: The human factor.

Legal and trade issues related to eco-labelling and challenges for Bangladesh (2003)
Journal Article
Razzaque, J. (2003). Legal and trade issues related to eco-labelling and challenges for Bangladesh

This article raises certain legal and policy issues arising from the use of labelling for environmental purposes (eco-labels) in international trade, and the implications for market access, particularly for developing country products. Of particular... Read More about Legal and trade issues related to eco-labelling and challenges for Bangladesh.

Community participation: UK planning reforms and international obligations (2002)
Journal Article
Razzaque, J., & Stookes, P. (2002). Community participation: UK planning reforms and international obligations. Journal of Planning and Environment Law, 786-795

Land use has a critical impact on the environment and sustainable development. The UK Government is concerned that the present land use system is neither efficient nor effective, that it is expensive and that there is delay over major decisions, whic... Read More about Community participation: UK planning reforms and international obligations.

Case law analysis: Application of public trust doctrine in Indian environmental cases (2001)
Journal Article
Razzaque, J. (2001). Case law analysis: Application of public trust doctrine in Indian environmental cases. Journal of Environmental Law, 13(2), 221-234. https://doi.org/10.1093/jel/13.2.221

Public park-Construction of underground shopping complex in park-Permission granted by city corporation-Entrusting construction to a private builder-Tenders not invited-Construction of Complex against Municipal Act and against development plan-Judici... Read More about Case law analysis: Application of public trust doctrine in Indian environmental cases.

Changing role of friends of the court in the international courts and tribunals (2001)
Journal Article
Razzaque, J. (2001). Changing role of friends of the court in the international courts and tribunals. Non-State Actors and International Law, 1(3), 169-200. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718070121003527

The paper examines the practice and procedures of a range of international courts and tribunals with regard to the submission of amicus curiae briefs by non-governmental actors. The focus is on the recent practice in the ICJ, WTO dispute settlement s... Read More about Changing role of friends of the court in the international courts and tribunals.

Biodiversity conservation: Future challenges
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (2017). Biodiversity conservation: Future challenges. In J. Razzaque, & E. Morgera (Eds.), Biodiversity and Nature Protection Law. Edward Elgar

This chapter examines the implications of multilateralism (section 36.1), the need for policy harmonisation at the international and national level (section 36.2), the influence of north-south dynamics in biodiversity conservation (section 36.3), the... Read More about Biodiversity conservation: Future challenges.

Biodiversity and Nature Protection Law
Book
Razzaque, J., & Morgera, E. (2017). J. Razzaque, & E. Morgera (Eds.), Biodiversity and Nature Protection Law. Edward Elgar

The unprecedented degradation of the planet’s vital ecosystems and species, and the consequent damage to the variability of life on Earth, are one of the most pressing issues confronting the international community. The purpose of this volume of the... Read More about Biodiversity and Nature Protection Law.

Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Report
Díaz, S., Settele, J., Brondízio, E., Ngo, H., Guèze, M., Agard, J., …Zayas, C. Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

This landmark report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) warns that nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history — and the rate of species extinctions is accelerati... Read More about Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.