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394 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Anonymous | Through IKI grant to BES-Net II, UNEP-WCMC supporting developing countries to undertake evaluations of the current state of knowledge on biodiversity and ecosystem services | With IKI financial support and UNEP-WCMC technical support, three countries (Dominican Republic, Malawi and Thailand) have commenced their national ecosystem assessments under the framework of BES-Net Phase II, with close reference to the IPBES Guide on the Production of Assessments and leveraging the expertise of the Sub-Global Assessment Network. | New/changed research project | Other | https://www.unep-wcmc.org/news/three-more-countries-start-national-ecosystem-assessments | https://www.unep-wcmc.org/news/three-more-countries-start-national-ecosystem-assessments | 2021-02-17 | National | Cross-regional | Dominican Republic, Malawi, Thailand | public | Yuko | Kurauchi | UNDP | Policy Specialist | IPBES Observer, Stakeholder | |||||||||||||||
397 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | New Report 'Bankrolling Extinction' Cites IPBES Global Assessment in Examination of Banking Sector's Role in Biodiversity Crisis | English (396) | A new report uses the findings of the Global Assessment Report to map and analyse the role of the banking sector in the global biodiversity crisis | New/changed research project | Website | https://theecologist.org/2020/oct/28/bankrolling-extinction | https://theecologist.org/2020/oct/28/bankrolling-extinction | 2020-10-28 | Global | Cross-regional |
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public | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
401 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | Paper Applies IPBES Conceptual Framework Multiple Values Approach to Analysis of Agroforestry Landscapes in North East Europe | English (396) | This paper identifies and compares values that people attribute to agroforestry landscapes across North-Eastern Europe, using case studies in Sweden, Latvia, Belarus, and the Russian Federation. We apply the multiple-value approach developed for the conceptual framework of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services to an assess-ment of agroforestry landscapes. | New/changed research project | Print Article | Perceived benefits from agroforestry landscapes across North-Eastern Europe: What matters and for whom? | Perceived benefits from agroforestry landscapes across North-Eastern Europe: What matters and for whom? | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204621000074 | 2021-05-01 | Subregional | Europe and Central Asia | Belarus, Latvia, Russian Federation, Sweden | public | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
408 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | 2021 Edition of Little Book of Investing in Nature Cites Global Assessment Extensively in Making Case for Investment to Protect Natural Capital | English (396) | Global Canopy's 2021 Edition of the 'Little Book of Investing in Nature', cites the IPB Global Assessment extensively in making the case for greater finance for and investment in the protection of natural capital | New/changed research project | Print Article | 2021-01-15 | Global | public | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||||||
410 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | Study uses IPBES Conceptual Framework to Analyse Connections Between People and Nature in Draa River Basin Southern Morocco | English (396) | A new study, Social-ecological interactions in the Draa River Basin, southern Morocco: Towards nature conservation and human well-being using the IPBES framework makes direct use of the IPBES conceptual framework to combine ecological and socio-economic insights and analyse the connections between people and nature in the water scarce Draa River Basin. | New/changed research project | Website | Towards nature conservation and human well-being using the IPBES framework | Towards nature conservation and human well-being using the IPBES framework | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969720380232 | 2021-05-15 | State/Provincial | Africa | Morocco | Zagora | public | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||
415 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | Drawing on IPBES Regional Assessment for Africa Article Identifies Future Pathways and Options for Biodiversity Across the Continent | English (396) | The authors build on the IPBES Regional Assessment Report for Africa to show what is changing in biodiversity and ecosystem services on the African continent. They also identify future pathways and options for an African continent where long-term development objectives are recognized as inseparably connected to the conservation of the region's rich biocultural heritage. | New/changed research project | Website | Biodiversity and ecosystem services on the African continent – What is changing, and what are our options? | Biodiversity and ecosystem services on the African continent – What is changing, and what are our options? | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211464520300804?dgcid=author | 2021-03-05 | Regional | Africa | public | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
424 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Anonymous | Article uses IPBES Conceptual Framework and Nature's Contributions to People to Explore Reconfigurations of a Socio-Ecological System in the French Alps | English (396) | This article hypothesises that adaptation to economic, policy and climate changes have occurred through changes in the co-production of nature's contributions to people (NCP) in a social-ecological system in Pays de la Meije, in the French Alps. It does so drawing explicitly on the IPBES Conceptual Framework and the work of IPBES on NCP. | New/changed research project | Website | Historical reconfigurations of a social–ecological system adapting to economic, policy and climate changes in the French Alps | Historical reconfigurations of a social–ecological system adapting to economic, policy and climate changes in the French Alps | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10113-021-01760-8 | 2021-03-24 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | France | Hautes-Alpes | public | Mr. | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||
425 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | Hitachi and Takram use IPBES Global Assessment & Pandemics Report to Outline a Degenerative to Regenerative Transition for the Planet | English (396) | The R&D Group of Hitachi, Ltd. and Takramm as design innovation studio, used the IPBES Global Assessment and IPBES Pandemics Workshop Report to outline a necessary transition from degenerative to regenerative as one of 10 that they suggest are necessary for the world to achieve a sustainable future. | New/changed research project | Website | Transitions to Sustainable Future | Transitions to Sustainable Future | https://sustainability-transitions.com/IPBES#intro | Pandemics Report | 2021-03-26 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | public | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
437 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | BCG-NABU Report Cites Global Assessment Making a Case for the Biodiversity Imperative for Business | English (396) | A joint project between the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Germany’s Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU, the Partner of BirdLife International in Germany), this report aims to highlight the importance of biodiversity as the indispensable foundation of the global economy and human well-being, and invites businesses, politicians, and society to add their contributions. The report cites multiple findings from the IPBES Global Assessment and calls for all stakeholders to join forces in the common interest of preserving biodiversity. | New/changed research project | Other | The Biodiversity Imperative for Business. Preserving the Foundations of Our Well-Being | The Biodiversity Imperative for Business. Preserving the Foundations of Our Well-Being | https://web-assets.bcg.com/2a/f5/e95293214c29877c11251290ebca/2020-09-the-biodiversity-imperative-for-business-final2-002.pdf | 2020-09-01 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | public | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Programme Management Assistant-Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
438 | Wed, 24/08/2022 | Anonymous | Colombia Launched its National Biodiversity and Ecosystem Assessment Based on IPBES Methodology | English (396) | After the three-year's of work, Colombia’s National Ecosystem Assessment was launched virtually on 30 June 2021. During the assessment, 105 experts from scientific, traditional and local knowledge backgrounds came together to articulate multiple scenarios for the trajectory of Colombia’s biodiversity and ecosystems until 2050 and its impacts on people's well-being with close reference to the IPBES guide on the production of assessments. During the launch event, the authors and experts called for an urgent need to shift to better environmental management and stronger implementation of environmental legislation to halt the country’s rapid biodiversity loss. See also: http://humboldt.org.co/images/pdf/10721/RTDFinalv290621.pdf | New/changed research project | Website | Colombia’s first National Ecosystem Assessment Sounds the Alarm for Biodiversity Decline | Colombia’s first National Ecosystem Assessment Sounds the Alarm for Biodiversity Decline | https://www.besnet.world/colombia%E2%80%99s-first-national-ecosystem-assessment-sounds-alarm-biodiversity-decline | 2021-06-30 | National | Americas | Colombia |
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public | Yuko | Kurauchi | UNDP | Policy Specialist | IPBES Observer | ||||||||||||
475 | Wed, 24/08/2022 | Anonymous | Colombia’s First National Ecosystem Assessment Published Partly in Support of IPBES | English (396) | With its rich, diverse ecosystems ranging from high mountains to wetlands, forests and coastal marine ecosystems, for Colombians, nature’s contributions take on different forms. Yet, drivers of biodiversity loss such as deforestation, erosion, overgrazing and increasingly severe competition over natural resources threaten Colombia’s environmental sustainability, affecting not only the functionality of these ecosystems but also the relationships among species. Colombia's national ecosystem assessment has been the product of a three-year-long effort to build the country’s capacity in support of IPBES. Assessment authors and experts called for an urgent need to shift to better environmental management and stronger implementation of environmental legislation to halt the country’s rapid biodiversity loss. During the assessment, 105 experts from scientific, traditional and local knowledge backgrounds came together to articulate multiple scenarios for the trajectory of Colombia’s biodiversity and ecosystems until 2050 and its impacts on people's wellbeing. The assessment points to the need for building greater institutional capacity among not just environmental institutions but also other bodies responsible for sustainable development and local governance. In the Colombian context, experts noted that conflicts arising over issues of mining or the agro-industry demand greater attention and awareness. Equipping these actors with skills and training, as well as budgets and accountability for implementation can ensure that policies and programmes are well-coordinated and impactful. |
New/changed research project | Website | Colombia's first national ecosystem assessment | Colombia's first national ecosystem assessment | https://www.besnet.world/colombias-first-national-ecosystem-assessment-sounds-the-alarm-for-biodiversity-decline/ | 2021-06-30 | National | Americas | Colombia |
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public | Mrs. | Alice | Fogliata Cresswell | UNDP | BES-Net Platform Management Officer | Stakeholder | |||||||||||
484 | Mon, 20/02/2023 | Anonymous | Colombia’s first National Ecosystem Assessment launched | English (396) | Colombia launched its first national ecosystem assessment virtually on 30 June 2021. It is based on a years-long effort to build Colombia’s capacity to produce a credible, legitimate and relevant assessment report and develop a set of policy support tools to integrate assessment findings into decision-making, with close reference to the IPBES guide on the production of assessments. This initiative was led by the Humboldt Institute in partnership with UNEP-WCMC's National Ecosystem Assessment Initiative and supported by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection through the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net). | New/changed research project | Website | Colombia’s first National Ecosystem Assessment Sounds the Alarm for Biodiversity Decline | Colombia’s first National Ecosystem Assessment Sounds the Alarm for Biodiversity Decline | https://www.besnet.world/colombias-first-national-ecosystem-assessment-sounds-the-alarm-for-biodiversity-decline/ | 2017-06-13 | 2021-06-30 | National | Americas | Colombia | private | Ms. | Yuko | Kurauchi | UNDP | Policy Specialist | IPBES Observer, Stakeholder | [email protected] | ||||||||||
485 | Wed, 07/09/2022 | Fernando Neda | New Traffic, IUCN and USAID Report Highlights IPBES Science and the Platform's Calls for Action | English (396) | The December 2021 Situation Analysis on Social Behaviour Change Messaging on Wildlife Trade and Zoonotic Disease Risks cites IPBES science, particularly its findings about the "impact of direct exploitation on ecosystems and biodiversity" published in the IPBES Global Assessment. | New/changed research project | Other | Traffic 2021 Situation Analysis | Traffic 2021 Situation Analysis | https://www.traffic.org/publications/reports/situation-analysis-social-and-behaviour-change-messaging-on-wildlife-trade-and-zoonotic-disease-risks/ | 2021-12-08 | Global |
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public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
488 | Wed, 14/09/2022 | Anonymous | Viet Nam Launched its First National Ecosystem Assessment Report Building on IPBES Assessment Methodology | English (396) | Viet Nam’s diverse and vital ecosystems are slowly being pushed to the brink for socioeconomic development. At the launch of Viet Nam’s national ecosystem assessment in early 2022, experts emphasized the urgent need to reconcile biodiversity conservation and ecosystem protection across all economic and social development policies to ensure a sustainable future for Viet Nam. The assessment, which began in 2018, is the first of its kind in Viet Nam, establishing a sound knowledge and evidence base on biodiversity, building on the global assessment undertaken by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and IPBES assessment methodology. The assessment helps connect scientists to practitioners and policymakers in the country and will play a critical role in informing policymaking. The findings from the assessment are currently being used for the formulation of national policies such as the National Strategy on Environment Protection (to 2030 and a vision to 2050) and the National Strategy on Biodiversity Conservation (2021–2030). They are also contributing to Viet Nam’s sixth national report to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. The assessment findings will be shared with different stakeholders, mobilizing support and action to translate its recommendations into policy and practice. To this end, Viet Nam is also one of the first countries to receive the BES Solution Fund, BES-Net’s catalytic fund for implementing tangible, evidence-based, on-the-ground biodiversity solutions. This support will go towards building visibility for the assessment and promoting key findings in decision-making. |
New/changed research project | Website | Viet Nam’s First National Ecosystem Assessment Warns of Steady Biodiversity Loss Upending the Economy | Viet Nam’s First National Ecosystem Assessment Warns of Steady Biodiversity Loss Upending the Economy | https://www.besnet.world/viet-nam-first-national-ecosystem-assessment-warns-steady-biodiversity-loss/ | 2022-02-16 | National | Asia-Pacific | Viet Nam | public | Mrs. | Alice | Fogliata Cresswell | BES-Net (UNDP) | Online Platforms Manager | Stakeholder | [email protected] | |||||||||||
489 | Wed, 14/09/2022 | Anonymous | Guided by IPBES Assessment Methodology Ethiopia Has Validated its National Ecosystem Assessment | English (396) | Ethiopia’s national ecosystem assessment, in the works since 2017 and launched in early 2022, represents an important milestone in the country’s efforts to strengthen the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services. It was guided directly by the IPBES assessment methodology. In May 2022, the Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute – which was leading the country’s assessment – and the Sub-Global Assessment Network, co-hosted a webinar celebrating Ethiopia’s assessment validation, highlighting the achievements and impact of the country’s findings to support national decision-making. Since Ethiopia’s national ecosystem assessment started, the country has been working on identifying opportunities and entry points for mainstreaming the assessment findings into the relevant policies and processes. The country will now move onto the fourth and final stage of the assessment process: the use of the assessment findings. In line with the development of its post-2020 biodiversity framework, Ethiopia will incorporate the findings of its national ecosystem assessment into the relevant policies and processes, and implementing sectors will be assigned for the plan period of the framework. UNDP will also support Ethiopia in the use of assessment findings, through the catalytic BES Solution Fund, managed by UNDP through the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net). |
New/changed research project | Website | Ethiopia Prepares to Incorporate its Ecosystem Assessment Findings into National Policies and Processes | Ethiopia Prepares to Incorporate its Ecosystem Assessment Findings into National Policies and Processes | https://www.besnet.world/ethiopia-to-incorporate-assessment-findings-into-national-policies/ | 2022-04-27 | National | Africa | Ethiopia |
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public | Mrs. | Alice | Fogliata Cresswell | BES-Net (UNDP) | Online Platforms Manager | Stakeholder | [email protected] | ||||||||||
490 | Wed, 14/09/2022 | Anonymous | Ernst & Young, Microsoft and Earth Knowledge Leverage IPBES Global Assessment Findings in New Joint Report on Financial Services for Conservation, Sustainability and Biodiversity | English (396) | Leveraging findings from the IPBES Global Assessment (2019), a new report by EY, Microsoft, and Earth Knowledge warns that the financial industry runs the danger of doing enormous harm to both itself and businesses across the world if it doesn't utilize its "huge influence" to halt behaviors that hurt the environment. The report states that the largest investment banks in the world provided $2.6 trillion in loans and underwriting services related to the destruction of nature in 2019 alone. The analysis, however, claims that there is still hope. It highlights large, unrealized profit prospects for the financial services industry related to biodiversity, sustainability, and conservation. The financial industry may benefit from an estimated $800 billion annual biodiversity funding gap by fostering nature's resilience, productivity, and adaptation. If the world is to reach its climate change, biodiversity, and land degradation commitments, this investment must triple in real terms by 2030 and quadruple by 2050. | New/changed research project | Website | Financial sector has ‘great power’ to stop biodiversity loss and reap the rewards of being ‘nature positive’, report reveals | Financial sector has ‘great power’ to stop biodiversity loss and reap the rewards of being ‘nature positive’, report reveals | https://news.microsoft.com/en-gb/2021/10/13/financial-sector-has-great-power-to-stop-biodiversity-loss-and-reap-the-rewards-of-being-nature-positive-report-reveals/ | 2021-10-13 | Global | private | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||||||
492 | 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) |
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public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||
494 | 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] | ||||||||||||
498 | Thu, 29/09/2022 | rspaull | Natural Environment Research Council Recruits 3-Year Postdoc at Aberystwyth University to Value Nature and Woodland in UK, Finland & Tanzania Building on IPBES Values Assessment | English (396) | The UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is recruiting a 3-year postdoctoral research position at Aberystwyth University's Business School to value nature and woodland in the UK, Finland and Tanzania, using valuaiton concepts and methods developed in the IPBES Values Assessment. | New/changed research project | Other | IPBES Values Assessment Leads to New Postdoc Research Postion | IPBES Values Assessment Leads to New Postdoc Research Postion | https://twitter.com/MikeChristieUni/status/1573329150022225922?s=20&t=3BxB6qb5QI6TDjaWnl_kww | 2022-09-26 | National | Cross-regional | Finland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania | public | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||||
509 | 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] |