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395 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | IPBES Assessment Graphics Used Prominently by New Scientist to Illustrate "Our Impact on Earth’s Ecosystems and Biodiversity – in Graphics" | English (396) | Figures from the IPBES Global Assessment Report and IPBES Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment Report were used prominently by the outlet New Scientist to illustrate "Our impact on Earth’s ecosystems and biodiversity – in graphics." |
New article | Website | New Scientist | New Scientist | https://www.newscientist.com/article/2268035-our-impact-on-earths-ecosystems-and-biodiversity-in-graphics/ | 2021-02-18 | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||||
467 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | bcurley1012 | UNEP on Twitter Announces New Webinar on IPBES Assessment Mothodology | English (396) | New webinar on the IPBES assessment methodology and how it can be tailored to support national ecosystem assessments. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | New webinar on the IPBES assessment methodology and how it can be tailored to support national ecosystem assessments. | New webinar on the IPBES assessment methodology and how it can be tailored to support national ecosystem assessments. | https://twitter.com/unepwcmc/status/1430451141637181440?s=20 | 2021-08-25 | Multi-organizational/network | public | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Assistant Programme Management - Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
239 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Union Groups in Badajoz, Spain Draw on Global Assessment While Encouraging Citizes to Join Climate Strikes | Spanish (399) | In Badajoz, Spain, the CCOO and UGT unions called on citizens of Extremadura to join in various mobilizations that seek to raise awareness and mobilize action in response to human-induced climate change and biodiversity loss. The groups highlight the IPBES Global Assessment finding that one million species are at risk of extinction due to human activity. |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | News article | News article | https://www.regiondigital.com/noticias/portada/316221-ccoo-y-ugt-llaman-a-participar-en-movilizaciones-por-el-clima-este-viernes-en-extremadura.html | 2019-09-27 | Organizational | Europe and Central Asia | Spain | public | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
240 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Drawing on IPBES Global Assessment, Municipal Government of Nigrán Spain Moves to Declare a Climate Emergency | Spanish (399) | The municipal government of Nigrán in Spain moved to present a proposal in its plenary session to recognize a state of climate emergency and take corresponding measures within the mandate of the City Council. The City Council highlighted the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment, including that one million species are at risk of extinction due to human activity. |
New/changed law/regulation | Website | News article | News article | https://valminortv.com/2019/09/26/nigran-reconecera-o-estado-de-emerxencia-climatica/ | 2019-09-30 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | Spain | Pontevedra, Galicia | public | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||
241 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | City Council of Colmenar Viejo Highlights Global Assessment in Declaration of Climate Emergency | Spanish (399) | The City Council of Colmenar Viejo in Spain declared a Climate Emergency during its September plenary session. In its declaration, the Council highlights the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment, including that one million species are at risk of extinction due to human activity. The declaration establishes "a priority the progressive decarbonisation of municipal activity, planning actions and investing in technology to achieve zero emissions and supply 100% renewable energy.” |
New/changed law/regulation | Website | News article | News article | http://www.telemadrid.es/noticias/madrid/Pleno-Colmenar-Viejo-Emergencia-Climatica-0-2162483736--20190927104734.html | 2019-09-27 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | Spain | Madrid | public | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||
242 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Extinction Rebellion Cites IPBES Global Assessment in Event Description of Funeral March Protest | English (396) | To raise awareness about and protest climate change and biodiversity loss, an Extinction Rebellion group in Cambridge held a funeral march through Cambridge city centre, explaining that they are “grieving for all life on earth, from those that have died to those lives that will be lost in the future as the climate and ecological crisis accelerates.” As part of the event description, the group included the IPBES Global Assessment finding that one million species are at risk of extinction due to human activity. |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | News article | News article | https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/live-extinction-rebellion-cambridge-protest-16998325 | 2019-09-28 | Organizational | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Cambridgeshire | private | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||
287 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Natural HIstory Museum of Vienna Joins Global Alliance for Biodiversity, Cites IPBES Global Assessment | German (435) | The Natural History Museum of Vienna has joined a global alliance for biodiversity, citing findings of the IPBES Global Assessment as evidence of the urgent need to address biodiversity loss. The NHM Vienna highlights the steps it has been taking to protect biodiversity and explains that it “can and will make an important contribution to [biodiversity conservation] with its scientific expertise and diverse points of contact with society.” The NHM Vienna further explains that “the new worldwide alliance for biodiversity...offers an ideal basis for common global approaches.” |
New/changed network | Website | News article | News article | https://www.umwelt-journal.at/naturhistorisches-museum-wien-tritt-weltweitem-buendnis-fuer-biodiversitaet-bei/ | 2020-05-26 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | Austria | private | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
384 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | IPBES Global Assessment 1 Million Species Key Finding Taken Up By New York City Protestors as Slogan | English (396) | New York City Extinction Rebellion organizers took to Central Park for a demonstration, with protest placards reading, among other things, '1,000,000 million species at risk of Extinction'. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | News article | News article | https://ilovetheupperwestside.com/climate-change-protestors-arrested-climbing-columbus-circle-globe/ | 2020-09-07 | Multi-organizational/network | Americas | United States of America | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
272 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Thirty JSE-listed companies embark on biodiversity valuation assessments, cite IPBES Global Assessment | English (396) | Thirty Jamaica Stock Exchange-listed companies, across various sectors are embarking on a process to assess their current levels of biodiversity mainstreaming into their strategies and activities. The companies were motivated to undertake the process in response to the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment, according to EWT industry partnership senior manager Constant Hoogstad who said that there was “more than ever a need for businesses to step up their biodiversity game.” The companies are being supported by a World Wide Fund for Nature-South Africa Nedbank Green Trust project team. |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | News article in Engineering News | News article in Engineering News | http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/thirty-jse-listed-companies-embark-on-biodiversity-valuation-assessments-2019-11-25/rep_id:4136 | 2019-11-25 | Multi-organizational/network | Africa | Jamaica, South Africa | private | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
225 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Following Global Assessment, Irish Wildlife Groups Call for an Independent National Parks and Wildlife Service | English (396) | In the week leading up to International Day of Biological Diversity on 22 May 2020, Irish Wildlife Groups including the Irish Wildlife Trust called for the establishment of an Independent National Parks and Wildlife Service. Liam Lysaght, director of the National Biodiversity Data Centre, explained that the public awareness of the global biodiversity crisis which led to the appeal was amplified in Ireland with the publication of the IPBES Global Assessment. |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | News article in Irish Times | News article in Irish Times | https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/campaigners-call-for-wildlife-crime-unit-over-biodiversity-crisis-1.4256125 | Europe and Central Asia | Ireland | public | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
278 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | British Natural History Museum Declares Planetary Emergency, Cites IPBES Global Assessment | English (396) | The British Natural History Museum has declared a planetary emergency “in recognition of humanity's failure to combat our destructive impact on the planet's survival systems.” In its official announced the Museum cited to IPBES Global Assessment Coordinating Lead Author Andy Purvis, who referred to the Global Assessment finding that one million species are at risk of extinction as a “warning light.” |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | NHM website | NHM website | https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2020/january/we-are-declaring-a-planetary-emergency.html?utm_source=tw-link-post-20200120-kp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=anthropocene | 2020-01-20 | Organizational | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | private | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
557 | Wed, 17/05/2023 | Anonymous | US State Department Says IPBES Values Assessment will Advance US Efforts for Greater Inclusion of Diverse Voices in Decision-Making | English (396) | The United States State Department has welcomed the IPBES Values Assessment and indicated that the Report will advance US effrots to give voice to those who are often excluded from decision-making, but who are closest to nature, including indigenous peoples and local communities, and to promote gender and intergenerational equity. | New/changed commitment | Website | Ninth Session of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Approves the Assessment of the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature | Ninth Session of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Approves the Assessment of the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature | https://www.state.gov/ninth-session-of-the-intergovernmental-science-policy-platform-on-biodiversity-and-ecosystem-services-ipbes-approves-the-assessment-of-the-diverse-values-and-valuation-of-nature/ | 2022-07-11 | National | United States of America | public | Tania | Sanchis | IPBES | Social Media Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||||
529 | Fri, 21/10/2022 | rspaull | Researchers Use IPBES Approach to Values to Revisit Positive Impacts of Non-Native Species | English (396) | Using the IPBES apparoach of a comprehensive range of nature-based values, researchers from UNIGE and Brown University have made the case for reevaluating maligned non-native species - specifically that the contribution of some of these species can also be positive. ’’Positive impacts of non-native species are often explained as serendipitous surprises — the sort of thing that people might expect to happen every once in a while, in special circumstances,’’ says Dov Sax, a professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology at Brown University. ’’Our new paper argues that the positive impacts of non-native species are neither unexpected nor rare, but instead common, important and often of large magnitude.’’ Good for people and nature. The study borrows from a recent framework developed by IPBES, an international platform for the assessment of biodiversity and its ecosystem services, which examines the benefits of biodiversity for people and nature, and applies it to non-native species, showing the diverse, frequent and important ways that non-native species provide positive value for people and nature. |
New/changed research project | Website | Non-native species are also beneficial to the ecosystem | Non-native species are also beneficial to the ecosystem | https://newsexplorer.net/non-native-species-are-also-beneficial-to-the-ecosystem-s4708985.html | 2022-10-06 | Global |
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public | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||||
495 | Tue, 27/09/2022 | Anonymous | Catalan Observatory of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity Established to Act as Reference Point for IPBES | Catalan (420) | Catalan Observatory of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity established, linking the Autonomous Catalan Government (Spain) with research organizations , NGOs and other bodies as a science policy interface. The organisation aims to become a reference point at the subnational level for IPBES work in Catalonia. | New/changed network | Website | Observatori de la Natura | Observatori de la Natura | https://observatorinatura.cat/ | 2022-06-16 | ALL | - | State/Provincial | Europe and Central Asia | Spain | Catalonia | public | Dr. | Lluís | Brotons | CSIC-CREAF | Research scientist | IPBES Observer, Expert of a completed or an ongoing IPBES assessment | [email protected] | 34 618094100 | |||||||
431 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Anonymous | Fiji Director for Environment Cites IPBES Report Findings at Awareness Workshop on the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework | English (396) | Quoting several findings from the IPBES Global Assessment Report, Fiji's Director of Environment, Sandeep Singh, characterized the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework as an opportunity for world leaders to come together at the 15th Conference of Parties of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity to agree on an ambitious framework, which should include its full implementation for adoption as a key instrument to reach the Sustainable Development Goals. | New/changed idea | Website | On the Brink of Extinction | On the Brink of Extinction | https://www.fijitimes.com/on-the-brink-of-extinction/ | 2021-04-13 | National | Asia-Pacific | Fiji | public | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Programme Management Assistant-Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
524 | Tue, 18/10/2022 | Fernando Neda | IPBES Global Assessment Inspires Poetry Project Raising Awareness about Biodiversity Loss | English (396) | Stating he wants to use his work "to encourage people to create a sanctuary for life on earth,” poet Anthony E. Lovell founded The One Million Poetry project, taking inspiration from the 2019 IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Through poetry and visual art, the project aims to raise awareness of the one million species at risk of extinction and tap "into the emotional power of poetry to touch people’s hearts and encourage them to take action whilst there is still time." Lovell "founded The One Million Poetry Project in collaboration with Ingrid Lung of The Earth Agency in response to the 2019 IPBES report that identified up to 1,000,000 species were at risk of extinction from human activity. The project seeks to collaborate with other artists, conservation organisations and corporations in support of sharing the earth with all species, recognition of other species (Great Apes, Cetaceans, and Elephants to start with), and the promotion of a ‘Sanctuary Earth’ world view." |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | One Million Species at risk of extinction | One Million Species at risk of extinction | https://www.theonemillionpoetry.com/one-million | 2022-04-22 | Individual | public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||||||
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] | ||||||||||||||
451 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative and CBD Workshop Highlights Importance Addressing Trade in Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, Referencing IPBES Assessment Call for Sustainable Trade | English (396) | The post-2020 global biodiversity framework aims for a transformational change towards the objectives of the CBD and other global biodiversity objectives, including the shift to sustainable trade. The workshop and subsequent report highlight trade as an important part of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework discussions and its future implementation, citing IPBES Assessment: "Trade, underpinned by social values and behaviors, may either be considered an indirect driver of biodiversity loss or an important factor in solving sustainability challenges". | New/changed action/initiative | Print Article | Online Workshop on trade and biodiversity for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework - Workshop Report | Online Workshop on trade and biodiversity for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework - Workshop Report | 2021-05-06 | Cross-regional |
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public | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Programme Management Assistant-Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
212 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Major study draws on IPBES findings to analyze extinction rates in context of conservation and climate change | English (396) | A major study authored by 21 global biodiversity and climate scientist draws on IPBES findings to analyze the effects of land conservation and climate action on extinction rates in the tropics. The findings of the study show that “limiting climate change to 2°C and conserving 30% of terrestrial area could more than halve aggregate extinction risk compared with uncontrolled climate change and no increase in conserved area.” The findings were revealed at the first Davos Global Biodiversity Forum. |
New/changed research project | Website | Open access article in Ecography | Open access article in Ecography | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ecog.05166 | 2020-02-25 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | public | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
223 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | IPBES cited in article on soil invertebrate diversity loss and functional changes in temperate forest soils | English (396) | The IPBES Global Assessment is cited in an open access article titled “Soil invertebrate diversity loss and functional changes in temperate forest soils replaced by exotic pine plantations”. The article, which appears in the journal “Nature” examines “how forestry plantations of exotic trees affect critical soil functions and the composition of invertebrate assemblages”. |
New/changed research project | Website | Open access article in “Nature” | Open access article in “Nature” | https://slack-redir.net/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fs41598-020-64453-y | 2020-05-08 | Global | Cross-regional | private | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn |