An overview of the 2017 report of the French academy of Sciences on biodiversity

Sandra Lavorel (1, 2) , Jean-Dominique Lebreton (3, 2) , Yvon Le Maho (4, 2)

1 LECA - Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine
2 Académie des sciences [Paris, France]
3 CEFE - Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive
4 DEPE-IPHC - Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie

In the present context of concerns for biodiversity, the French Academy of Sciences produced in 2017 a report entitled "Mechanisms of adaptation of biodiversity to climate change and their limits". We briefly review here the production process and structure of the report, and summarize its conclusions and recommendations. The conclusions emphasize the role of habitat fragmentation in the expected impact of climate change on biodiversity, in particular for organisms with limited dispersal abilities, and the disparities in species responses which must be taken to understand the future of species assemblages ("communities") under different scenarios of climate change. The recommendations cover the organization of biodiversity research and monitoring (development of observatories, key role of embedded time scales and modeling, integration of Human and Social Sciences), as well as critical domains such as Human, animal and plant health, agriculture and forestry policies, and management of the Environment.

Mots clés: Biodiversity; Climate change; Global change; Adaptation

Domaines: Sciences de l'environnement; Milieux et Changements globaux

Sandra Lavorel, Jean-Dominique Lebreton, Yvon Le Maho. An overview of the 2017 report of the French academy of Sciences on biodiversity. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2019, 91 (suppl 3), pp.e2019215. ⟨10.1590/0001-3765201920190215⟩. ⟨hal-02408888⟩