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Species adaptation to environmental change: the need to integrate genetic diversity into monitoring, spatial planning, and restoration.

Session 25

Further information about the session

Keywords: Genetic biodiversity, Evolutionary processes, Ecosystem function, Aquatic, Terrestrial  
Language: English
Time and venue: 15:30-17:00, Wallenbergsalen
Organisers:

  • Linda Laikre, Stockholm University
  • Kerstin Johannesson, University of Gothenburg
  • Pierre De Wit, University of Gothenburg
  • Mikael Pontarp Lund University 
  • Henrik Smith, Lund University

Strategy for transformative change in focus for the session

IPBES highlights 5 complementary key strategies for transformative change: From conserving vital places to shifting values. Together these create pathways to just and sustainable futures. Learn more: IPBES Transformative Change Assessment: Chapter 5. Realizing a sustainable world for nature and people: transformative strategies, actions and roles for all

As indicated in the illustration below, session 25 focuses mainly on the strategies

2: Drive systemic change in the sectors most responsible for nature’s decline
5: Shift views and values to recognize human-nature interconnectedness