Biodiversity expert says credible evidence should be basis for decisions that affect nature by United Nations News published on 2018-03-15T22:24:18Z All Governments should be basing environmental policies on peer-reviewed, evidence-based science, says Sir Robert Watson, Chair of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), which will present five major reports at its upcoming plenary session in Colombia. Omar Musni asked Sir Robert how IPBES reports seek to inform decision-making at every level. Photo: Sir Robert Watson, Chair of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), upon receiving the UNEP Champion of the Earth award for Science and Innovation, November 2014. Credit: UNEP, used under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 — cropped from original Genre News & Politics