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 |
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IPBES Pandemics Report Featured in 'Last Week Tonight' Episode on 'The Next Pandemic' | New/changed action/initiative | 14 Feb 2021 | website | Communications | ||||
Citing IPBES Global Assessment, Government of Kenya Announces Participation in High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People for Ambitious Global Biodiversity Framework under the Convention on Biologi | New/changed action/initiative | 10 Feb 2021 | Global | Cross-regional | Kenya | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
Inspired by IPBES Global Assessment, Music Group "The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara" Record Single Titled "At the World's End" | New/changed action/initiative | 05 Feb 2021 | Global | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |||
Three IPBES Assessment Reports Cited in UNEP Latin American and Carribean Action Plan for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration | New/changed action/initiative | 02 Feb 2021 | Regional | Americas | website | Americas assessment, Building capacity (1st work programme), Global assessment (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Land degradation and restoration assessment, Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | ||
Citing IPBES Global Assessment, Two Oceans Aquarium in South Africa Announces Membership to "United for Biodiversity" Coalition | New/changed network | 02 Feb 2021 | Multi-organizational/network | Africa | South Africa | website | Communications, Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
Multiple IPBES Reports Cited in UNEP Latin America and the Caribbean Ministers of Environment Meeting Decision on Preventing Future Pandemics and Sustainable Recovery | New/changed action/initiative | 02 Feb 2021 | Regional | Americas | website | Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | ||
US Representatives Reintroduce Resolution Citing IPBES Global Assessment to Establish National Biodiversity Strategy for USA | New/changed action/initiative | 28 Jan 2021 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
Citing IPBES Evidence, European Commission Launches Grant Proposal Competition for Restoring Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services | New/changed investment | 26 Jan 2021 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
U.K. Marine Ecosystems Research Programme Used IPBES Conceptual Framework in Case Study Examining Cultural Values of Marine Ecosystem Services | New/changed research project | 21 Jan 2021 | Multi-organizational/network | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | website | Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
WWF 'Kunming Plan for Nature and People 2021-30' Paper Cites IPBES Global Assessment | New/changed action/initiative | 19 Jan 2021 | Multi-organizational/network | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |||
UNCTAD cites IPBES Global Assessment Finding That 1 Million Species Risk Extinction in Biodiversity-Friendly Trade Principles News Item | New/changed action/initiative | 18 Jan 2021 | Global | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
2021 Edition of Little Book of Investing in Nature Cites Global Assessment Extensively in Making Case for Investment to Protect Natural Capital | New/changed research project | 15 Jan 2021 | Global | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |||
Report by Swedish Environmental Protection Agency provides 'Swedish perspective on the IPBES Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment' | New/changed action/initiative | 14 Jan 2021 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Sweden | website | Land degradation and restoration assessment | |
In Light of IPBES Global Assessment, French Association for Standardization (AFNOR) Develops Biodiversity Standards Approach for Organizations | New/changed action/initiative | 14 Jan 2021 | National | Europe and Central Asia | France | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Global assessment (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
British MP Caroline Lucas cites IPBES Pandemics Report in virtual parliamentary debate speech | New/changed action/initiative | 12 Jan 2021 | National | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | website | Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
IPBES Pandemics Report cited in European Parliament Report on Biodiversity Loss and Zoonoses: | New/changed action/initiative | 08 Jan 2021 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
Nature's Contributions Concept Applied in Paper on "Decision-making for nature's contributions to people in the Cape Floristic Region: the role of values, rules and knowledge" | New/changed research project | 08 Jan 2021 | Subregional | Africa | South Africa | website | Knowledge and data (1st work programme) | |
Building on IPBES Global Assessment, Article in PNAS Provides Synthesis of 50-Year Global Trends in Nature's Contributions to People | New article | 22 Dec 2020 | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||||
Dissertation Explores "The evolution of international environmental law in the Mediterranean: What modalities of influence for IPBES?" | New/changed action/initiative | 17 Dec 2020 | Multi-organizational/network | Europe and Central Asia | France | website | Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
Convention on Biological Diversity Special Session Held to Discuss Evidence from IPBES Products, Among Others | New/changed action/initiative | 15 Dec 2020 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | ||
Fidelity Investments Inc. Includes IPBES Global Assessment Key Findings in List of Top Three ESG Themes for 2021 | New/changed action/initiative | 10 Dec 2020 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
IPBES Global Assessment cited in U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Natural Resources written testimony by Prof. Jane Lubchenco | New/changed action/initiative | 27 Nov 2020 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
After IPBES-Inspired Declaration of Ecological Emergency, Glasgow City Council Working Group Publishes Report and Recommendations, Prominently Citing IPBES Global Assessment | New/changed action/initiative | 24 Nov 2020 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
IPBES Pandemics Report Cited in Wildlife Conservation 20 Declaration on "Prioritising nature, health and people in an effective and equitable COVID-19 recovery and response" | New/changed action/initiative | 20 Nov 2020 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | website | Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | ||
Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment Platform uses IPBES Conceptual Framework in Study on "Nature and People in the Andes, East African Mountains, European Alps, and Hindu Kush Himalaya" | New/changed action/initiative | 20 Nov 2020 | website | Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Regional assessments | ||||
IPBES Publications Inform Handbook on the Use of Biodiversity Scenarios in Support of Decision-Making | New/changed action/initiative | 18 Nov 2020 | Global | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Communications, Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Scenarios and models assessment | |||
Friuli Venezia Giulia Regional Counselor Ilaria Dal Zovo cites IPBES Workshop Report on Biodiversity and Pandemics in Parliamentary Exchange | New/changed action/initiative | 18 Nov 2020 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | Italy | website | Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
Norwegian Climate and Environment Minister Sveinung Rotevatn cites IPBES in biannual report to Norwegian Parliament | New/changed action/initiative | 17 Nov 2020 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Sweden | website | Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
IPBES Global Assessment Finding Cited as a Key Reason "Why Fund Managers Started Worrying About Biodiversity," and Report Cited Prominently For Further Reading | New/changed action/initiative | 13 Nov 2020 | Global | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
Following Release of IPBES Pandemics Report, Global Biodiversity Information Facility Announces Task Group to Enhance Research of Species Linked to Human Diseases | New/changed network | 02 Nov 2020 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | website | Knowledge and data (1st work programme) |