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 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]
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 Wed, 28/09/2022 rspaull EU BIONEXT Project Receives 4 Million Euro for Four Years Partly to Work on Knowledge & Science Brokerage for IPBES Assessments and EU Policy English (396) A new large EU project coordinated by the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE The Biodiversity Nexus - Triggering transformative change for sustainability (BIONEXT) is launching this Autumn. The project got a funding of EUR 4.1 million from the EU's research and innovation program Horizon Europe. Duration of the project is four years. Ten partners from eight European countries form the consortium. BIONEXT will develop knowledge, tools, and guidance for mainstreaming biodiversity into policy-making and provide concrete options on how to initiate, accelerate and upscale biodiversity relevant transformative change in society. BIONEXT will involve policy- and decision-makers and allow them to explore the concept of just transformative change. One of the six 'work packages' of the project will be: Knowledge and science brokerage for IPBES assessments and EU policy

 New/changed action/initiative Website Large EU project starts: BIONEXT wants to mainstream biodiversity into policy-making Large EU project starts: BIONEXT wants to mainstream biodiversity into policy-making https://www.environment.fi/en-US/Nature/Large_EU_project_starts_BIONEXT_wants_to(63937) 2022-09-23 Regional Europe and Central Asia public Robert Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 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 public Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Thu, 29/09/2022 rspaull Pennsylvania State Representative Uses IPBES Evidence to Support Planned Introduction of Legistation Establishing Task Force to Aid Pollinators English (396) Pennsylvania State Representative Christopher Rabb plans to introduce legislation to establish a state task force to aid the Department of Agriculture and other agencies in coming up with ways to increase the rapidly dwindling number of bees and other pollinators. "The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, an affiliated group of the United Nations, has warned that without a concerted and collaborative international effort, a large number of pollinators could face extinction, which would directly impact global food production," Rabb wrote. New/changed law/regulation Website Bee Taskforce Could Come To Aid Pollinators In PA Bee Taskforce Could Come To Aid Pollinators In PA https://patch.com/pennsylvania/pittsburgh/pa-panel-proposed-aid-bees-other-shrinking-pollinators 2022-09-29 State/Provincial Americas United States of America Pennsylvania public Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Thu, 29/09/2022 rspaull Aural Artist Aligns Soundscape Film on Silence as Sound of Extinction with IPBES Global Assessment Findings English (396) Aural artist, Thomas Hull (aka Missing Wolf) has created a spectral soundscape film to demonstrate how wild habitats are falling silent around the globe as a result of species extinctions - which he direcly correlates to the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment. The film can be viewed at https://youtu.be/NOPkligFrMU New/changed action/initiative Website The Sound of Extinction is Silence The Sound of Extinction is Silence https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353761910_The_Sound_of_Extinction_is_Silence 2021-07-21 Global public Robert Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Thu, 29/09/2022 rspaull Dublin Zoo Announces Theme for Annual 'Wild Lights' Event to Emphasize IPBES Finding About 1 Million Species at Risk of Extinction English (396) Dublin Zoo has announced the Wild Lights theme for this year is 'The Magic of Life.' It will highlight the importance of bio-diversity with colourful lanterns to emphasise the one million species of plants and animals at risk of extinction as emphasized by the IPBES Global Assessment Report. New/changed action/initiative Website Dublin Zoo Wild Lights Theme For 2022 Announced! Dublin Zoo Wild Lights Theme For 2022 Announced! https://www.98fm.com/news/dublin-zoo-wild-lights-theme-for-2022-announced-1384418 2022-09-20 City/Community Europe and Central Asia Ireland private Robert Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Thu, 29/09/2022 rspaull BNP Paribas Senior Analyst Points to IPBES Work in Raising Awareness on Biodiversity Crisis Among Governments, Companies and Investors English (396) BNP Paribas Senior Analyst, Robert-Alexandre Poujade, Points to IPBES Work in Raising Awareness on Biodiversity Crisis Among Governments, Companies and Investors in speech at Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment (GRASFI) annual conference - focusing on importance of integrating biodiversity into assest management from the outset. New/changed idea Website Biodiversity must be integrated into asset management from the outset Biodiversity must be integrated into asset management from the outset https://news.trenddetail.com/news/137775.html 2022-09-16 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional private Robert Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Thu, 29/09/2022 rspaull Building on IPBES-IPCC Joint Workshop Report Researchers Explore Options for Transformative Governance of Complex Biodiversity-Climate-Society Interactions English (396) Writing in the journal BioScience, researchers draw on the report of the first IPBES-IPCC Joint Workshop on Biodiversity and Climate Change to explore how transformative governance of complex biodiversity–climate–society interactions can be achieved. New article Website Governing for Transformative Change across the Biodiversity–Climate–Society Nexus Governing for Transformative Change across the Biodiversity–Climate–Society Nexus https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/72/7/684/6593160?login=true#.YyAjNUrqOw0.twitter 2022-06-01 Global public Robert Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Fri, 21/10/2022 rspaull Dutch Asset Management Firm Robeco Launches Positioning Paper on Biodiversity Protection Through Investment Citing IPBES Global Assessment Evidence English (396) Dutch asset management firm Robeco launches positioning paper on biodiversity protection through investment and engagment, citing IPBES Global Assessment evidence. The white paper is entitled ‘Robeco’s approach to biodiversity: Towards the integration of nature-related risks, opportunities and impacts in our investments’. It has been written by specialists from across Robeco’s engagement, climate and sustainable investing research teams and will form a blueprint for future policy in this arena. Robeco also announced the creation of a new partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature Netherlands (WWF-NL) to complement existing collaborations such as the Finance for Biodiversity Pledge.

Update (21 Oct 2022): Robeco set to launch Biodiversities Equities Fund based on position paper on 31 Oct: https://www.robeco.com/en/insights/2022/10/robeco-to-launch-biodiversity-equities-fund.html		 New/changed commitment Website Robeco launches biodiversity paper and teams up with WWF-NL Robeco launches biodiversity paper and teams up with WWF-NL https://www.robeco.com/en/insights/2022/01/robeco-launches-biodiversity-paper-and-teams-up-with-wwf-nl.html?thankyou#thankyou 2022-01-31 Organizational Cross-regional private Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Fri, 30/09/2022 rspaull Biodiversa+ Introduces IPBES Values & Sustainable Use of Wild Species Reports to Ministries and Research Agencies Across Europe English (396) Biodiversa+, the European Biodiversity Partnership, a network of ministries and agencies across Europe that support research, has introduced two IPBES reports to Ministries and Research Agencies Across Europe, offering project examples from Biodiversa+ that illustrate how the reports might be valuable. New/changed network Website Reports Highlight Sustainable use of Biodiversity, ‘Nature Values’ Preservation Reports Highlight Sustainable use of Biodiversity, ‘Nature Values’ Preservation https://bbj.hu/business/real-estate/sustainability/reports-highlight-sustainable-use-of-biodiversity-nature-values-preservation 2022-09-09 Regional Europe and Central Asia public Robert 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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 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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 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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 Mon, 03/10/2022 rspaull KfW Development Bank's Develoment Finance Forum to Focus on Links Between Climate and Biodiversity Using IPBES Research Findings English (396) German development bank KfW will focus its 2022 Development Finance Forum on links between climate and biodiversity, using among others, findings from the joint IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop on biodiversity and climate change. Experts from around the world will take part in Frankfurt from 6-7 October in a dialogue about how to bring the two challenges closer together at both the political level and at the level of implementation. New/changed action/initiative Website Protecting both nature and the climate Protecting both nature and the climate https://www.dandc.eu/en/article/climate-change-and-loss-biodiversity-are-mutually-reinforcing-and-kfw-taking-account-its 2022-10-06 2022-10-07 Global Cross-regional public Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Tue, 04/10/2022 rspaull BES-Net Uses IPBES Land Degradation Assessment to Produce Infographic Posters on Land Restoration and Indigenous Peoples English (396) To mark Indigenous Peoples Day, BES-Net has used key messages from the IPBES Land Degradation Assessement to create and promote two infographic posters to raise awareness about issues of land restoration and indigenous peoples New/changed action/initiative Other Back to Our Roots How Land Degradation Particularly Affects Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Back to Our Roots How Land Degradation Particularly Affects Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities https://www.besnet.world/back-to-our-roots-how-land-degradation-particularly-affects-indigenous-peoples-and-local-communities/ 2022-08-10 Global public Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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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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 Mon, 27/11/2023 rspaull British MP Uses IPBES Values Assessment in House of Commons Debate on Protecting and Restoring Nature in Advance of CBD COP15 and Beyond English (396) British MP, Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party) used the findings of the IPBES Values Assessment in a House of Commons debate on Protecting and Restoring Nature in Advance of CBD COP15 and Beyond to crticise the Government for having moved away from wildlife protecion conditions for farm subsidies in England "in favour of sheer food production capacity" New/changed idea Website Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and Beyond Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and Beyond https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-07-14/debates/9DC7F266-B999-44E4-8671-4AEE79DEB979/ProtectingAndRestoringNatureCOP15AndBeyond 2022-07-14 National Europe and Central Asia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland public Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 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]
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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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 Mon, 20/02/2023 Fernando Neda Viet Nam's National Ecosystem Assessment Report 2021 Builds on IPBES Global Assessments Vietnamese (523) Building on the global assessments undertaken by IPBES, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam produced it's first-ever National Ecosystem Assessment, which it began developing in 2018. At the report's launch, presenters gave a summary of the methodology and results of the national assessment, focusing on the accomplishments and results and how the findings may assist with decision-making. Experts emphasized the critical importance of protecting vulnerable habitats, as well as the urgent need to integrate biodiversity conservation and ecosystem protection across all economic and social development policies to ensure a sustainable future for the country.

The report provides useful references for strengthening public awareness and legal frameworks to protect and restore ecosystems. The assessment helps connect scientists to practitioners and policymakers in the country and will play a critical role in informing policymaking. Assessment findings were used to generate 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 also contributed to Viet Nam’s sixth national report to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. 		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.undp.org/nairobi-gc-red/news/viet-nam%E2%80%99s-first-national-ecosystem-assessment-warns-steady-biodiversity-loss-upending-economy 2021-04-04 National Viet Nam public Fernando Neda IPBES PIA Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]