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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous US Senator Introduces Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2019, Cites Global Assessment English (396) U.S. Senator Tom Udall, vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Representative Ruben Gallego, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Indigenous Peoples, introduced the Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2019 to “support the use of wildlife corridors on Tribal lands.” Udall cited the IPBES Global Assessment and its finding that one million species are at risk of extinction as reason for passing the Act.
New/changed law/regulation Website Link to Tom Udall’s website Link to Tom Udall’s website https://www.tomudall.senate.gov/news/press-releases/udall-gallego-introduce-tribal-wildlife-corridors-act-of-2019 2019-11-19 National Americas United States of America public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 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]
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 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
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous Lion’s Share Fund Cites IPBES Global Assessment in Explanation of Its Purpose English (396) On its webpage, the Lion’s Share Fund Cites the IPBES Global Assessment’s key finding that one million species are at risk of extinction in its explanation of its purpose. The Lion’s Share Fund is an initiative through which the corporate world can make a contribution each time an animal appears in their ads, raising money for wildlife conservation, habitats and animal welfare.
 New/changed investment Website Lion’s Share webpage Lion’s Share webpage https://www.thelionssharefund.com/content/thelionssharefund/en/home/ Global Cross-regional private Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Tue, 04/10/2022 rspaull The Lancet Planetary Health Journal Issues Editorial in Response to IPBES Sustainable Use of Wild Species Assessment Linking to Planetary Health Perspectives English (396) The Lancet Planetary Health Journal issued an editorial responding to the release of the IPBES Sustainable Use of Wild Species Assessment Report, making the link to the importance of a planetary health perspective in contributing to the fuller accounting of the values of nature. New article Website Reaching a balance with wild species Reaching a balance with wild species https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(22)00177-2/fulltext#%20 2022-08-06 Global public Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Fri, 17/11/2023 Fernando Neda Citing IPBES Reports, 200 Health Journals Urge WHO to Declare Nature Crisis as Health Emergency English (396) Over 200 health journals have urged the World Health Organization to declare the climate and nature crisis as a global health emergency.

To make their case, the authors cite science published in the report for the IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop on biodiversity and climate change (2021). "The research communities that provide the evidence for the 2 COPs [...] were brought together for a workshop in 2020 when they concluded that 'Only by considering climate and biodiversity as parts of the same complex problem…can solutions be developed that avoid maladaptation and maximize the beneficial outcomes'", they explained.

"Globally, about a fifth of people rely on wild species for food and their livelihoods," also quoted the authors, taking from the IPBES Assessment report on the sustainable use of wild species (2022).

The editorial was published in leading titles from around the world, including The BMJ, The Lancet, JAMA, the Medical Journal of Australia, the East African Medical Journal, the National Medical Journal of India and Dubai Medical Journal.		 New/changed action/initiative Print Article Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)02289-4/fulltext 2023-11-04 Global public Fernando Neda IPBES PIA Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous Guardian Kicks off Year-Long Age of Extinction Initiative With Article Drawing on IPBES Global Assessment English (396) In September 2019, The Guardian newspaper announced a new year-long series called “The Age of Extinction,” which focuses on biodiversity and “draws attention to the catastrophic loss of species across the planet and looks at ways to tackle the crisis.” One of the first stories published as part of the series is an opinion piece by Guardian’s former environment editor John Vidal, who highlighted the finding of the IPBES Global Assessment that one million species are now at risk of extinction due to human activity.
 New/changed action/initiative Website Guardian Press Release Guardian Press Release https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2019/sep/18/guardian-launches-new-series-the-age-of-extinction 2019-09-18 Global private Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Thu, 30/11/2023 Fernando Neda IPBES Science at Heart of Guardian Newspaper's Initiative to Include Biodiversity Amongst its Editorial Priorities English (396) The influential UK-based Guardian newspaper updated its editorial climate pledge to include nature and biodiversity. For this major editorial revision, and intending to ensure that biodiversity is also placed at the heart of their work in the way that climate was a few years back, the publication launched a large news feature. The reports focuses on what the world might look like in 2050 if we do not take the necessary action on biodiversity.

The article concentrates on the five main drivers of biodiversity loss identified by IPBES: land and sea use change, direct exploitation of natural resources, climate change, pollution and invasive species. As such, The Guardian requested perspectives from IPBES experts from different backgrounds, geographies and genders.

IPBES science, particularly from the 2019 Global Assessment and the 2023 Invasive Alien Species Assessment, was not only cited in the article, but it led Guardian to commission it, marking the newspaper's commitment to including biodiversity and related issues amongst its editorial priorities.

IPBES authors and/or experts quoted in the news piece include Sandra Diaz, Emma Archer, Anibal Pauchard, Hanno Seebens, Peter Stoett, Unai Pascual, Jean-Marc Fromentin, Josef Settele and Eduardo Brondizio.
 New/changed commitment Website The age of extinction. ‘A biodiversity catastrophe’: how the world could look in 2050 – unless we act now The age of extinction. ‘A biodiversity catastrophe’: how the world could look in 2050 – unless we act now https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/29/a-biodiversity-catastrophe-how-the-world-could-look-in-2050-unless-we-act-now-aoe 2023-11-29 National Europe and Central Asia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland private Fernando Neda IPBES PIA Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 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]
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 Wed, 28/09/2022 Anonymous Perspective paper examines how to improve collaboration between ecosystem service communities and IPBES English (396) A perspective paper titled “Improving collaboration between ecosystem service communities and the IPBES science-policy platform” was published in the journal “Ecosystems and People.” The paper synthesizes “reflections from a workshop on how (i) IPBES can engage the ES community; (ii) the ecosystem services (ES) community can engage with IPBES; and (iii) individual scientists can contribute.” The authors “note that IPBES constitutes a great advancement towards multidisciplinarity and inclusivity in ES research and practice” and make key reflections directed to IPBES, the ES community and individual scientists.
 New article Website Paper in Ecosystems and People Paper in Ecosystems and People https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26395916.2020.1766573 2020-05-26 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 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
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 bcurley1012 Two authors of IPBES Global Assessment Draw Lessons About How to Represent Biodiversity in Assessments and How Biodiversity Knowledge Can Inform Effective and Legitimate Actions English (396) The research article draws lessons from the IPBES Global Assessment about how to represent and govern biodiversity. The authors argue that while attempts to emulate climate science and governance are understandable, for biodiversity this is not a good idea. A narrow focus on biodiversity as species and biodiversity loss as species extinction may be easy to communicate and attractive for policy makers, NGOs or media to signal the urgency of the biodiversity crisis, but it is seriously limited in its ability to reflect diverse values and worldviews and catalyse the effective action that is needed to ensure the wellbeing of people and nature. New/changed idea Website Biodiversity and species extinction: categorisation, calculation, and communication Biodiversity and species extinction: categorisation, calculation, and communication https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10383441.2020.1925204 2021-07-17 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional public Britt Curley IPBES Programme Management Assistant - Communications Secretariat: Bonn
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 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]
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 Fri, 30/09/2022 rspaull IPBES Nature Futures Framework Applied by Researchers to Help Dutch National Park Stakeholders Find Common Ground for Actions for Positive Futures English (396) The Nature Futures Framework developed by the IPBES Taskforce on Scenarios was applied by researchers from the Netherlands, South Africa and the USA to help develop scenarios for positive futures for stakeholders associated with the Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen in the Netherlands New/changed technique Website Lessons from The Netherlands reveal big potential to find common ground for actions towards positive futures Lessons from The Netherlands reveal big potential to find common ground for actions towards positive futures https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/research-news/2022-08-24-applying-the-nature-futures-framework-to-the-real-world.html 2022-05-17 National Europe and Central Asia Netherlands (Kingdom of the) public Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Mon, 06/02/2023 Fernando Neda IPBES Nature Futures Framework Approach Used in Swedish Project Proposal to Integrate Nature in Urban Areas English (396) Researchers at the Stockholm Resilience Centre have presented ways to help city planners identify options for integrating nature within urban areas. Published in the May 2022 edition of Environmental Science & Policy, the framework led by researchers Jan Kuiper and Thomas Elmqvist responds to the development of new scenarios under the Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services that focus on positive perspectives on how people and nature can prosper together. These perspectives formed the basis for the Nature Futures Framework (NFF).

Given that the NFF is not primarily looking at urban contexts, to fill this gap, the researchers colleagues developed the Urban Nature Futures Framework (UNFF) which presents three approaches to integrating nature in cities: (1) Nature for Nature Future: natural areas and biodiversity are at the core of any urban development, (2) Nature for Society Future: human needs form the basis for what ecosystem services should be prioritised, and (3) Nature as Culture Futures: how nature can help create stronger social communities, a sense of place and stewardship of nature.		 New/changed action/initiative Website Making cities greener, sustainable and inclusive Making cities greener, sustainable and inclusive https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/research-news/2022-03-17-making-cities-greener-sustainable-and-inclusive.html 2022-03-17 Global public Fernando Neda IPBES PIA Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous Workshop on development of a new national park in the Netherlands used scenario framework building on IPBES approach Dutch (425) A workshop focused on the development of a new national park in the Netherlands used a scenario framework building on the Nature Futures Framework developed by IPBES scenarios and models experts, particularly the IPBES task force on scenarios and models.
 New/changed idea Website Link to article in Stockholm Resilience Center Link to article in Stockholm Resilience Center https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/research-news/2019-10-12-building-a-national-park-for-the-future.html 2020-06-01 National Europe and Central Asia Netherlands (Kingdom of the) public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 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]
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 Fri, 30/09/2022 rspaull Biodiversity and Conservation Journal Launches Call for Papers for Special Issue to Contribute to IPBES Work on Transformative Change English (396) The Journal Biodiversity and Conservation has launched a call for submission of paper to be published in a special edtion in late 2023 - ahead of the 10th session of the IPBES Plenary - to contrinbute to the work of IPBES on transformative change and later to be synthesized with the IPBES Transformative Change assessment report. New/changed research project Website CALL FOR PAPERS: Transformative change CALL FOR PAPERS: Transformative change https://www.springer.com/journal/10531/updates/19682276 2022-08-15 Global public Robert Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous Irish Social Democrats Publish Report on Biodiversity, Cite IPBES Global Assessment English (396) The Irish Social Democrat Party has published a report on biodiversity, titled “Biodiversity: Protecting our Fauna and Natural Habitat,” which outlines the importance of protecting biodiversity and the party’s strategies for doing so. The report highlights the finding of the IPBES Global Assessment that the current decline of nature is unprecedented.
 New/changed action/initiative Website PDF of Report PDF of Report https://www.socialdemocrats.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Biodiversity.pdf 2020-01-20 National Europe and Central Asia Ireland public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Patrick.Tonissen Building on IPBES Assessment Reports, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Publishes "Climate change and biodiversity – conclusions from the IPCC and IPBES in a Swedish perspective" Swedish (506) The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has published a report which takes up five IPBES assessment reports and integrates key findings and implications for a Swedish context into this synthesis report. New/changed research project Website Swedish Environmental Protection Agency report Swedish Environmental Protection Agency report https://www.smhi.se/publikationer/klimatforandringar-och-biologisk-mangfald-slutsatser-fran-ipcc-och-ipbes-i-ett-svenskt-perspektiv-1.163954 2020-09-14 National Europe and Central Asia Sweden public Patrick Tonissen IPBES Communications Consultant Secretariat: Bonn