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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, 19/08/2022 Anonymous US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Cite IPBES Work in Hearing on Protecting Biodiversity The US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee prepared the soil for future legislative and budgetary actions on protecting biodiversity, citing IPBES Assessment and calling the report "a kind of alarm bell". Just ahead of the Biden administration's release of its full fiscal 2022 budget proposal, Committee Chair Tom Carper (Democrat from Delaware) called biodiversity loss "an issue on which our committee has a bipartisan record of success" and added that "we must also ensure that the federal budget provides robust funding for wildlife protection."
New/changed action/initiative Print Article Lawmakers seek solutions to biodiversity crisis Lawmakers seek solutions to biodiversity crisis 2021-05-20 USD United States of America public Britt Curley IPBES Programme Management Assistant-Communications Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous Vietnam Environment Administration Cites Global Assessment While Announcing Project with World Bank English (396) The Vietnam Environment Administration cites the IPBES Global Assessment in an article announcing the launch of a project designed with the World Bank. In response to the Global Assessment finding that one million species are at risk of extinction, the project focuses on conserving endangered species in Vietnam. The Vietnam Environment Administration explains that “the project will be carried out by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment from 2019 to 2022 to protect endangered species by reducing threats posed by illegal exploitation, trade and consumption through multilateral cooperation.”
 New/changed action/initiative Website Article by Vietnam Environment Administration Article by Vietnam Environment Administration https://en.vietnamplus.vn/project-launched-to-boost-ties-in-threatened-species-conservation/160220.vnp 2019-09-10 National Asia-Pacific Viet Nam public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 17/11/2023 Anonymous IPBES Selected as 2020 WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award Winner English (396) The WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award announced on 22 May 2020, the International Day for Biological Diversity, that IPBES was selected as the recipient of its 2020 award, focused on the theme biodiversity, which also includes a prize of one million Swedish Kronor. IPBES was recognized specifically for the Global Assessment and the platform's "decisive role in outlining the drivers of biodiversity loss, communicating the magnitude of the problem and laying the groundwork for a new agenda and transformative change in relation to biodiversity."

"IPBES has had a decisive role in outlining the drivers of biodiversity loss, communicating the magnitude of the problem and laying the groundwork for a new agenda and transformative change in relation to biodiversity. Through their methodology, which includes research in both natural and social science as well as including the importance of indigenous peoples’ knowledge and experience, they have increased the opportunities for evidence-based decision making by policymakers.

Since its inception in 2012, by engaging and uniting the world’s nations around the issue of biodiversity, IPBES has played a crucial role in setting the groundwork for the change we need to address this crisis in the near future."


More information: https://ipbes.net/ipbes-winwin-sustainability-award
 Other Award Website 2020 WIN WIN Award 2020 WIN WIN Award https://www.winwinaward.org/winners-win-win-award/ipbes 2020-10-22 SEK 1,000,000 Organizational Europe and Central Asia Sweden public Patrick Tonissen IPBES Communications Officer Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Mon, 04/04/2022 Patrick.Tonissen World Bank Group Report on Mobilizing Private Finance for Nature Prominently Incorporating Findings from IPBES Global Assessment English (396) The World Bank Group's 2020 report on 'Mobilizing Private Finance for Nature' prominently features many key findings from the IPBES Global Assessment, and includes findings from the IPBES Assessment Report on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production as well. New/changed action/initiative Website World Bank Group report World Bank Group report http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/916781601304630850/Finance-for-Nature-28-Sep-web-version.pdf 2020-09-28 Multi-organizational/network public Patrick Tonissen IPBES Communications Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous World Biodiversity Forum Cites IPBES in 2020 Final Resolution English (396) The World Biodiversity Forum cited IPBES in its final Resolution, following its inaugural meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The Resolution calls for “strong collaboration between the CBD and IPBES and the Forum as a part of linking up with the science community”. The Resolution also cites the findings of IPBES as justification for its appeal to “national governments and international organisations to act responsibly and without delay towards biodiversity by including all relevant stakeholders with the ultimate goal to safeguard all life on Earth.”
 New/changed network Website World Biodiversity Forum Final Resolution World Biodiversity Forum Final Resolution https://www.worldbiodiversityforum.org/resources/WBF_Resolution_Davos_Final_20200228.pdf 2020-02-28 Global Cross-regional public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Bureau, Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 rspaull World Biological Corridor Initiative Refers to IPBES Research in Presenting its Manifesto and Petititon Spanish (399) The World Biological Corridor initiative cites IPBES research about human responsibility for degradation of land, sea and organisms, in its manifesto/petition to build "a meeting space, synergies, alliances, ideas and projects in different parts of the planet that can develop significant advances in the expansion of the world biological corridor" New/changed action/initiative Website Manifesto For a Global Biological Corridor Manifesto For a Global Biological Corridor https://corredorbiologicomundial.org/manifiesto 2019-09-02 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional Spain public Robert Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 rspaull World Business Council for Sustainable Development Publishes Brief for Business on the IPBES Global Assessment Report English (396) The World Business Council for Sustainable Development has published brief for business on the IPBES Global Assessment Report, which highlights the main points from the report relevant to business and puts it in the context of other landmark reports, such as the World Economic Forum’s New Nature Economy report series and the upcoming Dasgupta Economics of Biodiversity review. New article Website 2019 IPBES Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services report - Business Summary 2019 IPBES Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services report - Business Summary https://www.wbcsd.org/Programs/Food-and-Nature/Resources/2019-IPBES-Biodiversity-and-Ecosystems-Services-report-Business-Summary 2019-08-15 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional public Robert Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous IPBES Assessment Reports Cited in WEF "The Future Of Nature And Business" New Nature Economy Report II English (396) The World Economic Forum's New Nature Economy series of reports' second edition, "The Future Of Nature
And Business", featured multiple references to IPBES evidence. Namely, the IPBES Global Assessment Report and Assessment Report on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production were cited in the WEF Report.		 New/changed action/initiative Website WEF Report WEF Report http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_The_Future_Of_Nature_And_Business_2020.pdf 2020-07-14 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional private Patrick Tonissen IPBES Communications Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous WMO Cites IPBES Global Assessment in Statement on the State of the Global Climate 2019 English (396) The World Meteorological Organization cites findings of the IPBES Global Assessment in its Statement on the State of the Global Climate 2019.
 New/changed research project Website WMO Statement on the State of the Global Climate 2019 WMO Statement on the State of the Global Climate 2019 https://library.wmo.int/doc_num.php?explnum_id=10211 2020-03-20 Global Cross-regional public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous WWF Draws Extensively on IPBES Global Assessment in 2020 Global Futures Report English (396) The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) draws extensively on the IPBES Global Assessment in its 2020 Global Futures Report. The report, aimed primarily at decision-makers in governments and the public sector, urges transformative change across all sectors to reverse the dangerous decline of nature. The report uses evidence synthesized by IPBES as the basis for many of its appeals and also builds upon the foundations of the Global Assessment. New/changed research project Website Link to WWF Global Futures Summary Report Link to WWF Global Futures Summary Report https://www.wwf.org.uk/sites/default/files/2020-02/GlobalFutures_SummaryReport.pdf 2020-02-12 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous Thirty JSE-listed companies embark on biodiversity valuation assessments, cite IPBES Global Assessment English (396) Thirty Jamaica Stock Exchange-listed companies, across various sectors are embarking on a process to assess their current levels of biodiversity mainstreaming into their strategies and activities. The companies were motivated to undertake the process in response to the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment, according to EWT industry partnership senior manager Constant Hoogstad who said that there was “more than ever a need for businesses to step up their biodiversity game.” The companies are being supported by a World Wide Fund for Nature-South Africa Nedbank Green Trust project team.
 New/changed action/initiative Website News article in Engineering News News article in Engineering News http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/thirty-jse-listed-companies-embark-on-biodiversity-valuation-assessments-2019-11-25/rep_id:4136 2019-11-25 Multi-organizational/network Africa Jamaica, South Africa private Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 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
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 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
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 bcurley1012 Building on Key Finding in IPBES Assessment, Literature Review Article Unpacks the Concept of Transformative Governance. English (396) This review builds on key findings of IPBES Assessment and has been elaborated to operationalize the concept of transformative governance. The article argues that transformative governance is needed to enable the transformative change necessary for achieving global sustainability goals. It must be: integrative, inclusive, adaptive, and pluralist. The article further argues that governance becomes transformative only when these four governance approaches are: implemented in conjunction; operationalized in a specific manner; and focused on addressing the indirect drivers underlying sustainability issues.
 New/changed idea Print Article Transformative governance of biodiversity: insights for sustainable development Transformative governance of biodiversity: insights for sustainable development https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877343521000749 2021-06-03 public Britt Curley IPBES Assistant Programme Management - Communications Secretariat: Bonn
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 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 public Fernando Neda IPBES PIA Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Thu, 06/10/2022 Fernando Neda IPBES Conceptual Framework Applied to Research on Nature's Contributions to Andean Pastoral Peoples English (396) Through a comprehensive analysis of field data and literature about the Andean region, identifying the current status of research and knowledge gaps, researchers have used the IPBES conceptual framework to pinpoint Nature's Contributions to the peoples of Puna in the Central Andes.

The research analyzed local trends in the capacity of nature to keep providing contributions to good quality of life from 1990 to the present. Indicators proposed by IPBES (2019) served as a reference and were adapted to the local scenario.

The research was able to identify contributions such as (1) Habitat creation and maintenance, as well as regulation of freshwater, (2) Pollination and seed dispersal, (3) Regulation of climate and air quality, (4) Formation and protection of soils and sediments, (5) Formation and protection of soils and sediments, (6) Regulation of hazards and extreme events, (7) Regulation of biological processes, pests, and diseases, and (8) Food and feed, among others.

New/changed research project Website The Puna Pastoralist System: A Coproduced Landscape in the Central Andes The Puna Pastoralist System: A Coproduced Landscape in the Central Andes https://bioone.org/journals/mountain-research-and-development/volume-41/issue-4/MRD-JOURNAL-D-21-00023.1/The-Puna-Pastoralist-System--A-Coproduced-Landscape-in-the/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-21-00023.1.full 2021-12-17 Subregional Americas Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Peru public Fernando Neda IPBES PIA Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Wed, 22/11/2023 Fernando Neda Scientists Use Nature Futures Framework and IPBES Science to Explore Desirable Futures for the High Seas English (396) Through a series of workshops outlined in a new research paper, scientists undertook "a futures thinking process that could use the Nature Futures Framework [NFF] as a mechanism to bring more transformative energy into how humans conceptualise the high seas and therefore how we aim to govern the ocean."

Published in the July 2023 edition of the Marine Policy journal, the study found that "engaging with the future through science fiction narratives allowed a more radical appreciation of what could be and infusing science with artistic elements can inspire audiences beyond academia."

The study also references the IPBES Global Assessment (2019) and the IPBES Scoping Report for the Transformative Change Assessment. "Recognising the need for more pluralistic, transformative and positive scenarios for nature, the IPBES task force on scenarios and models developed the NFF for use in research and governance processes that require a sense of what potential futures could be possible, even the more radical," wrote the authors.

"Operationalizing the NFF in the high seas provides a key, timely case study for examining the need for transformative change, the role of envisioning futures, how transformative change can occur and the process of rolling out transformative change. This output could feed directly into the ongoing IPBES assessment of the underlying causes of biodiversity loss and the determinants of transformative change and options for achieving the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity," they continued. 		New/changed research project Website The living infinite: Envisioning futures for transformed human-nature relationships on the high seas The living infinite: Envisioning futures for transformed human-nature relationships on the high seas https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X23001719 2023-05-10 Global public Fernando Neda IPBES PIA Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Wed, 24/08/2022 Anonymous EUR 50 Million Nature for Health (N4H) Initiative on Preventing Pandemics Launched Based Partly on IPBES Report on Biodiversity and Pandemics English (396) Through an initial contribution of EUR 50 million from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) via Germany's International Climate Initiative (IKI), the Nature for Health (N4H) Initiative has been launched to prevent future pandemics by fostering locally developed and integrated approaches to secure the health of people, animals and the environment. The initiative was partly based on the findings of the IPBES Workshop Report on Biodiversity and Pandemics, and was mentioned by Minister Steffie Lemke at the opening ceremony of #IPBES9 in Bonn in July 2022. N4H brings together the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and EcoHealth Alliance. New/changed action/initiative Other 2022-08-23 USD 50000000 Global public Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous Dutch Parliament Member Proposes Organizing Round Table Discussion on Global Assessment Dutch (425) Tjeerd de Groot, Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, made a formal proposal to organize a public round-table discussion on the IPBES Global Assessment. The round-table would explore the relevance of the Global Assessment for the Netherlands and how the Assessment’s findings relate to current nature policy.
 New/changed action/initiative Website House of Representatives of the Netherlands Website House of Representatives of the Netherlands Website https://www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerstukken/detail?id=2019Z09164&did=2019D18770 2019-05-09 National Europe and Central Asia Netherlands (Kingdom of the) public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn