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 Tue, 27/09/2022 Fernando Neda Cameroon Validates its National Ecosystem Assessment Based on the IPBES Methodological Approach English (396) Cameroon’s Minister of the Environment, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development (MINEPDE), Hélé Pierre, opened a three-day workshop for the validation of the National Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (NBESA).

The NBESA team was carried out using the IPBES methodological approach to produce a draft of the report. The latter was submitted for analysis by the National Science-Policy Interface Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (PN-SPBES) during the review, evaluation and pre-validation phase

The workshop also enabled a review of the key messages of the NBESA’s Summary for Policymakers (SPM). Joséphine Eloundou, IPBES National Focal Point, also participated in the event. Cameroon is the third country in the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre’s (UNEP-WCMC) National Ecosystem Assessment Initiative to validate its national assessment.

Different components of the scoping exercise were discussed, including approaches to mapping stakeholders; identifying key policy questions on biodiversity and ecosystem services; and the benefits National Science-Policy Platforms can provide for decision-making and knowledge exchange. Cameroon shared its NEA process experience and imparted advice and suggestions to support country partners with their scoping process.
 New/changed action/initiative Website Cameroon Validates Its National Ecosystem Assessment Cameroon Validates Its National Ecosystem Assessment https://www.unep-wcmc.org/en/news/cameroon-validates-its-national-ecosystem-assessment 2022-01-27 National Africa Cameroon public Fernando Neda IPBES PIA Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Tue, 27/09/2022 Fernando Neda Colombia Develops National Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services with Guidance from IPBES Spanish (399) Providing a first-ever panorama, Colombia developed an assessment of the past, present and future of the country's fauna and flora, as well as its terrestrial and marine ecosystems. The 2,000-page 'National Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services' was launched by the Humboldt Institute with the support of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).

The report was prepared by 106 authors, who participated independently as part of the Capacity Building for National Ecosystem Assessments: Linking Science and Policy and Biodiversity, and it also includes contributions from the Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net) initiative.

The evaluation gathers strategic data on the status and trends of biological diversity linked to the well-being of Colombians, evidencing trajectories of change and possible futures, which will be valid until 2050. For nearly four years, the researchers dedicated at least 93,000 hours of volunteer work to collect and analyze more than 1,500 sources of secondary scientific information, associated with terrestrial, freshwater, coastal, marine and insular ecosystems.

Indigenous, black, Afro-descendant, Palenquero, Raizal, peasant and local peoples and communities from all regions of Colombia were involved in the development of six thematic chapters that review the state of biodiversity in Colombia.

 New/changed research project Website Evaluacion nacional de biodiversidad y servicios ecosistemicos de Colombia Evaluacion nacional de biodiversidad y servicios ecosistemicos de Colombia http://humboldt.org.co/evaluacion-nacional/index.html 2021-06-30 National Americas Colombia public Fernando Neda IPBES PIA Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Wed, 28/09/2022 Anonymous Citing IPBES Findings, Pantone and Tealeaves Call Attention To Biodiversity Threat With New Fossil-Inspired Color English (396) Citing IPBES' finding that over one million species are under the threat of extinction, global colour authority Pantone Color Institute (PCI), in partnership with tea brand Tealeaves, announced a new Pantone color based on the world’s oldest found pigment and meant to draw attention to biodiversity loss. With the "Pantone Color of Biodiversity," they look to support the United Nations Biodiversity endeavor, the World Biodiversity Forum, and 30x30 initiatives to protect at least 30 percent of the Earth's land and oceans by 2030.

Launched on the first day of the 2022 meeting of the UN General Assembly, the Pantone Color of Biodiversity, a bright pink hue, calls attention to the variety of species and ecosystems that underpin the health of the planet and viability of life, and the alarming rate at which the world is losing them. The color represents the evolution of biodiversity and aims to bring awareness to biodiversity loss, a rising global environmental threat. Based on pigments made from 1.1-billion-year-old marine sedimentary rocks of the Taoudeni Basin in Mauritania, West Africa, and discovered by Dr. Nur Gueneili, Pantone’s new color results from microscopic fossils of chlorophyll produced by ancient species living in an ocean that no longer exists.		 New/changed action/initiative Website Pantone and Tealeaves Call Attention To Biodiversity Threat With New Fossil-Inspired Color Pantone and Tealeaves Call Attention To Biodiversity Threat With New Fossil-Inspired Color https://thedieline.com/blog/2022/9/15/pantone-and-tealeaves-call-attention-to-biodiversity-threat-with-new-fossil-inspired-color? 2022-09-14 Global private Fernando Neda IPBES PIA Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Wed, 28/09/2022 Fernando Neda IPBES Results and Methodology Underpin Workshop on Identifying Information Gaps for ACTO Amazon Regional Assessment English (396) The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) is an intergovernmental organization formed by the eight Amazonian countries. Throughout 2022, ACTO is carrying out a rapid assessment, delving deeper into the results for the Amazon region of the IPBES Global and Regional (Americas) Assessments on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. The assessment follows the IPBES conceptual and methodological framework.

A scientific workshop was held on "Identifying gaps on the state of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Amazon Region." This technical meeting, which took place on 24 January 2022, brought together more than 100 researchers, including Maria Helena Zaccagnini and Jake Rice, co-chairs of the IPBES Regional Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Americas. The authors shared insights on information available to date andparticipated in a discussion about the added value of the ACTO rapid assessment. 		New/changed research project Website ACTO gathers scientists and experts to discuss information gaps about the state of biodiversity in the Amazon Region ACTO gathers scientists and experts to discuss information gaps about the state of biodiversity in the Amazon Region http://otca.org/en/acto-gathers-scientists-and-experts-to-discuss-information-gaps-about-the-state-of-biodiversity-in-the-amazon-region/ 2022-01-24 Regional Americas Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) public Fernando Neda IPBES PIA Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Wed, 28/09/2022 Patrick.Tonissen IPBES Evidence Used as Key Appeal for 'Save Bees and Farmers' European Citizens' Initiative English (396) The 'Save Bees and Farmers' European Citizens' Initiative campaign used IPBES evidence in its digital assets to promote the Initiative, and also cited the IPBES Global Assessment in its background statement of purpose on its website.

https://www.savebeesandfarmers.eu/eng/background/		 New/changed action/initiative Website Tweet Tweet https://twitter.com/BeesEci/status/1311214170608676865?s=20 2020-09-30 Regional Europe and Central Asia European Union public Patrick Tonissen IPBES Communications Consultant Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Wed, 28/09/2022 Patrick.Tonissen IPBES Global Assessment Finding That 1 Million Species Risk Extinction Cited in Fauna and Flora International Petition English (396) Flora and Fauna International, in an online petition calling for $500b to be provided for the conservation of nature and to end harmful subsidies, the IPBES Global Assessment finding that 1 million species risk extinction is featured prominently as a call to action. New/changed action/initiative Website Change.org petition Change.org petition https://www.change.org/p/ask-the-united-nations-to-protect-our-one-home 2020-09-28 Global Cross-regional public Patrick Tonissen IPBES Communications Consultant Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 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 public Patrick Tonissen IPBES Communications Consultant Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Wed, 28/09/2022 Patrick.Tonissen IPBES Assessments Featured Prominently in Book on "Transformation of Our Food Systems: The Making of a Paradigm Shift" English (396) Hans R. Herren, Benedikt Haerlin and the IAASTD+10 Advisory Group served as editors of a volume highlighting food systems transformations, which featured sections on and findings from the IPBES Global Assessment Report, IPBES Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment Report, and Assessment Report on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production. New/changed action/initiative Website Book Media Release Book Media Release https://foodsolutionsne.org/announcing-new-book-transformation-of-our-food-systems-the-making-of-a-paradigm-shift/ 2020-09-24 public Patrick Tonissen IPBES Communications Consultant Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Wed, 28/09/2022 Patrick.Tonissen In Light of IPBES Global Assessment Findings and Media Success, Fridtjof Nansen Institute Policy Brief Examines Implications for Norwegian Context Writing for the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, a policy brief by Christian Prip "Towards a global deal for biodiversity with Norway as a proactive contributor," "scrutinizes the delayed process under the Convention on Biological Diversity towards a new global framework for biodiversity with goals and targets, focusing on the major issues under discussion, and contributions from Norway to the process," with a strong focus on the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment and its 'eye-opening' effect on the public.

"The fact that our planet is hit by a global biodiversity crisis has attracted far less attention than the equally severe climate crisis. However, in 2019 the biodiversity crisis emerged from the shadows with the release of the Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), a UN body established in 2012. The report made media headlines worldwide, thereby confirming the expediency of establishing IPBES as nature’s counterpart to the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)." 		New/changed action/initiative Website Policy Brief Policy Brief https://www.fni.no/getfile.php/1313039-1600851329/Filer/Publikasjoner/FNI%20Policy%20Brief%202020%2003.pdf 2020-09-23 Multi-organizational/network Europe and Central Asia Norway public Patrick Tonissen IPBES Communications Consultant Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Wed, 28/09/2022 Patrick.Tonissen Citing IPBES Global Assessment, Post 2020 Biodiversity Framework EU Support Publishes Policy Brief on 'Instilling Biodiversity into Budgets and Financial Schemes' English (396) The Post 2020 Biodiversity Framework EU Support group published a policy brief on 'Instilling Biodiversity into Budgets and Financial Schemes: How to shift towards a greener system?', which incorporates the IPBES Global Assessment finding that biodiversity loss undermines the progress of 35 out of 44 SDG targets. New/changed action/initiative Website Post 2020 Expertise #8 Post 2020 Expertise #8 https://4post2020bd.net/resources/instilling-biodiversity-into-budgets-and-financial-schemes-how-to-shift-towards-a-greener-system/ 2020-09-23 public Patrick Tonissen IPBES Communications Consultant Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Wed, 28/09/2022 Patrick.Tonissen Citing IPBES Global Assessment, New 'Global Law Alliance' Champions Wild Animals, Wild Spaces at Lewis & Clark Law School English (396) Noting that "the 2019 [IPBES] Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services delivered an ominous prediction: around one million species could go extinct unless we take drastic steps to transform our relationship with animals, plants, and the entire natural world,' Lewis and Clark Law School launched a new 'Global Law Alliance for Animals and the Environment'. New/changed action/initiative Website Law and Clark Law news item Law and Clark Law news item https://law.lclark.edu/live/news/44320-global-law-alliance-champions-wild-animals-wild 2020-09-22 Organizational Americas United States of America Oregon public Patrick Tonissen IPBES Communications Consultant Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Wed, 28/09/2022 Patrick.Tonissen Inspired by the IPBES Conceptual Framework, CzechGlobe 'One Nature' Project Develops Conceptual Framework for Evaluating EU Natura 2000 Network Czech (423) The CzechGlobe ' One Nature' project has developed a conceptual framework for evaluating the EU Natura 2000 Network that is heavily inspired by the IPBES Conceptual Framework. New/changed action/initiative Website How to approach the benefits of the Natura 2000 network? How to approach the benefits of the Natura 2000 network? https://www.jednapriroda.cz/en/actions-in-time/jak-pristupovat-k-hodnoceni-prinosu-soustavy-natura-2000/ 2020-09-17 Multi-organizational/network Europe and Central Asia Czechia public Patrick Tonissen IPBES Communications Consultant Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Wed, 28/09/2022 Patrick.Tonissen Citing IPBES Evidence, The Nature Conservancy Launches Report on 'Closing the Nature Funding Gap: A Finance Plan for the Planet' English (396) With prominent attention paid to the IPBES Global Assessment Report, The Nature Conservancy launched a timely report on 'Closing the Nature Funding Gap: A Finance Plan for the Planet'. New/changed action/initiative Website The Nature Conservancy Report The Nature Conservancy Report https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-insights/perspectives/closing-nature-funding-gap-global-biodiversity-finance/ 2020-09-14 public Patrick Tonissen IPBES Communications Consultant Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Wed, 28/09/2022 Patrick.Tonissen IPBES Evidence and Experts Featured Prominently in BBC1 David Attenborough Documentary, 'Extinction: The Facts' English (396) Featuring the IPBES Global Assessment 1 million species finding as the documentary's tagline, as well as numerous IPBES experts' involvement in the documentary, 'Extinction: The Facts' was heavily influenced by IPBES evidence.

"With a million species at risk of extinction, David Attenborough explores how this crisis of biodiversity has consequences for us all, including putting us at greater risk of pandemic diseases."		 New/changed action/initiative TV/Radio Broadcast BBC iPlayer BBC iPlayer https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000mn4n 2020-09-13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland public Patrick Tonissen IPBES Communications Consultant Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Wed, 28/09/2022 Anonymous IPBES Global Assessment Inspires Online Art Challenge English (396) Inspired by the IPBES Global Assessment finding that one million species are at risk of extinction, an artist has launched a social media challenge for artists to raise awareness about biodiversity loss by posting artwork that features threatened plant species, animal species, and/or endangered habitats.
 New/changed action/initiative Website Challenge website Challenge website https://www.1milliontomiss.com/ 2020-09-06 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Wed, 28/09/2022 Patrick.Tonissen Following IPBES Social Media Post, Lambeth Living Streets Group in South London Examines Policy/Action for 'Urban Forests' English (396) Following an IPBES social media post about the 'Miyawaki method' of creating pocket forests in urban spaces, the Lambeth Living Streets group in South London announced that they were looking into implementing the option for policy/action in Lambeth. New/changed action/initiative Website Tweet Tweet https://twitter.com/LambethLivingSt/status/1292141833515077632?s=20 2020-08-10 City/Community Europe and Central Asia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland public Patrick Tonissen IPBES Communications Consultant Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Wed, 28/09/2022 rspaull IPBES Tweet on Miniature Urban Forests Prompts London Civil Society Campaign to Investigate Options English (396) An IPBES Twitter post sharing a WEF video about "Miyawaki" miniature urban forests prompted the Lovely Lambeth Living Streets campaign to ask it's >2,000 followers where they would want such mini-forests to be placed. New/changed action/initiative Other https://twitter.com/LambethLivingSt/status/1292141833515077632?s=20 https://twitter.com/LambethLivingSt/status/1292141833515077632?s=20 2020-08-08 Organizational Europe and Central Asia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland London Borough of Lambeth public Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Wed, 28/09/2022 Anonymous French NGO 'Citizens for the Climate' publish IPBES Global Assessment Summary French (397) The French civil society organization, 'Citoyens pour le Climat' has produced a summary of the IPBES Global Assessment Summary for Policymakers in French as a communication tool in order to increase the uptake of the Global Assessment Report and communicate the importance of biodiversity. New/changed action/initiative Website citoyenspourleclimat.org citoyenspourleclimat.org https://citoyenspourleclimat.org/rapports-de-lipbes/ 2020-07-23 Multi-organizational/network Europe and Central Asia France public Laÿna Droz IPBES secretariat Consultant Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Wed, 28/09/2022 rspaull Nature Editorial About Validity of Single Numerical Apex Target for Biodiversity Cites Global Assessment and Calls for IPBES to be Mandated to Advise English (396) The journal Nature published an editorial about recent academic calls for a single numerical apex target for global biodiversity action, citing the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment and arguing that IPBES - working with the CBD's scientific advisors - should be called on to advise. The editorial states that governments should make a formal request for such advice to the CBD without delay. New article Website A proposal for one, simple goal, equivalent to the 2 °C climate target, needs to be thoroughly assessed A proposal for one, simple goal, equivalent to the 2 °C climate target, needs to be thoroughly assessed https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01936-y 2020-06-30 Global public Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 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]