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 Thu, 15/09/2022 Anonymous BES-Net at UNCCD COP 15 Reaffirms UNDP's Commitment to the Findings of IPBES's Assessment Report on Land Degradation and Restoration English (396) Land degradation, biodiversity loss and climate change are pressing issues that burden ecosystems worldwide. The fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) was organized on 9–20 May 2022 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, to discuss these issues.

As part of UNCCD COP 15, BES-Net and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) hosted an event titled “Land Restoration for People and Planet: UNDP Ecosystem Restoration Promise” on 17 May in honour of the Rio Conventions Pavilion’s Land Restoration Day. UNDP reaffirmed its determination to support international and collective action through a global network of initiatives, including BES-Net, such that countries help each other build restoration capacities to scale.

UNDP representatives and speakers from Cameroon, Malawi and Kazakhstan discussed land restoration efforts in their respective countries. The messages they brought to the table grieved the land that has been lost but also reported on the inspiring work being done through the BES Solution Fund in support of the findings of IPBES's Assessment Report on Land Degradation and Restoration.

The Cameroon team introduced the country’s land restoration efforts, observing that despite the diversity of the country’s climate, land degradation is a phenomenon that affects the entire nation. Nevertheless, Cameroon has several goals and many programmes in place to meet them to achieve land degradation neutrality (LDN), particularly the protection of the country’s mangroves and the reduction of 75 per cent of the exploitation of land by agriculture.

The Malawi team shared the country’s Green Corps initiative, which targets youth to get involved in achieving LDN. The programme funds and trains young people to participate in land restoration and waste management efforts. Additionally, the programme provides the Government with opportunities to live up to its commitment of offering more employment for its youth. The programme also embodies the event’s themes of collectivity and togetherness: 45% of the youth chosen to be part of the Corps are women and, in the future, the initiative aims to achieve gender parity so that no youth who wants to participate in the programme experiences barriers due to their gender.

Finally, the Kazakhstan team discussed the impact of climate change on land degradation in the Aral Sea region. The area has seen overnight low temperatures and overall winter temperatures rising. However, researchers in Kazakhstan have recently partnered with BES-Net to investigate ways to reverse these troubling trends and return productivity to the area’s soils. The project emphasizes a grassroots approach, utilizing key insights from farmers, other land users and local knowledge holders to inform decisions and actions. Most importantly, the project is working directly with vulnerable groups and being mindful of the gendered impacts of land degradation in its work to bring LDN to the Aral Sea region.		 New/changed commitment Website Fertile Ground for the Future: BES-Net at UNCCD COP 15’s Land Restoration Day Fertile Ground for the Future: BES-Net at UNCCD COP 15’s Land Restoration Day https://www.besnet.world/bes-net-at-unccd-cop15-land-restoration-day/ 2022-05-09 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional Cameroon, Kazakhstan, Malawi public Mrs. Alice Fogliata Cresswell BES-Net (UNDP) Online Platforms Officer Stakeholder [email protected]
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 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) public Fernando Neda IPBES PIA Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Tue, 27/09/2022 Fernando Neda Cameroon Validates its National Ecosystem Assessment Based on the IPBES Methodological Approach English (396) Cameroon’s Minister of the Environment, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development (MINEPDE), Hélé Pierre, opened a three-day workshop for the validation of the National Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (NBESA).

The NBESA team was carried out using the IPBES methodological approach to produce a draft of the report. The latter was submitted for analysis by the National Science-Policy Interface Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (PN-SPBES) during the review, evaluation and pre-validation phase

The workshop also enabled a review of the key messages of the NBESA’s Summary for Policymakers (SPM). Joséphine Eloundou, IPBES National Focal Point, also participated in the event. Cameroon is the third country in the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre’s (UNEP-WCMC) National Ecosystem Assessment Initiative to validate its national assessment.

Different components of the scoping exercise were discussed, including approaches to mapping stakeholders; identifying key policy questions on biodiversity and ecosystem services; and the benefits National Science-Policy Platforms can provide for decision-making and knowledge exchange. Cameroon shared its NEA process experience and imparted advice and suggestions to support country partners with their scoping process.
 New/changed action/initiative Website Cameroon Validates Its National Ecosystem Assessment Cameroon Validates Its National Ecosystem Assessment https://www.unep-wcmc.org/en/news/cameroon-validates-its-national-ecosystem-assessment 2022-01-27 National Africa Cameroon public Fernando Neda IPBES PIA Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 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]
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 Tue, 27/09/2022 Anonymous Catalan Observatory of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity Established to Act as Reference Point for IPBES Catalan (420) Catalan Observatory of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity established, linking the Autonomous Catalan Government (Spain) with research organizations , NGOs and other bodies as a science policy interface. The organisation aims to become a reference point at the subnational level for IPBES work in Catalonia. New/changed network Website Observatori de la Natura Observatori de la Natura https://observatorinatura.cat/ 2022-06-16 ALL - State/Provincial Europe and Central Asia Spain Catalonia public Dr. Lluís Brotons CSIC-CREAF Research scientist IPBES Observer, Expert of a completed or an ongoing IPBES assessment [email protected] 34 618094100
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 Wed, 28/09/2022 rspaull Prince Albert II of Monaco Points to IPBES Messages on Climate and Biodiversity Science in UN General Assembly General Debate English (396) Prince Albert II of Monaco, speaking in the general debate of the 77th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 20 - 26 September 2022) said: "Monaco remains resolutely committed to environmental protection and sustainable development. In this respect, the Principality is pursuing its energy transition to achieve a 55% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050. In this respect, the latest IPBES assessment report is very clear. The tools and solutions to build a sustainable and fairer future for future generations already exist. We are the actors. A duty of solidarity is required if we are to succeed collectively in this energy transition." New/changed commitment Website Monaco - Prince Addresses United Nations General Debate, 77th Session (English) Monaco - Prince Addresses United Nations General Debate, 77th Session (English) https://youtu.be/n8ZE0Zj-0Ig 2022-09-22 National Monaco public Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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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 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, 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]