Research network publishes "10 Must Knows" on biodiversity

Leibniz Research Network Biodiversity presents recommendations for politics and society

The recently published "10 Must Knows from Biodiversity Research" cover aspects such as climate stress for German forests, the transformation of agriculture and the coronavirus that has spread from animals to humans. This inventory on the preservation of nature as the basis of human life has been compiled by more than 45 experts from the German Leibniz Research Network Biodiversity, including colleagues from IGB. In the run-up to the UN Biodiversity Conference in Kunming, China, and parallel to the preparatory meetings currently underway in Geneva, Switzerland, this report is intended to invite dialogue. At the same time, the researchers voice clear policy demands.

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In "10 Must Knows from Biodiversity Research", the authors present science-based and generally understandable facts about biodiversity. They analyse the complex systems of the Earth by highlighting ten key areas, each of which in turn is inextricably linked to all the others. They show paths to stop further loss of biodiversity and ecosystems and to promote biodiversity. Among other things, the 10 Must Knows call for climate and biodiversity protection to be addressed simultaneously, for the promotion of biocultural habitats - i.e. the diversity of life in its human-environment dimension -, for a transformation of agriculture, for the effective conservation of land and resources, and for more commitment to sustainability education and incentives for public and private investment in biodiversity.

The 10 Must Knows are: