Biodiversity provides many ecosystem services which are often taken for granted from cultural services such as beauty and tourism, to regulating services such as raw materials and food, even including habitat services such as carbon sequestration and the prevention of erosion. Since its establishment in 1992, the Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity has worked to conserve global biodiversity, ensure its sustainable use, and share in its benefits, including the transfer of relevant technologies.
This summer, I had the opportunity to further this mission as a Program Support Intern to the Planning, Monitoring, Reporting, and Review (PMRR) Unit of the Secretariat.
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