Impact Tracking Page
Welcome to the IPBES Impact Tracking Database (TRACK).
The purpose of TRACK is to record, document and share examples of the use of IPBES outputs, such as the IPBES assessment reports, in decision-making or in science.
TRACK is not designed to be comprehensive, analytically rigorous or serve a wider monitoring function – it makes no claim to be an exhaustive list of IPBES impacts. It is, instead, an indicative list for the primary purpose of IPBES communications, outreach and public relations. Apart from a basic eligibility screening, the IPBES secretariat does not independently verify the examples listed in TRACK, which are primarily gleaned from third party stakeholders, media reports and similar sources.
Should you wish to contribute an example of IPBES impact, please go to the TRACK submission portal: https://ipbes.net/impact-tracking . If you wish to alert the secretariat to any inaccuracy or anything objectionable in TRACK, please do so by emailing this information. Click to email us
TRACK
| Title | Type(s) of impacts generated | Impact date | Scale of impact | Region of Impact | Country/ies of impact | Website | Relevant IPBES deliverable(s) | edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsar Global Wetland Outlook Builds on IPBES Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment | New/changed research project | 01 Sep 2018 | Organizational | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Indigenous and local knowledge systems (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Land degradation and restoration assessment, Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Values assessment | |||
| Project to reforest Dry Corridor of Central America and Dominican Republic partially premised on IPBES Report | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Aug 2018 | Subregional | Americas | Costa Rica (le), République dominicaine (la), Mexique (le), Panama (le) | website | Americas assessment | |
| DRC creates national biodiversity and ecosystem services task force on strength of IPBES Africa assessment | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Aug 2018 | National | Africa | République démocratique du Congo (la) | website | Africa assessment | |
| IPBES cited in draft EU guidance on a strategic framework supporting green and blue infrastructure | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Aug 2018 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | website | |||
| UNESCO identifies UNESCO-related actions to address drivers of biodiversity change identified by IPBES | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jul 2018 | Global | website | Land degradation and restoration assessment, Regional assessments | |||
| French CEOs sign Act4Nature corporate pledge partly based on results of IPBES Assessment Reports | New/changed commitment | 01 Jul 2018 | National | Europe and Central Asia | France (la) | website | Europe and Central Asia assessment, Land degradation and restoration assessment, Regional assessments | |
| EU Pollinators Initiative informed by IPBES Pollinators Assessment | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jun 2018 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | website | Pollination assessment | ||
| Brazilian real estate developer cites IPBES Land Degradation Assessment in actions to reduce environmental impact of construction | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jun 2018 | State/Provincial | Americas | Brésil (le) | website | Land degradation and restoration assessment | |
| Birdlife/SEO calculates that nature's contributions to Spain at Euro 75,000 million per year | New/changed research project | 01 Jun 2018 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Espagne (l') | website | Europe and Central Asia assessment | |
| Harmonized indicators developed to monitor biodiversity health of the oceans | New/changed research project | 01 Jun 2018 | Global | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Regional assessments | |||
| Introduction for practitioners on diverse values of nature developed based on IPBES preliminary guide | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jun 2018 | Global | website | Values assessment | |||
| IPBES assessments used to raise alarm bells about global tipping points | New article | 01 Jun 2018 | Individual | website | Land degradation and restoration assessment, Pollination assessment, Regional assessments | |||
| National strategy to protect pollinating insects in Poland prepared on basis of IPBES Assessment | New/changed action/initiative | 01 May 2018 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Pologne (la) | website | Pollination assessment | |
| IPBES Americas Assessment cited in amicus brief in Waters of the United States (#WOTUS) litigation by Society of Wetland Scientists | New/changed action/initiative | 01 May 2018 | National | Americas | États-Unis d'Amérique (les) | website | Americas assessment | |
| Proposal to establish a virtual collaboration platform for inter- and trans-disciplinary research in support of international environmental policy | New/changed idea | 01 May 2018 | Global | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |||
| Research builds on IPBES ILK focused on local shepherd's knowledge and data on the scavenging ecosystem service in Spain | New/changed research project | 01 May 2018 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Espagne (l') | website | Indigenous and local knowledge systems (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme) | |
| DRC crafts road map to use IPBES assessment results at national and local level | New/changed commitment | 01 Apr 2018 | National | Africa | République démocratique du Congo (la) | website | Africa assessment, Building capacity (1st work programme) | |
| Côte d'Ivoire crafts road map on using IPBES Assessment at national and local level | New/changed commitment | 01 Apr 2018 | National | Africa | Côte d'Ivoire (la) | website | Africa assessment, Building capacity (1st work programme) | |
| Cameroon create three road maps for national and local implementation of IPBES Assessment | New/changed commitment | 01 Apr 2018 | National | Africa | Cameroun (le) | website | Africa assessment, Building capacity (1st work programme) | |
| New Zealand issues first report on land issues following IPBES Asia-Pacific and Land Degradation Assessments | New/changed research project | 01 Apr 2018 | National | Asia-Pacific | Arménie (l'), Nouvelle-Zélande (la) | website | Asia-Pacific assessment, Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Land degradation and restoration assessment, Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
| Paris Biodiversity Plan Cites IPBES in Its 2018-2024 Strategy | New/changed policy | 20 Mar 2018 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | France (la) | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
| Bosnia and Herzagovina joined the Coalition of the Willing on Pollinators and integrate pollination issues into national strategies | New/changed commitment | 01 Mar 2018 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Bosnie-Herzégovine (la) | website | Pollination assessment | |
| Europe: Public consultation on an EU initiative for pollinators | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jan 2018 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | website | Pollination assessment | ||
| Dutch sign national bee protection strategy "Bed and Breakfast for Bees" | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jan 2018 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Pays-Bas (les) | website | Pollination assessment | |
| Bayer takes action to implement IPBES Pollination Assessment policy options | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jan 2018 | Global | Cross-regional | Brésil (le), Chili (le), Colombie (la), Allemagne (l'), Kenya (le), Thaïlande (la) | website | Pollination assessment | |
| Global mountain biodiversity assessment follows IPBES approach and conceptual framework | New/changed research project | 01 Jan 2018 | Global | website | Knowledge and data (1st work programme) | |||
| French regional government sets up biodiversity assessment inspired by IPBES | New/changed research project | 01 Jan 2018 | State/Provincial | Europe and Central Asia | France (la) | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
| Nordic countries carry out 'IPBES-like' biodiversity assessment | New/changed research project | 01 Jan 2018 | Subregional | Europe and Central Asia | Danemark (le), Finlande (la), Islande (l'), Norvège (la), Suède (la) | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Guide for assessments, Indigenous and local knowledge systems (1st work programme) | |
| West African initiative to facilitate networking and capacity building to support the IPBES work programme | New/changed network | 01 Nov 2017 | Subregional | Africa | Bénin (le), Burkina Faso (le), Cabo Verde, Côte d'Ivoire (la), Gambie (la), Ghana (le), Guinée (la), Guinée-Bissau (la), Libéria (le), Mali (le), Niger (le), Nigéria (le), Sénégal (le), Sierra Leone (la), Togo (le) | website | Building capacity (1st work programme) | |
| RAMSAR Uses IPBES Framework on Values to Create Policy Brief on Integrating Multiple Values of Wetlands into Decision-Making | New/changed research project | 01 Sep 2017 | Global | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Land degradation and restoration assessment, Values assessment |