Filter submissions
434 submissions
# Operations Changed User Informative Title/Headline (English only) Language(s) of Evidence of Impact Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Type(s) of Impact(s) Generated (English Only) Other impact Source Other source Link to Information – where available Link to Information – where available: Link Title Link to Information – where available: Link URL Other deliverable/element Start date of 'Implementation' End date of 'Implementation' Economic value of impact (currency) Economic value of impact (amount) Scale of impact Region of Impact Country/Countries of Impact State/Province Supporting Document(s) Is this a private sector impact? Salutation First name Last name Institution Position/Title IPBES Role (If Any) Other role Your contact email Phone Number
300
View
 Mon, 04/04/2022 Anonymous IPBES Publications Inform Handbook on the Use of Biodiversity Scenarios in Support of Decision-Making English (396) BiodivERsA and the Belmont Forum, in the framework of their joint action on scenarios of biodiversity and ecosystem services, have produced a handbook on the use of biodiversity scenarios in support of decision-making. This handbook is intended for any individual interested in learning about biodiversity scenarios, and in particular participatory scenario design and the use of biodiversity scenarios in decision-making. It builds on a variety of sources (literature, expert and non-expert consultations, interviews) to provide a general understanding of scenarios of biodiversity, concrete examples of their use and a directory of relevant resources to go further on the topic. Several publications of IPBES have been instrumental in this endeavor, in particular the IPBES Methodological Assessment on Scenarios and Models and its summary for policy-makers. Furthermore, valuable feedback wasgiven by members of the IPBES Task-Force on Scenarios and Models (among other academic and non-academic respondents) through an online consultation organized in the Spring of 2020. New/changed action/initiative Website http://www.biodiversa.org/1816 http://www.biodiversa.org/1816 Science-policy scenarios and model methodologies 2020-11-18 Global public Cécile Jacques French Foundation for Research on Biodiversity Secretariat Officer for BiodivScen IPBES Observer, Stakeholder [email protected]
307
View
 Mon, 04/04/2022 Patrick.Tonissen Report by Swedish Environmental Protection Agency provides 'Swedish perspective on the IPBES Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment' Swedish (506) The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has published a report which takes up the IPBES Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment Report and integrates key findings and implications for a Swedish context.
 New/changed action/initiative Website https://www.naturvardsverket.se/978-91-620-6948-3 https://www.naturvardsverket.se/978-91-620-6948-3 2021-01-14 National Europe and Central Asia Sweden public Patrick Tonissen IPBES Communications Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
324
View
 Fri, 19/08/2022 rspaull Citing IPBES Global Assesment the G7 G-Science Academies issue Call to Action on Global Insect Declines and Erosion of Ecosystem Services English (396) 14 National science academies from the G7 issued a call to action and recommendation to all their academies about ways to address global insect declines and the erosion of vital ecosystem services - prominently citing the IPBES Global Assessment Report. New/changed action/initiative Website https://www.leopoldina.org/en/publications/detailview/publication/global-insect-declines-and-the-potential-erosion-of-vital-ecosystem-services-2020/ https://www.leopoldina.org/en/publications/detailview/publication/global-insect-declines-and-the-potential-erosion-of-vital-ecosystem-services-2020/ 2020-06-22 Global Cross-regional Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Nigeria, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America public Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn
325
View
 Fri, 19/08/2022 rspaull UBC Study Expands on IPBES Global Assessment Examining how Indigenous -Managed Lands Help Species Survive English (396) A study from the University of British Columbia (UBC) expanded on the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment Report, examining how Indigenous-managed lands “play a critical role in helping species survive” using land and species data from 3 countries. New/changed research project Website https://news.ubc.ca/2019/07/31/biodiversity-highest-on-indigenous-managed-lands/#:~:text=The%20researchers%20analyzed%20land%20and,co%2Dmanaged%20by%20Indigenous%20communities. https://news.ubc.ca/2019/07/31/biodiversity-highest-on-indigenous-managed-lands/#:~:text=The%20researchers%20analyzed%20land%20and,co%2Dmanaged%20by%20Indigenous%20communities. 2019-07-31 Global Cross-regional Australia, Brazil, Canada private Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn
327
View
 Fri, 19/08/2022 rspaull Civil Society Organizations Identify IPBES Research in Letter to Consumer Goods Forum About Ending Deforestation in their Member Companies' Supply Chains English (396) More than 70 signatories, representing a range of civil society organisations, wrote an open letter to the Consumer Goods Forum, citing IPBES and IPCC findings about the way in which food is produced and consumed as a leading driver of the nature crisis - calling on all CGF members to act boldly to halt deforestation, species loss and human rights abuses in their supply chains. New/changed action/initiative Website https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/a-letter-to-the-consumer-goods-forum-its-time-to-stop-the-fires-and-deliver-on-no-deforestation-no-peat-no-exploitation-commitments/ https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/a-letter-to-the-consumer-goods-forum-its-time-to-stop-the-fires-and-deliver-on-no-deforestation-no-peat-no-exploitation-commitments/ 2020-06-22 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional public Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn
329
View
 Fri, 19/08/2022 rspaull Kering Group Launches Corporate Biodiversity Strategy Extensively Citing IPBES Global Assessment Report English (396) Kering, the global luxury clothing group, launched its corporate biodiversity strategy, detailing specific actions and phases of activity to reduce the impact of it's operations on nature - using the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment to explain the context of these commitments. New/changed commitment Website https://www.kering.com/en/sustainability/our-strategy/care/biodiversity-strategy/ https://www.kering.com/en/sustainability/our-strategy/care/biodiversity-strategy/ 2020-07-02 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional private Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn
330
View
 Fri, 19/08/2022 rspaull Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) Issues Report Citing IPBES Global Assessment About Mobilising Dutch Business Towards Net Positive Impact English (396) The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) has issued a policy brief/report extensively citing the IPBES Global Assessment and focused on mobilising Dutch business towards Net Positive Impact on Nature New/changed research project Website https://www.pbl.nl/en/publications/business-for-biodiversity https://www.pbl.nl/en/publications/business-for-biodiversity 2020-07-09 National Europe and Central Asia Netherlands (Kingdom of the) public Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn
331
View
 Mon, 04/04/2022 rspaull IPBES Experts Provide Oral Evidence from Global Assessment to Hearing on Biodiversity and Ecosystems to UK Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee English (396) Prof. Andy Purvis, Coordinating Lead Author on the IPBES Global Assessment and Dr. Anne Larigauderie, IPBES Executive Secretary were invited by the UK Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee to provide oral evidence in their hearing on Biodiversity and Ecosystems, to be used by the Commitee to advise the UK Government on opportunities at the negotiations for CBD COP-15 to be held in China in 2021 New/changed action/initiative Website https://committees.parliament.uk/event/2332/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/ https://committees.parliament.uk/event/2332/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/ 2020-10-22 National Europe and Central Asia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland public Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn
345
View
 Wed, 28/09/2022 rspaull IPBES Tweet on Miniature Urban Forests Prompts London Civil Society Campaign to Investigate Options English (396) An IPBES Twitter post sharing a WEF video about "Miyawaki" miniature urban forests prompted the Lovely Lambeth Living Streets campaign to ask it's >2,000 followers where they would want such mini-forests to be placed. New/changed action/initiative Other https://twitter.com/LambethLivingSt/status/1292141833515077632?s=20 https://twitter.com/LambethLivingSt/status/1292141833515077632?s=20 2020-08-08 Organizational Europe and Central Asia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland London Borough of Lambeth public Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
394
View
 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
View
 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 public Robert Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn
398
View
 Mon, 04/04/2022 rspaull Royal Zoological Society of Scotland Refers to Global Assessment Finding in Announcing as First UK Zoological Society to Join EU Commission Coalition English (396) The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland quotes the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment about a million species at risk of extinciton in it's annoucement joining the European Commission Global Coalition #UnitedForBiodiversity ahead of CBD #COP15 New/changed network Website https://www.thenational.scot/news/19123009.royal-zoological-society-scotland-first-biodiversity-pledge/ https://www.thenational.scot/news/19123009.royal-zoological-society-scotland-first-biodiversity-pledge/ 2021-02-27 State/Provincial Europe and Central Asia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Scotland public Robert Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn
416
View
 Mon, 04/04/2022 Anonymous French Environment Ministry Uses Global Assessment Finding to Drive Public Consultation on France's Biodiversity Strategy French (397) The Environment Ministry of France has opened a public consultation about the national biodiversity strategy, using the finding from the Global Assessment about a million species at risk of extinction to mobilise engagement. New/changed action/initiative Website https://twitter.com/Ecologie_Gouv/status/1371444327742853125 https://twitter.com/Ecologie_Gouv/status/1371444327742853125 2021-03-15 National Europe and Central Asia France public Robert Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn
419
View
 Mon, 04/04/2022 rspaull Poparco cites IPBES's work as Foundational Evidence in new Private Sector Publication on the Role of Business in Biodiversity Protection English (396) Proparco, a subsidiary of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) devoted to private sector funding in 80 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East identified IPBES's work as the foundational evidence about the priority that the private sector needs to give to biodiversity protection in a new edition of "Private Sector and Development" entitled 'Preserving Biodiversity - the Private Sector in Action". IPBES MEP Co-Chair, Luthando Dziba was also a contributing author New/changed action/initiative Website https://issuu.com/objectif-developpement/docs/sp_d-35_uk https://issuu.com/objectif-developpement/docs/sp_d-35_uk 2021-03-22 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional public Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn
423
View
 Mon, 04/04/2022 rspaull NRW Volksinitiative Artenvielfalt cites IPBES Global Assessment to Motivate for a Climate and Nature Strike German (435) The NRW Volksinitiative Artenvielfalt ("biodiversity popular initiative" in the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia), supported by the Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND), the Landesgemeinschaft Naturschutz und Umwelt NRW (LNU) and the Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) cited the IPBES Global Assessment in calling on social media for a "climate strike" - a public demonstration calling for action on climate change and biodiversity loss. New/changed action/initiative Website https://twitter.com/ArtenvielfaltVI/status/1370356830459822083 https://twitter.com/ArtenvielfaltVI/status/1370356830459822083 2021-03-12 State/Provincial Europe and Central Asia Germany North Rhine-Westphalia public Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn
432
View
 Mon, 04/04/2022 Anonymous Pagan Community Newsletter Quotes IPBES in Making the Case that Biodiversity Should be Addressed as Part of Climate Change. English (396) The pagan community newsletter, 'The Wild Hunt', notes that addressing biodiversity as part of climate change is often overlooked outside of science journals and academic forums, and makes the case that addressing the loss of biodiversity and climate change together offers the best hope of preserving more species, the planet, and human lives - including an IPBES Twitter post to emphasize the point. New/changed idea Website https://wildhunt.org/2021/04/pagan-community-notes-week-of-april-12-2021.html https://wildhunt.org/2021/04/pagan-community-notes-week-of-april-12-2021.html 2021-04-12 Multi-organizational/network public Britt Curley IPBES Programme Management Assistant-Communications Secretariat: Bonn
560
View
 Mon, 24/04/2023 Levon Armenia Developing National Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan Drawing Directly from IPBES Assessment Reports English (396) Aremnia is currently in the process of developing and adopting its National Biodivrsity Strategy and Action Plan 2024-2033. According to Dr. Levon Aghasyan, the IPBES National Focal Point for Armenia, and Legal Advisor to the Minister of Environment, the NBSAP draws direclty on a number of published IPBES Assessment Reports, especially the Regional Assessment Report for Europe and Central Asia. New/changed law/regulation Other https://biodiversity.am/en/get-involved https://biodiversity.am/en/get-involved 2023-03-01 National Europe and Central Asia Armenia private Mr. Levon Aghasyan Ministry of Environment of Armenia Legal advisor of Ministry of Environment of Armenia IPBES National focal point [email protected] +37494134949
450
View
 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous Non-Profit Art Project 1M:1M Founded in Response to IPBES Assessment About Sixth Mass Extinction English (396) Non-profit 1M:1M (One Million One Month) is an art project that came into existence in reaction to the findings in IPBES Global Assessment that one million species are at risk of extinction due to human activity. Founder and Mexican illustrator Lore Mondragón aims to raise awareness about endangered and at-risk species through art submissions to their Instagram page. New/changed action/initiative Website One Million One Month One Million One Month https://onemilliononemonth.com/home 2021-05-21 Individual private Britt Curley IPBES Programme Management Assistant-Communications Secretariat: Bonn
616
View
 Wed, 20/12/2023 ana.costiniu All Hands in: Stakeholder Engagement in BES Solution Fund Countries amid the Pandemic English (396) The BES-Net team convened a virtual workshop on 23 February 2022 focusing on the implementation of tangible biodiversity solutions on the ground. The event brought together more than 30 participants from Kazakhstan, Trinidad and Tobago, Nigeria, and Kenya representing science, policy and practice communities that BES-Net works closely with. These four countries were the first to receive the BES Solution Fund, which acts as a catalyst to implement tangible, on-the-ground biodiversity solutions with close reference to the latest evidence produced by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. The workshop provided participants with a greater understanding of engaging with diverse stakeholders, delving into innovative ideas and applying the Trialogue approach to enhance interaction among science, policy and practice communities. New/changed action/initiative Website All Hands in: Stakeholder Engagement in BES Solution Fund Countries amid the Pandemic All Hands in: Stakeholder Engagement in BES Solution Fund Countries amid the Pandemic https://www.besnet.world/stakeholder-engagement-in-bes-solution-fund-countries/ 2022-02-23 Global Kazakhstan, Kenya, Nigeria, Trinidad and Tobago -- None -- public Ms. Ana Costiniu UNDP BES-Net Communications Analyst Other [email protected]
224
View
 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous Article Reflects on the Knowledge Systems Approach of the Alexander von Humboldt Institute in Relation to IPBES Conceptual Framework English (396) An article from the Alexander von Humboldt Institute reflects on the institute’s Knowledge Systems Approach and how it works in relation to the IPBES conceptual framework. The authors are particularly interested in the way in which IPBES understands Indigenous and local knowledge.
New article Website Article from the Humboldt Institute Article from the Humboldt Institute https://slack-redir.net/link?url=http%3A%2F%2Frevistas.humboldt.org.co%2Findex.php%2FBEP%2Farticle%2Fview%2F756 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional private Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn