**IPBES global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services** *May 2019* Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history – and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely, warns a landmark report of May 2019 from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), the summary of which was approved at the 7th session of the IPBES Plenary, meeting in Paris (29 April – 4 May 2019). More information on this important assessment report is available here: https://www.ipbes.net/news/Media-Release-Global-Assessment The ‘Second Global Assessment’ of biodiversity and ecosystem services is expected to be published in 2028.