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580 | Mon, 27/11/2023 | Qihan-Huang | 1 Million Species on the Verge of Extinction! CBCGDF’s Translation: IPBES Landmark Assessment Report’s Press Release | Chinese (395) | The following article is published as the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) held the 7th Plenary Session. On May 6, 2019, at 13:00 Paris time, a groundbreaking new report was released by IPBES, warning that global biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate in human history. The speed of species extinction is accelerating, and the consequences may have severe impacts on people worldwide. The China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation presents the translated IPBES 7 press release in Chinese to interested readers. | New article | Website | http://www.cbcgdf.org/NewsShow/4937/8521.html | http://www.cbcgdf.org/NewsShow/4937/8521.html | public | Ms. | Linda | Wong | China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation | Deputy Secretary General | IPBES Observer | [email protected] | ||||||||||||||||
585 | Fri, 17/11/2023 | Amarys Preuss | 10 Finnish Companies Pilot Science Based Targets Network's (SBTN) Guidelines for Nature Targets Based on IPBES Global Assessment and Scenarios and Models Report | Finnish (430) | Ten Finnish companies piloted the Science Based Targets Network's (SBTN) new guidelines for nature goals in 2022 as part of a pilot program led by FIBS and Sitra. The Nature targets developed by SBTN take into account lessons from the Global Assessment on the drivers of biodiversity loss and the Scenarios and Models Assessment Report which helped companies identify the various connections to biodiversity loss along their value chain. The report from the pilot programme offers insight on the adoption of SBTN Nature target guidelines by the private sector. | New/changed commitment | Website | Vaikuttavaa luontotyötä – Yritysten opit ja kokemukset tieteeseen pohjautuvien luontotavoitteiden pilotoimisesta | Vaikuttavaa luontotyötä – Yritysten opit ja kokemukset tieteeseen pohjautuvien luontotavoitteiden pilotoimisesta | https://fibsry.fi/uutishuone/julkaisut/vaikuttavaa-luontotyota-yritysten-opit-ja-kokemukset-tieteeseen-pohjautuvien-luontotavoitteiden-pilotoimisesta/ | 2022-04-04 | Multi-organizational/network | Europe and Central Asia | Finland |
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private | Amarys | Preuss | IPBES | SHE Officer | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||
208 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | 130 Nations Pledge to Protect Biodiversity in Gandhinagar Declaration, Citing IPBES Global Assessment | English (396) | 130 Party countries to the United Nations Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals affirmed the Gandhinagar Declaration on CMS and the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework during CMS COP 13. The Gandhinagar Declaration sends a strong message on the importance of migratory species for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. The Declaration cites with concern the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment, including that nature and its vital contributions to people are facing an unprecedented decline and that one million species are now at risk of extinction. |
New/changed commitment | Website | Link to Gandhinagar Declaration on CMS Website | Link to Gandhinagar Declaration on CMS Website | https://www.cms.int/en/document/gandhinagar-declaration-cms-and-post-2020-global-biodiversity-framework | 2020-02-22 | Global | Cross-regional | public | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
408 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | 2021 Edition of Little Book of Investing in Nature Cites Global Assessment Extensively in Making Case for Investment to Protect Natural Capital | English (396) | Global Canopy's 2021 Edition of the 'Little Book of Investing in Nature', cites the IPB Global Assessment extensively in making the case for greater finance for and investment in the protection of natural capital | New/changed research project | Print Article | 2021-01-15 | Global | public | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||||||
536 | Mon, 06/02/2023 | Fernando Neda | 50 Members of US Congress and 350 State Lawmakers Cite IPBES Findings in Letter to President Biden Advocating for a National Biodiversity Strategy | English (396) | 50 congressmen and congresswomen of the United States House of Representatives and 350 state lawmakers from around the U.S. sent a letter to President Joe Biden encouraging the establishment of a National Biodiversity Strategy "to protect and restore nature and secure [the United States'] rich biodiversity for generations to come". Citing the Summary for Policymakers of the 2019 IPBES Global Assessment Report, the lawmakers wrote: "The global scientific consensus is that as many as one million species are at risk of extinction. Studies have shown that we are losing species and their habitats faster than ever before." "Only through a strategic and comprehensive approach can the U.S. government help to meet the scope and scale of the biodiversity crisis and help lead the world in protecting and beginning to restore nature over the coming decade," the representatives continued. Lawmakers urged the President to set a strategy which, as laid out in a bipartisan House Resolution, directs "federal agencies to pursue actions within existing laws and policies and identify where new ones may need to be developed to protect biodiversity," as well as addresses the "five drivers of biodiversity loss, secure and restore critical ecosystem services, promote social equity and environmental justice, and coordinate a strong national response to tackling the biodiversity crisis both at home and abroad." |
New/changed action/initiative | Other | Champions for Biodiversity Want Biden Administration to Do More | Champions for Biodiversity Want Biden Administration to Do More | https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2022-05-23/endangered-species-and-wildlife/champions-for-biodiversity-want-biden-administration-to-do-more/a79211-1 | 2022-02-08 | National | United States of America | public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||||
572 | Mon, 27/11/2023 | Fernando Neda | 7 Directors from Natural Science Institutes from Europe Reference IPBES Science in Open Letter Supporting the European Nature Restoration Law | English (396) | In June 2023, seven directors from natural science institutes in Europe referenced IPBES in an open letter supporting the European Nature Restoration Law, which was later passed by the European Parliament in July 2023. "Report after report, from regional or national studies to international organizations such as IPCC and IPBES, the science is clear: we must act now, not only on climate but also on biodiversity, as both are intricately and inseparably linked. That is why we are addressing you today," states the open letter. Furthermore, the letter also cites IPBES findings by stating: "With currently one million species at risk of extinction we hope you will take the right decisions to avoid nature to be found only in our museums." The public were invited to sign the open letter in support of the directors' appeal. Signatories included the directors of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, the Natural History Museum of Denmark, the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in The Netherlands, the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in France, the UK's Natural History Museum, and CETAF - Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities. |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | Open letter to the leaders of the European Union | Open letter to the leaders of the European Union | https://survey.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/en/restore_nature | 2023-06-14 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||||
442 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | A Multi-Author Policy Perspective Paper Draws on IPBES Assessment Findings to Recommend Action in Priority Areas in Post-2020 Agenda | English (396) | Drawing on the IPBES findings, this policy perspective, published in Conservation Letters, A Journal for the Society of Conservation of Biology, discusses actions in four priority areas to inform the post-2020 agenda: (1) Increasing funding for conservation; (2) redirecting incentives for sustainability; (3) creating an enabling regulatory environment; and (4) reforming metrics to assess biodiversity impacts and progress toward sustainable and just goals. The four key areas discussed provide opportunities for governments, businesses and civil society to work together to "implement actions that combine short-term impacts with structural change to shift economic systems away from a fixation with growth toward human and ecological well-being". | New/changed idea | Website | Enabling transformative economic change in the post-2020 biodiversity agenda | Enabling transformative economic change in the post-2020 biodiversity agenda | https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.12805 | 2021-05-03 | Global |
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public | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Assistant Programme Management-Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
537 | Mon, 06/02/2023 | Fernando Neda | Actress Angelia Jolie, UNESCO and Guerlain Partner to Tackle Bee Decline and Pollination Crisis Pinpointed by IPBES Pollination Assessment | English (396) | In 2021, French cosmetics house Guerlain partnered with Oscar- winning actress Angelina Jolie and UNESCO’s Women for Bees Programme to help counter the dropping rates of the world honeybee population. The five-year programme is part of a partnership between UNESCO and the LVMH group to support UNESCO’s scientific Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme. Focusing on the protection of bees, their welfare and repopulation, as well as education on bees, the programme aims to enable women’s social emancipation through an expertise-driven sustainable professional activity. It also aims to contribute to the repopulation of bees, and to raising awareness of their importance as pollinators bearing in mind that animals play a major part in the pollination of 90% of the planet’s wild flowers. According to IPBES Assessment Report on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production, close to 75% of all cultivated plants and 90% of wild flowering plants depend on pollinators, which includes bees. “Following the first training program in France and now this second one in Cambodia, the Women for Bees program will have trained 18 total beekeepers, all of which are well underway of creating their own beekeeping operations worldwide. And at the end of the first year of the program, we are on track to have repopulated nearly 25 million bees,” claimed Cécile Lochard, Guerlain's Chief Sustainability Officer. “Following the first training program in France and now this second one in Cambodia, the Women for Bees program will have trained 18 total beekeepers, all of which are well underway of creating their own beekeeping operations worldwide. And at the end of the first year of the program, we are on track to have repopulated nearly 25 million bees,” she continued. |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | One Year Later, Angelina Jolie And Guerlain Continue To Fight For Global Bee Preservation | One Year Later, Angelina Jolie And Guerlain Continue To Fight For Global Bee Preservation | https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccasuhrawardi/2022/05/20/one-year-later-angelina-jolie-and-guerlain-continue-to-fight-for-global-bee-preservation/ | 2021-03-08 | Global | private | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||||||
335 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | After IPBES-Inspired Declaration of Ecological Emergency, Glasgow City Council Working Group Publishes Report and Recommendations, Prominently Citing IPBES Global Assessment | English (396) | After the release of the IPBES Global Assessment inspired the Glasgow City Council to declaration an ecological emergency in May 2019, in November 2020 the Council's Ecological Emergency Working Group published its Report and Recommendations, which prominently cites the IPBES Global Assessment and discusses how the primary drivers of biodiversity loss fit into a local Glaswegian context. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Article | Article | https://www.glasgownews.org.uk/ecological-emergency-working-group-publishes-its-recommendations/ | 2020-11-24 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
590 | Mon, 27/11/2023 | Fernando Neda | AKWA , RYvER and Local Stakeholders Operationalize IPBES Nature Futures Framework to Save the Albarine River System | English (396) | The Aquatic Knowledge Centre Wageningen (AKWA) and the Drying River Networks and Climate Change (DRYvER) programme held a joint workshop in Lyon, France to co-create a desirable future for the drying Albarine river system. During the meeting, a mix of project and local stakeholders operationalized the IPBES Nature Futures Framework to come up with solutions for the river network, as well as discussed the socio-economic values related to the river, according to workshop participants. The AKWA (Aquatic Knowledge Centre Wageningen) is part of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW). The Drying River Networks and Climate Change project is funded by the EU's Horizon 2020 Research & Innovation Programme. |
New/changed action/initiative | Other | @AKWALisette on Twitter | @AKWALisette on Twitter | https://twitter.com/AKWALisette/status/1712024724983693390?s=20 | 2023-10-12 | National | Europe and Central Asia | France | public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||||
417 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | Alicante City Councillors Present Declaration to Develop Local Environment Education Plan Citing IPBES Reports for Urgency | Spanish (399) | The municipal group of Compromís in the Alicante City Council has presented an institutional declaration to the March plenary session to develop a local environmental education plan that ranges from Primary to Baccalaureate, citing the IPBES Reports and Global Assessment findings to underscore the urgency of their call. | New/changed policy | Website | Compromís proposes a local environmental education plan at all educational levels | Compromís proposes a local environmental education plan at all educational levels | https://www.informacion.es/alicante/2021/03/13/compromis-propone-plan-local-educacion-42049619.html | 2021-03-13 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | Spain | Alacant | public | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||
616 | Wed, 20/12/2023 | ana.costiniu | All Hands in: Stakeholder Engagement in BES Solution Fund Countries amid the Pandemic | English (396) | The BES-Net team convened a virtual workshop on 23 February 2022 focusing on the implementation of tangible biodiversity solutions on the ground. The event brought together more than 30 participants from Kazakhstan, Trinidad and Tobago, Nigeria, and Kenya representing science, policy and practice communities that BES-Net works closely with. These four countries were the first to receive the BES Solution Fund, which acts as a catalyst to implement tangible, on-the-ground biodiversity solutions with close reference to the latest evidence produced by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. The workshop provided participants with a greater understanding of engaging with diverse stakeholders, delving into innovative ideas and applying the Trialogue approach to enhance interaction among science, policy and practice communities. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | All Hands in: Stakeholder Engagement in BES Solution Fund Countries amid the Pandemic | All Hands in: Stakeholder Engagement in BES Solution Fund Countries amid the Pandemic | https://www.besnet.world/stakeholder-engagement-in-bes-solution-fund-countries/ | 2022-02-23 | Global | Kazakhstan, Kenya, Nigeria, Trinidad and Tobago | -- None -- | public | Ms. | Ana | Costiniu | UNDP BES-Net | Communications Analyst | Other | [email protected] | |||||||||||
600 | Wed, 22/11/2023 | Amarys Preuss | Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization Coordinates Rapid Assessment of Biological Diversity and Ecosystem Services in the Amazon on the Basis of IPBES Conceptual Framework | Spanish (399) | A GIZ-funded programme provides support to the Permanent Secretariat of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (PS/ACTO) and its Member Countries in the development and adoption of a strategic framework for the sustainable use and conservation of the biological diversity in the Amazon forest. The first output of the programme is a Rapid Assessment of Biological Diversity and Ecosystem Services in the Amazon Region conducted following IPBES methodology and its conceptual framework. ACTO, GIZ and the Humboldt Institute coordinated a group of 118 expert authors from the Amazon countries to develop this Rapid Assessment between 2021 and 2023, on the basis of a scoping document adopted in 2021. The final results of the Assessment were presented to the ACTO Scientific Committee for endorsement on 27-28 April 2023. The project aims to provide scientific evidence to support policy makers in the Amazon basin, providing policy options at the national and regional level. It also aims to provide recommendations based on scientific evidence to contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of the biodiversity components in light of the three CBD objectives Global Biodiversity Framework targets, as well as strengthening the results of the IPBES Global Assessment and Americas Regional Assessment by linking existing information and providing complementing knowledge, |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | Apoyo al programa de biodiversidad de la OTCA en el Marco del CDB en América Latina | Apoyo al programa de biodiversidad de la OTCA en el Marco del CDB en América Latina | http://otca.org/en/ctp_otca_projetos/acto-biomaz-support-to-the-acto-biodiversity-program-under-the-cbd-framework-in-latin-america/ | 2021-01-01 | Regional | Americas | Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
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public | Amarys | Preuss | IPBES | Stakeholder Engagement Officer | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||
510 | Sat, 01/10/2022 | rspaull | ARD Tagesschau - Oldest Programme on German Television - Publishes Educational Brief on Extinction Based on IPBES Global Assessment | German (435) | ARD's Tagesschau - the oldest prorgamme on German public television - has published an info briefing about extinction - why people should care and what they can do about it - based largely on the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment Report | New article | Website | What can we do about species extinction? | What can we do about species extinction? | https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/klima/artenvielfalt-biodiversitaet-artensterben-klimawandel-101.html | 2022-10-01 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Germany | public | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | HEad of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||||
560 | Mon, 24/04/2023 | Levon | Armenia Developing National Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan Drawing Directly from IPBES Assessment Reports | English (396) | Aremnia is currently in the process of developing and adopting its National Biodivrsity Strategy and Action Plan 2024-2033. According to Dr. Levon Aghasyan, the IPBES National Focal Point for Armenia, and Legal Advisor to the Minister of Environment, the NBSAP draws direclty on a number of published IPBES Assessment Reports, especially the Regional Assessment Report for Europe and Central Asia. | New/changed law/regulation | Other | https://biodiversity.am/en/get-involved | https://biodiversity.am/en/get-involved | 2023-03-01 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Armenia | private | Mr. | Levon | Aghasyan | Ministry of Environment of Armenia | Legal advisor of Ministry of Environment of Armenia | IPBES National focal point | [email protected] | +37494134949 | |||||||||||
405 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | Article Cites IPBES Pandemics Report to Argue Against Possible US Government Approvals for Logging Hundreds of Acres of Old-Growth Forest in Montana | English (396) | An article by US news advocacy organisation, Turthout, uses the findings of the IPBES workshop report on biodiversity and pandemics to argue against possible approval by the US Forest Service of the "Black Ram Project" that would authorise commercial harvesting on more than 3,900 acres in the Kootenai National Forest in Montana, including the clear-cutting of at least 579 acres of trees that are hundreds of years old. | New article | Website | Biden May Approve Logging an Old-Growth Forest, Heightening Climate Risks | Biden May Approve Logging an Old-Growth Forest, Heightening Climate Risks | https://truthout.org/articles/biden-may-approve-logging-an-old-growth-forest-heightening-climate-risks/ | 2021-03-02 | State/Provincial | Americas | United States of America | Montana | public | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||
473 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Article from Online Science Journal 'One Earth' Uses IPBES Global Assessment to Outline Framework to Evaluate Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) | English (396) | Guided by the IPBES Assessment, this science article provides a framework to evaluate how Nature-based solutions NbS contribute to transformative change and apply it to 93 NbS from mountain social-ecological systems (SES). The framework serves to assess what elements may catalyze transformative change, how transformative change occurs, and what its outcomes are. The framework provides key components for assessing the effectiveness of NbS and allows tracking long-term transformative change processes. | New/changed idea | Website | Assessing nature-based solutions for transformative change | Assessing nature-based solutions for transformative change | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2590332221002323?dgcid=author | 2021-05-21 | public | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Programme Management Assistant - Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||||
235 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Article in Nature Cites Global Assessment Findings, Arguing That Scientists Should Join Civil Disobedience | English (396) | An article in the publication “Nature, Ecology and Evolution” draws on the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment as evidence of nature’s dangerous decline. In the article, titled “Scientists must act on our own warnings to humanity,” Charlie J. Gardner and Claire F. R. Wordley highlight the Global Assessment finding that one million species are at risk of extinction due to human activity. The authors argue that scientists should “should join civil disobedience movements to fight these unprecedented crises” of climate change and biodiversity loss. |
New article | Website | Article in Nature, Ecology and Evolution | Article in Nature, Ecology and Evolution | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-019-0979-y | 2019-09-02 | Global | private | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
364 | Wed, 28/09/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | Article in the Journal Conservation Biology Builds on IPBES Global Assessment and Calls for Methodology to Include 'Airspace Habitat' | English (396) | An article appearing in the journal Conservation Biology has built on the IPBES Global Assessment's analysis and argued why 'airspace habitat' should be considered as a unique term in order to better facilitate transformative change. | New article | Website | Conservation Biology | Conservation Biology | https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.13641 | 2020-09-25 |
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public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||||||
322 | Wed, 28/09/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | Article Published on "Building capacity for the science-policy interface on biodiversity and ecosystem services: Activities, fellows, outcomes, and neglected capacity building needs" | English (396) | An article on "Building capacity for the science-policy interface on biodiversity and ecosystem services: Activities, fellows, outcomes, and neglected capacity building needs" has been inspired by IPBES, with the aim of "provid[ing] insight into how capacity building for the science-policy interface sets preconditions for science-policy relations at different levels and scales within biodiversity and ecosystem services and beyond." | New article | Website | Science Direct | Science Direct | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589811620300094 | 2020-06-01 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] |