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.
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TRACK
| Title | Type(s) of impacts generated | Impact date | Scale of impact | Region of Impact | Country/ies of impact | Website | Relevant IPBES deliverable(s) | Private/Public sector impact? | edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nordic countries carry out 'IPBES-like' biodiversity assessment | New/changed research project | 01 Jan 2018 | Subregional | Europe and Central Asia | Denmark | 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 | Benin | 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 | ||||
| Belmont Forum and BiodivERsA offer >Euro 23 million to fund proposals addressing gaps and barriers in biodiversity and ecosystem scenarios identified in IPBES Assessment | New/changed investment | 01 Jul 2017 | Global | website | Knowledge and data (1st work programme) | ||||
| Brazil establishes procedures on pesticide risk to pollinators partly based on the IPBES Pollination Assessment | New/changed law/regulation | 01 Mar 2017 | National | Americas | Brazil | website | Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Pollination assessment | ||
| IKI funding for IPBES capacity building in West Africa through WABES | New/changed investment | 01 Feb 2017 | Subregional | Africa | Benin | website | Building capacity (1st work programme) | ||
| France: Regional initiative, based on IPBES, launched in New Aquitaine to create a pool of lead scientists to work on biodiversity | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jan 2017 | State/Provincial | France | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |||
| Magnolia Gardens in South Carolina brings in bee colonies to boost pollination, citing IPBES Assessment | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Mar 2016 | Organizational | Americas | United States of America | website | Pollination assessment | ||
| IKI grant to BES-Net and UNEP-WCMC supporting developing countries address science-policy issues through national and regional capacity building | New/changed investment | 01 Jan 2016 | National | Cross-regional | Cameroon | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | ||
| France: EFESE the French platform for the evaluation of ecosystems and ecosystem services | New/changed network | 01 Jan 2012 | National | France | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Scenarios and models assessment, Values assessment | |||
| Pollination: Decision adopted by the conference of the parties to the CBD | New/changed commitment | Global | Cross-regional | website | Pollination assessment | ||||
| Pollination: United Nations Declares 20 May World Bee Day | New/changed action/initiative | Global | website | Pollination assessment | |||||
| Brazil: Creation of Brazilian Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (BPBES) | New/changed network | National | Americas | Brazil | website | Americas assessment, Communications, Knowledge and data (1st work programme) | |||
| Pollination: Coalition of the Willing on Pollinators | New/changed network | Global | website | Pollination assessment | |||||
| Colombia developing national pollinators strategy | New/changed policy | National | Americas | Colombia | website | Indigenous and local knowledge systems (1st work programme), Pollination assessment | |||
| Bonn Convention and Bern Convention Launch Rome Strategic Plan in Light of Global Assessment Report | New/changed action/initiative | Regional | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||||
| G7 Environment Ministers Issue Metz Biodiversity Charter, Welcoming the IPBES #GlobalAssessment | New/changed commitment | Global | Canada | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||||
| IPBES Global Assessment Prompts International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) to 'Rethink How We Work Together to Tackle the Biodiversity Crisis' | New/changed action/initiative | Organizational | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | public | |||
| Nigeria developed a two-year strategy for pollinator-friendly land degradation neutrality | New/changed action/initiative | National | Africa | Nigeria | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Land degradation and restoration assessment, Pollination assessment | public | ||
| UK Government Draws on IPBES Findings in Green Finance Strategy | New/changed policy | National | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | public | ||
| Study on Belief-Based Nature Conservation Draws on IPBES Conceptual Framework | New/changed research project | Global | website | Indigenous and local knowledge systems (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | private | ||||
| IPBES Cited in European Parliament Study on Biodiversity as a Human Right | New/changed research project | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | public | |||
| Article Reflects on the Knowledge Systems Approach of the Alexander von Humboldt Institute in Relation to IPBES Conceptual Framework | New article | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | website | Indigenous and local knowledge systems (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme) | private | |||
| Following Global Assessment, Irish Wildlife Groups Call for an Independent National Parks and Wildlife Service | New/changed action/initiative | Europe and Central Asia | Ireland | website | Communications, Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | public | |||
| Evaluation of SDG Progress in IPBES Global Assessment used in new article on "SDG-Based Sustainability Assessment Methodology for Innovations in the Field of Urban Surfaces" | New article | Global | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme) | public | ||||
| Lion’s Share Fund Cites IPBES Global Assessment in Explanation of Its Purpose | New/changed investment | Global | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | private | |||
| IPBES Global Assessment Drawn Upon in Global Sustainable Development Report 2019 | New/changed research project | Global | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | public | |||
| New paper Draws on IPBES Regional and Global Assessments to Explore Usefulness of Scenario Archetypes in Science-Policy Processes | New/changed research project | Multi-organizational/network | website | Catalogue of assessments, Global assessment (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Regional assessments | private | ||||
| Drawing Inspiration from IPBES Global Assessment, Wageningen University Launches Website About Nature-Inclusive Agriculture | New/changed research project | Organizational | Europe and Central Asia | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | private | ||
| Recognizing IPBES Evidence, Landscape Institute Declares Biodiversity and Climate Emergency | New/changed action/initiative | Organizational | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | private |