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544 | Thu, 09/02/2023 | Tania Sanchis Gimenez | Project NAVIGATE wiIl use IPBES Values Assessment Approach to Assess 4 Areas of UK, Finland & Tanzania as Test Cases | English (396) | A new project, called NAVIGATE (Understanding NAture’s multiple Values for InteGrATion into dEcisions), is one of the seven major new studies highlighted in the journal Science, that will help to understand the economic benefits of biodiversity. NAVIGATE will be led by Prof. Mike Christie, Aberystwyth University and will use the approach to inclusive valuation of nature developed in the recent IPBES Values Assessment to assess four areas of the UK, Finland and Tanzania, as test cases. | New/changed research project | Website | Seven major studies launched that will help us understand the economic benefits of biodiversity | Seven major studies launched that will help us understand the economic benefits of biodiversity | https://scienmag.com/seven-major-studies-launched-that-will-help-us-understand-the-economic-benefits-of-biodiversity/ | 2022-11-08 | GBP | £799,726 | Global | Cross-regional | Finland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania | public | Ms. | Tania | Sanchis | IPBES | Social Media Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||
555 | Sat, 29/04/2023 | Fernando Neda | Protocol Developed to Operationalize IPBES Nature Futures Framework (NFF) by Combining it with Multi-Objective Optimization | English (396) | Through a case study of a rural landscape in northeastern Japan, researchers have developed a protocol with three specifications for operationalizing the IPBES Nature Futures Framework (NFF) in a landscape scenario analysis using a multi-objective optimization framework composed of: (1) exploring nature-positive futures, (2) seeking alternative pathways for targets satisfying visions of plural values, and (3) screening key direct drivers to achieve the targets. This study modeled the NFF-based scenarios by applying the concept of multi-objective optimization and a landscape change model to explore desirable futures, seek targets in the NFF state space, and screen response options for reaching these targets in the Bekambeushi River watershed in northeastern Japan. The protocol identified multiple, but few nature-positive and Pareto optimal strategies that satisfied NFF visions; nature-positive, but not Pareto optimal strategies; and non-nature-positive strategies. The protocol also identified key response options to achieve three different NFF value perspectives in the case study area: (1) clear or selective cutting in forestry and (2) solar PV installation on abandoned pastureland in agriculture and energy sectors. |
New/changed research project | Website | Modeling desirable futures at local scale by combining the nature futures framework and multi-objective optimization | Modeling desirable futures at local scale by combining the nature futures framework and multi-objective optimization | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-023-01301-8 | 2023-03-10 | National | Asia-Pacific | Japan |
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public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||
307 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | Report by Swedish Environmental Protection Agency provides 'Swedish perspective on the IPBES Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment' | Swedish (506) | The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has published a report which takes up the IPBES Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment Report and integrates key findings and implications for a Swedish context. |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | https://www.naturvardsverket.se/978-91-620-6948-3 | https://www.naturvardsverket.se/978-91-620-6948-3 | 2021-01-14 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Sweden | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
249 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Research Article Draws from IPBES Global Assessment to Explore Future of Ecotourism in Africa | English (396) | An article in Trade for Development News draws substantially from the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment to explore the future of ecotourism in Africa. The article was co-written by officials from the World Trade Organization, the Conservation Areas and Species programme, the International Union for Conservation of Nature ESARO and the Executive Secretariat for the Enhanced Integrated Framework at the WTO. |
New article | Website | Article in Trade for Development News | Article in Trade for Development News | https://trade4devnews.enhancedif.org/en/news/how-can-we-protect-african-biodiversity-ldc-ecotourism | 2019-10-08 | Multi-organizational/network | Africa | private | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
251 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Research Article Explores Application of Imagination in IPBES Scenario Processes | English (396) | A research article explores the application of imagination in scenario development that stimulates “a reflective process that can contribute to more informed decision-making”. The article both examines the role application of imagination in existing IPBES assessments and offers suggestions for how it can be better applied in future ones. |
New article | Website | Article in Elementa Science | Article in Elementa Science | https://www.elementascience.org/article/10.1525/elementa.374/ | 2019-08-18 | Multi-organizational/network | private | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
252 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Research Article Focuses on IPBES Terms ‘Ecosystem Services’ and ‘Nature’s Contributions to People’ | English (396) | Building on the work of IPBES and IPBES-related research interests, an article in the journal “Ecosystems and People” titled “Disentangling ‘ecosystem services’ and ‘nature’s contributions to people’” explores these terms in greater detail and contributes to broader knowledge and data schemes. |
New article | Website | Link to article | Link to article | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26395916.2019.1669713 | 2019-12-17 | Multi-organizational/network | private | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
274 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Research Article on Values Held by Children Towards Forest Ecosystems Cites IPBES | English (396) | A research article titled “Values held by Swedish primary school students towards forest ecosystems and the relevance for a nature’s contributions to people approach,” published in the journal “Ecosystems and People,” draws extensively on IPBES’s concept of Nature’s Contributions to People. The article’s findings “support the approach taken by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) in incorporating diverse forms of value into valuation methods, as well as by taking a mixed-methods approach.” |
New/changed research project | Website | Link to article in “Ecosystems and People” | Link to article in “Ecosystems and People” | https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26395916.2019.1687585 | 2019-11-17 | Multi-organizational/network | Europe and Central Asia | Sweden | private | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
222 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Research Paper on Nature’s Contributions to Adaptation Draws on IPBES Conceptual Framework of Nature’s Contributions to People | English (396) | A research paper published in the journal “Ecosystems and People” draws on the IPBES conceptual framework of nature’s contributions to people. The paper, titled “Nature’s contribution to adaptation: insights from examples of the transformation of social-ecological systems”, concludes that the plurality of human-nature relationships included in the IPBES conceptual framework is “is needed to integrate ecosystem transformation into adaptation thinking and action while engaging a diversity of actors with differing world views.” The authors accordingly frame “the capacity of ecosystems under climate change to enable future human needs under the IPBES framework of nature’s contributions to people” and “introduce the concept of Nature’s Contribution to Adaptation (NCA) as a means to operationalise transformative adaptation, emphasising the need to create options for society to transform under ecosystem transformation.” |
New/changed research project | Website | Full article in Ecosystems and People | Full article in Ecosystems and People | https://slack-redir.net/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tandfonline.com%2Fdoi%2Ffull%2F10.1080%2F26395916.2020.1754919 | 2020-04-07 | Global | private | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
500 | Wed, 28/09/2022 | rspaull | Research Uses IPBES Nature Futures Framework to Analyse Conservation Decision-Making Under Climate Change | English (396) | A group of experts convened to discuss using the Nature Futures Framework developed by the IPBES Task Force on Scenarios and Models as a tool to inform management in social-ecological systems facing climate change. The research focused on 3 illustrative case studies from the global South across a range of climate change impacts at different ecological levels. | New article | Website | Managing biodiversity in the Anthropocene: discussing the Nature Futures Framework as a tool for adaptive decision-making for nature under climate change | Managing biodiversity in the Anthropocene: discussing the Nature Futures Framework as a tool for adaptive decision-making for nature under climate change | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-022-01200-4 | 2022-06-24 | Global |
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public | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||||
515 | Wed, 05/10/2022 | Fernando Neda | Researcher Uses IPBES Findings in Working Paper on Climate Attribution Science & Endangered Species Act | English (396) | According to the 2019 IPBES Global Assessment, there are presently an estimated one million species that are in danger of going extinct, with climate change playing a significant role in the risk's escalation. Recent studies on the detection and attribution of climate change, which look at how anthropogenic climate change is currently affecting our planet, have shown that habitats and species are already suffering from phenomena like rising land and water temperatures, melting ice and permafrost, sea level rise, more extreme weather events, and other changes in the bioclimatic conditions of particular habitats. Changes in species distribution, phenology, and population dynamics are being driven by these events. New research by Jessica Wentz, a fellow at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School, uses findings from the IPBES Global Assessment in an examination of how the Endangered Species Act (ESA) decision-making process uses research to identify and attribute climate change. Decision-makers can use attribution science to evaluate the extent to which particular species are already in danger due to climate change, identify general trends in how climate change affects species and habitats, and create better management strategies to deal with the risks posed by the phenomenon. |
New/changed research project | Website | Climate Attribution Science and The Endangered Species Act | Climate Attribution Science and The Endangered Species Act | https://climate.law.columbia.edu/content/climate-attribution-science-and-endangered-species-act | 2021-10-08 | National | United States of America | public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||||
553 | Mon, 27/11/2023 | Fernando Neda | Researchers Build on IPBES Sustainable Use of Wild Species Report to Examine National Implications of its Findings for South Africa | English (396) | Research published in the South African Journal of Science (March 2023) builds on the recent findings of the IPBES Sustainable Use of Wild Species Assessment Report to examine the national implications of the assessment for South Africa, also drawing on insights from local contributing authors. In drawing these links, the researchers make the point that South Africa is a megadiverse country with a population that relies extensively on the use of wild species for food, energy, medicine, and income, amongst many other purposes. They also argue that the IPBES Sustainable Use of Wild Species assessment provides impetus for placing biodiversity at the centre of sustainable development in South African policy. | New/changed research project | Website | The sustainable use of wild species benefits biodiversity and human well-being in South Africa | The sustainable use of wild species benefits biodiversity and human well-being in South Africa | https://sajs.co.za/article/view/15739 | 2023-03-29 | National | Africa | South Africa |
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public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||
603 | Mon, 27/11/2023 | Fernando Neda | Researchers Operationalize IPBES Nature Futures Framework to Catalyze Development of Nature-Future Scenarios | English (396) | Members of the IPBES task force on scenarios and models have provided an example of how the Nature Futures Framework can be implemented for the development of illustrative narratives representing a diversity of desirable nature futures: information that can be used to assess and develop scenarios and models whilst acknowledging the underpinning value perspectives on nature. To explore the interdependence between narratives, and therefore their potential to be translated into scenarios and models, six narratives developed were assessed around three areas of the transformative change debate, specifically, (1) land sparing vs. land sharing, (2) Half Earth vs. Whole Earth conservation, and (3) green growth vs. post-growth economic development. The paper concludes with an assessment of how the Nature Futures Framework could be used to assist in developing and articulating transformative pathways towards desirable nature futures. The article is part of the Sustainability Science journal's Special Feature: Operationalizing the Nature Futures Framework to Catalyze the Development of Nature-Future Scenarios. |
New/changed research project | Print Article | Bringing the Nature Futures Framework to life: creating a set of illustrative narratives of nature futures | Bringing the Nature Futures Framework to life: creating a set of illustrative narratives of nature futures | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-023-01316-1 | 2023-05-04 | Global | public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||||||
526 | Wed, 19/10/2022 | rspaull | Researchers Use IPBES Approach to Analyse Expected Impact of Invasive Alien Species on Global Extinctions | English (396) | Researchers have heeded the approach of IPBES to address ecological and evolutionary components in conservation assessments in their analysis of expected impacts of invasive alien species on global extinctions. | New/changed research project | Website | Looming extinctions due to invasive species | Looming extinctions due to invasive species | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/gcb.15771 | 2021-06-10 | Global | public | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | 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] | |||||||||||||
599 | Wed, 22/11/2023 | Fernando Neda | Researchers use IPBES Indirect Drivers of Change to Identify Underlying Causes of Biodiversity Loss in Scotland | English (396) | A new report led by The James Hutton Institute and commissioned by NatureScot (Scotland's Nature Agency), points to factors which are indirectly contributing to nature loss in Scotland including culture, education, demography, economy, political systems and technology. The report follows the framework of the 2019 IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and its definitions of the indirect drivers. The paper summarizes the description of these drivers given in the IPBES report, transposing these to the Scottish situation with relevant evidence presented to support this transposition and identify potential levers of change. The report presents a critical assessment of the status and trends of the natural world, the social implications of these trends, their direct and indirect causes, and actions that can be taken to ensure a better future for all. The report identifies ways to reduce the impacts of some of these contributing factors to help move towards a future where humans live more in harmony with nature. Government, public bodies, schools, businesses, individuals and communities are highlighted as having a lead role to play. Recommendations include that policy makers and businesses move away from measuring performance based on levels of production and consumption and focus more on regenerative uses of the land and sea as part of a sustainable, circular economy. The report also makes extensive use of knowledge published in the IPBES Assessment of Scenarios and Models of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, as well as the IPBES Assessment on the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature. |
New/changed research project | Website | NatureScot Research Report 1309 - Understanding the Indirect Drivers of Biodiversity Loss in Scotland | NatureScot Research Report 1309 - Understanding the Indirect Drivers of Biodiversity Loss in Scotland | https://www.nature.scot/doc/naturescot-research-report-1309-understanding-indirect-drivers-biodiversity-loss-scotland | 2023-08-31 | National | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Scotland | public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||
565 | Mon, 01/05/2023 | Fernando Neda | Researchers use IPBES Values Assessment to Review Tropical Peatlands Using Multifunctional 'Scape Approaches | English (396) | A new paper drawing on IPBES science, particularly the IPBES Values Assessment and the 2019 IPBES Global Assessment, examines approaches to improve sustainable management outcomes of intact ecosystems at scale, reviewing tropical peatlands to explore the potential of multifunctional ‘scape approaches. tThe authors argue that only transformative change, which involves a fundamental, system-wide reorganization, can reverse biodiversity loss and meet globally agreed development goals. The article recommends further work to deepen understanding of the multidimensional ‘value’ of nature, strengthen governance frameworks, empower indigenous peoples, align nature-positive and climate-positive goals, and mobilize business and financial support to achieve sustainable ecosystem management. |
New/changed research project | Website | A Multifunctional ‘Scape Approach for Sustainable Management of Intact Ecosystems—A Review of Tropical Peatlands | A Multifunctional ‘Scape Approach for Sustainable Management of Intact Ecosystems—A Review of Tropical Peatlands | https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/3/2484 | 2023-01-30 | Global |
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public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||||
533 | Mon, 31/10/2022 | Fernando Neda | Researchers Utilize IPBES Nature Futures Framework to Envision Pluralistic Desirable Futures of a New Urban Park in The Netherlands | English (396) | A case study involving the Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen in The Netherlands has implemented the IPBES pluralistic framework for human-nature relationships to analyze how to incorporate multiple values in envisioning desirable futures. Co-designed with key stakeholders of the national park and using a participatory process, researchers engaged with the framework, which was developed by the IPBES task force on scenarios and models to catalyze the development of nature-centered scenarios. "We integrated this Nature Futures Framework with the Three Horizons Framework in a participatory workshop process designed to bring people’s diverse relationships with nature to the fore, and jointly envision desirable futures and the pathways to get there," explained the researchers. Researchers also presented a methodology to analyze and compare the visions and assess their potential contribution to the SDGs. "The approach successfully engaged participants in joint exploration of desirable futures for the national park based on their plural perspectives on human-nature relationships." Furthermore, researchers concluded that there is "potential for its applications to support change processes in various social-ecological contexts toward more sustainable futures for nature and people." |
New/changed research project | Website | Exploring desirable nature futures for Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen | Exploring desirable nature futures for Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26395916.2022.2065360 | 2022-05-17 | State/Provincial | Europe and Central Asia | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||||
398 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | Royal Zoological Society of Scotland Refers to Global Assessment Finding in Announcing as First UK Zoological Society to Join EU Commission Coalition | English (396) | The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland quotes the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment about a million species at risk of extinciton in it's annoucement joining the European Commission Global Coalition #UnitedForBiodiversity ahead of CBD #COP15 | New/changed network | Website | https://www.thenational.scot/news/19123009.royal-zoological-society-scotland-first-biodiversity-pledge/ | https://www.thenational.scot/news/19123009.royal-zoological-society-scotland-first-biodiversity-pledge/ | 2021-02-27 | State/Provincial | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Scotland | public | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
546 | Mon, 20/02/2023 | Tania Sanchis Gimenez | San Diego County Passes Resolution Calling for Better Protection of and Access to Open Spaces in Support of Biodiversity. | English (396) | The Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego, California, USA have voted in favor of a resolution calling for better protection of and access to the county’s open spaces in support of biodiversity. The resolution “builds on several community partnerships and initiatives maintained by the county that prioritize the preservation of the region’s natural spaces” and also on IPBES data, such as the fact that the planet is experiencing a biodiversity crisis, with more than 1 million species of plants and animals threatened by extinction. | New/changed law/regulation | Website | County Supervisors Pass Resolution Supporting Biodiversity for a More Resilient San Diego | County Supervisors Pass Resolution Supporting Biodiversity for a More Resilient San Diego | https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2022/11/16/county-supervisors-pass-resolution-supporting-biodiversity-for-a-more-resilient-san-diego/ | 2022-11-16 | State/Provincial | Americas | United States of America | California | public | Ms. | Tania | Sanchis Gimenez | IPBES | Social Media Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||
361 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | San Francisco Municipal Biodiversity Strategy Incorporates Findings from IPBES Global Assessment | English (396) | Following the release of the IPBES Global Assessment Report, the city of San Francisco has updated its biodiversity strategy to incorporate local implications of the Report into municipal policy. | New/changed policy | Website | Global Community and International Policy Context | Global Community and International Policy Context | https://sfenvironment.org/natural-heritage#:~:text=Our%20Planet-,San%20Francisco's%20Natural%20Heritage,native%20habitats%2C%20plants%20and%20animals | City/Community | Americas | United States of America | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn |