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474 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | EU Council Decision of 10 May 2021 Establishes the Specific Programme Implementing Horizon Europe – "The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation" | English (396) | International cooperation and contribution to international efforts and initiatives, such as the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, are essential to achieve the objectives in this area. There is a need to better understand the governance of the transition to sustainability in the economic, social and natural system, from the local to the global level. | New/changed commitment | Website | COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2021/764 | COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2021/764 | https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32021D0764&qid=1620772336613 | 2021-05-10 | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | public | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Programme Management Assistant-Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||
476 | Thu, 25/08/2022 | Anonymous | Francophone Africa Regional Trialogue Background Document Based on the IPBES Assessment Findings | French (397) | The manifestations of biodiversity crisis, such as the decline of pollinator populations and land degradation, indicate the approaching of a critical tipping point for humanity. Biodiversity loss is reducing nature’s contributions to humanity, strongly impacting rural communities and countries dependent on agricultural production. Africa is particularly vulnerable to land degradation, with two-thirds of its land surface estimated to be already degraded to some degree, affecting at least 65 % of the entire African population. The Francophone Africa Regional Trialogue was initially planned to bring together representatives from seven sub-Saharan African countries: Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal and Togo. It has been postponed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and representatives from these seven countries met online during the lockdown period for the Virtual Trialogue for the Community of Practice on 2–25 November 2020. In 2022, when the health emergency subsided, planning resumed for the physical Trialogue events, as the added value of face-to-face interaction is difficult to match online. However, in some parts of the world, travel restrictions persist. A decision was therefore made to proceed with the application of the regional Trialogue methodology in one country, Cameroon, at least for this year. The next Trialogue is planned to take place in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 25–27 October 2022. The Cameroon Trialogue will replace the Francophone Africa Trialogue and will focus on discussing issues related to land degradation and restoration, pollinators and the sustainable use of wild species. More information may be found here and in the attached concept note. From 2023, subject to local circumstances, BES-Net will shift fully back to the original regional Trialogue modality and continuously promote awareness-creation and uptake of the IPBES assessments at the national and wider levels. The reference information for the Trialogue event is compiled in the Background Document, which focuses on the status of biodiversity loss in general and specifically on land degradation and pollination in the seven target countries. The document was developed based on the IPBES Assessment findings, as well as the results of the survey carried out in the form of questionnaires or direct interviews with resource persons representing the participating countries. |
New/changed idea | Website | Francophone Africa Regional Trialogue | Francophone Africa Regional Trialogue | 2022-04-05 | Regional | Africa | Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Togo | public | Mrs. | Alice | Fogliata Cresswell | UNDP | BES-Net Online Platforms Management Officer | Stakeholder | |||||||||||||
477 | Wed, 24/08/2022 | Anonymous | New French MPs Trained on IPBES and IPCC Reports | French (397) | Training of willing French newly elected MPs on their first day in office on the joint issues of climate change and biodiversity loss, building on the outcomes of IPBES and IPCC work. This is meant to inform the elaboration and review process of laws in the field of climate change attenuation and adaptation, biodiversity protection but also agriculture, among other. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Media article about the action | Media article about the action | https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/entry/apres-le-second-tour-des-legislatives-ces-scientifiques-veulent-former-les-nouveaux-deputes_fr_62a85bc6e4b04a617353fa85 | 2022-06-20 | 2022-06-22 | National | Europe and Central Asia | France | public | Ms. | Agnes | Hallosserie | French Foundation for Research on Biodiversity | Head of European and international coordination | Other | [email protected] | ||||||||||
478 | Tue, 23/08/2022 | Mari T. | IPBES Research Informs 3rd Japanese National Biodiversity Outlook Publication | English (396) | IPBES Global Assessment and other research used to inform new 3rd edition of the national Japanese Biodiversity Outlook publication. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Summary for policymakers on the Japan Biodiversity Outlook 3 (the Report of Comprehensive Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Japan) | Summary for policymakers on the Japan Biodiversity Outlook 3 (the Report of Comprehensive Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Japan) | https://www.biodic.go.jp/biodiversity/activity/policy/jbo3/generaloutline/files/JBO3_pamph_en.pdf | 2021-03-31 | National | Asia-Pacific | Japan | public | Ms. | Mari | Takehara | Ministry of the Environment of Japan | Assistant director | IPBES National focal point | [email protected] | +81 3 5521 8275 | ||||||||||
479 | Wed, 24/08/2022 | Fernando Neda | European Business Nature Summit Calls for Joint Business Action for Nature Based on IPBES Work | English (396) | The 2021 edition of the annual European Business and Nature Summit issued a statement calling on all businesses to "act, alone or in collaboration with other business actors, to reduce their impacts on nature and climate in line with the recommendations of the IPBES and IPCC." | New/changed action/initiative | Other | 2021-12-01 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden | private | Fernando | Neda | IPBES Secretariat | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||||
480 | Wed, 24/08/2022 | Fernando Neda | UNEP-WCMC Guidance on National Ecosystem Assessments Based on IPBES Approach | English (396) | UNEP-WCMC has prduced guideline on how the IPBES approach to assessments can be used at the national level to also encourage the implementation of national ecosystem assessments. | New/changed technique | Website | National Ecosystem Assessments to Support Implementation of Convention on Biological Diversity | National Ecosystem Assessments to Support Implementation of Convention on Biological Diversity | https://www.cbd.int/article/unep-wcmc-nea-implementation | 2021-11-23 | Global | public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
481 | 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 |
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public | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
482 | Wed, 24/08/2022 | rspaull | League for Protection of Birds (LPO) Cites IPBES on Drivers of Biodiversity Loss in Opposition to French Renewable Energy Acceleration Bill | English (396) | Yves Verilhac, director general of the LPO (League for the Protection of Birds) argues against the new French Renewable Energy Acceleration Bill saying: "“How can we go and put wind power in protected natural sites, Natura 2000 sites, migration corridors? IPBES (UN biodiversity experts) says that the artificialization of environments is the first cause of the collapse of biodiversity. But what are we proposing? To go and put photovoltaic panels full field in sectors where it was impossible before, by derogating from the mountain law, the coastal law, etc. The best allies of renewable energies, like the LPO, are dropping out. It's indefensible". Specifically he argues that the Bill is a "purely sectoral" project which "completely forgets the issues of biodiversity". This is direct refrence to the finding of the IPBES Global Assessment that land-use change is the most important driver of global biodiversity loss - and indirect reference to the finding of the IPBES-IPCC Joint workshop on biodiversity and climate change that actions to address these crises must be taken together or risk making the other worse. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Mixed reception for the renewable energy acceleration bill | Mixed reception for the renewable energy acceleration bill | https://batinfo.com/en/actuality/mixed-reception-for-the-renewable-energy-acceleration-bill_21838 | 2022-08-24 | National | Europe and Central Asia | France | public | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
483 | Mon, 29/08/2022 | Fernando Neda | Swiss Academies of Sciences (SCNAT) to Brief Swiss Parliamentarians on IPBES Assessments | French (397) | At the invitation of Irène Kälin, President of the National Council, the Swiss Academies of Sciences (a+) will hold dialogues directly with Swiss parliamentarians to brief them on the latest results of research on climate and biodiversity from IPCC and IPBES. The reports presented in detail at the Global Change Day on 12 April 2022, with the dialogue with parliamentarians set for 2 May 2022. Following publication by IPBES in July 2022 of the new Values Assessment and Sustainable Use Assessment, information sessions will also be planned. The President of the National Council will also organize a discussion at the Federal Palace. |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | Échange direct entre la science et le Parlement sur les derniers rapports sur le climat et la biodiversité | Échange direct entre la science et le Parlement sur les derniers rapports sur le climat et la biodiversité | https://scnat.ch/fr/uuid/i/29a5208a-6c2e-5419-b8bf-6ce8f1b21854-%C3%89change_direct_entre_la_science_et_le_Parlement_sur_les_derniers_rapports_sur_le_climat_et_la_biodiversit%C3%A9 | 2022-04-12 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Switzerland | public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||
486 | Wed, 07/09/2022 | Fernando Neda | BNP Paribas Structures and Strengthens its Financing Policies and Commitments to Help Preserve Biodiversity Based on IPBES Studies and Issues a 'Position on Biodiversity' | English (396) | The financial group stated that "to structure its actions and understand their impacts, the Group relies on studies by IPBES." Based on the 2019 IPBES Global Assessment and other IPBES findings and calls for action, particularly the pressures on biodiversity listed by IPBES, the group claims that it is "is diversifying and strengthening its actions as a leading economic player, as well as through collective actions." BNP Paribas issued a 'Position on Biodiversity', committing to (1) "reduction of pressures related to the activity of its customers and companies in which the Group invests, through constructive dialogue and supervision of our credit and investment activities"; (2) "active support to [its] clients' efforts to preserve biodiversity, through specific financial products and services (SLL, green bonds, etc.)"; (3) "[orient] investments towards funds aiming at preserving biodiversity"; and (4) "[reduce the Group's direct impacts on biodiversity," among other significant commitments]. | New/changed investment | Website | BNP Paribas reaffirms its commitments to help preserve biodiversity | BNP Paribas reaffirms its commitments to help preserve biodiversity | https://group.bnpparibas/en/news/bnp-paribas-reaffirms-commitments-preserve-biodiversity | 2021-05-04 | Global | private | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
487 | Wed, 07/09/2022 | Fernando Neda | International Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Launches Online Course Based Partly on IPBES Global Assessment Evidence | English (396) | The Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), chaired by Michael R. Bloomberg and part of the international Financial Stability Board (FSB) established by the G20, launched a self-paced online course titled "Biodiversity-related disclosure: Understanding impacts and dependencies." Citing IPBES science and publications, particularly the five main drivers of biodiversity loss identified by the IPBES Global Assessment, the course delves into biodiversity-related corporate reporting as businesses increasingly measure, manage and disclose their organizational impacts and dependencies on biodiversity. The course aims to help participants ready their organizations by staying ahead of the risks and opportunities, helping them answer questions like "What characteristics of biodiversity require special attention from companies?" and "What should companies considering biodiversity-related disclosures do?". | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Biodiversity-related disclosure: Understanding impacts and dependencies | Biodiversity-related disclosure: Understanding impacts and dependencies | https://learn.tcfdhub.org/enrol/index.php?id=12 | 2021-12-12 | Global | private | 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] | ||||||||||||||
491 | 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] | |||||||||||
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] | |||||||||||
493 | 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] |