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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous Building on Momentum Created by IPBES, French Ecological Defense Council Makes Commitments and Abandons Major Shopping Development to Protect Biodiversity French (397) The French Ecological Defense Council, founded after President Emmanuel Macron’s meeting with IPBES experts days after the release of the Global Assessment, held its third meeting and announced new commitments to protect biodiversity. During the 7 November meeting at the Elysée Palace, the council focused on addressing the artificialisation of soils, the conversion of wasteland, the protection of nature and the enhancement of forests. The council announced that it will abandon the Europacity project, a mega shopping and leisure center envisaged in the north of Paris, to protect local biodiversity.
 New/changed action/initiative Website News article in Le monde News article in Le monde https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2019/11/08/le-conseil-de-defense-ecologique-se-penche-sur-la-foret-et-les-friches-industrielles_6018491_3244.html 2019-11-07 National Europe and Central Asia France public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous Costan Rican Minister of Environment and Former Ambassador Call for Increased Focus and Action on Biodiversity, Cite Global Assessment English (396) In an article published in “Project Syndicate,” Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, the Minister of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica, and Alvaro Cedeno Molinari, the former Costa Rican ambassador to Japan and the World Trade Organization, draw on the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment to call for increased focus and action on biodiversity. The authors explain that an “understanding of the need for stronger conservation policies has yet to take hold, putting the world's ecosystems increasingly at risk.”
 New/changed action/initiative Website Link to opinion editorial Link to opinion editorial https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/ten-priorities-for-global-biodiversity-framework-by-carlos-manuel-rodriguez-1-and-alvaro-cedeno-molinari-2019-11 2019-11-07 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional Costa Rica private Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research Invites Proposals for Funding Relate to IPBES English (396) The Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) announced that it is inviting proposals under its Capacity Development Programme for funding from September 2020. To receive funding, proposals must be relevant to global change and sustainable development. The APN further invited proposals that “contribute to the capacity development components of the evolving global change arena, including IPBES” and which take as their topic “ecosystem-based adaptation in the context of international processes such as IPBES.”
 New/changed investment Website Call for submissions Call for submissions https://www2.fundsforngos.org/development/call-for-proposals-addressing-global-environmental-change-and-sustainability/ 2019-11-10 Regional Asia-Pacific private Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous Research Article on Values Held by Children Towards Forest Ecosystems Cites IPBES English (396) A research article titled “Values held by Swedish primary school students towards forest ecosystems and the relevance for a nature’s contributions to people approach,” published in the journal “Ecosystems and People,” draws extensively on IPBES’s concept of Nature’s Contributions to People. The article’s findings “support the approach taken by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) in incorporating diverse forms of value into valuation methods, as well as by taking a mixed-methods approach.”
 New/changed research project Website Link to article in “Ecosystems and People” Link to article in “Ecosystems and People” https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26395916.2019.1687585 2019-11-17 Multi-organizational/network Europe and Central Asia Sweden private Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous US Senator Introduces Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2019, Cites Global Assessment English (396) U.S. Senator Tom Udall, vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Representative Ruben Gallego, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Indigenous Peoples, introduced the Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2019 to “support the use of wildlife corridors on Tribal lands.” Udall cited the IPBES Global Assessment and its finding that one million species are at risk of extinction as reason for passing the Act.
New/changed law/regulation Website Link to Tom Udall’s website Link to Tom Udall’s website https://www.tomudall.senate.gov/news/press-releases/udall-gallego-introduce-tribal-wildlife-corridors-act-of-2019 2019-11-19 National Americas United States of America public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous Center for Biological Diversity Files Formal Notice to Launch Lawsuit, Cites IPBES Global Assessment English (396) In the United States, the Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice to launch a lawsuit against the Trump Administration, alleging that it has “failed to decide whether 274 imperiled animals and plants across the country should be federally protected.” In its official statement on the lawsuit, the Center for Biological Diversity cites findings from the IPBES Global Assessment, including that one million species are at risk of extinction.
 New/changed action/initiative Website Statement on lawsuit Statement on lawsuit https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/lawsuit-launched-save-274-species-extinction-crisis-2019-11-20/ 2019-11-20 National Americas United States of America public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous Thirty JSE-listed companies embark on biodiversity valuation assessments, cite IPBES Global Assessment English (396) Thirty Jamaica Stock Exchange-listed companies, across various sectors are embarking on a process to assess their current levels of biodiversity mainstreaming into their strategies and activities. The companies were motivated to undertake the process in response to the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment, according to EWT industry partnership senior manager Constant Hoogstad who said that there was “more than ever a need for businesses to step up their biodiversity game.” The companies are being supported by a World Wide Fund for Nature-South Africa Nedbank Green Trust project team.
 New/changed action/initiative Website News article in Engineering News News article in Engineering News http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/thirty-jse-listed-companies-embark-on-biodiversity-valuation-assessments-2019-11-25/rep_id:4136 2019-11-25 Multi-organizational/network Africa Jamaica, South Africa private Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous Coalition of 90 Associations Cites IPBES Pollination Assessment, Launches Signature Collection to Ban Pesticides and Transform Agriculture Italian (450) A coalition of 90 associations in 17 European countries have launched a European Citizens Initiative (ICE) signature collection to “ban pesticides, transform agriculture and save nature.” The ICE campaign cites the IPBES pollination assessment and its finding that current industrial farming practices threaten pollinator species.
 New/changed action/initiative Website WWF Italy website WWF Italy website http://wwfmolise.blogspot.com/2019/11/coalizione-di-90-associazione-in-17.html 2019-11-26 Multi-organizational/network Europe and Central Asia Italy public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous Chinese Minister of Environment and Ecology Reaffirms China’s Commitment to Protecting Biodiversity, Cites Global Assessment English (396) In an article in “China Watch,” Li Ganjie, the Chinese Minister of Environment and Ecology cited the IPBES Global Assessment as evidence that “biodiversity conservation still faces great challenges.” The Minister then highlighted China’s continued commitment to protecting biodiversity, including its efforts to make the CBD COP 15 a success, as well as to integrate biodiversity conservation into policies related to agriculture, forestry, fishery and finance, and to improve international cooperation on biodiversity conservation.
 New/changed action/initiative Website Article in China Watch Article in China Watch http://www.chinawatch.cn/a/201911/29/WS5de0b6aba31059f7ac06d7be.html 2019-11-29 National Asia-Pacific China public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous IPBES Global Assessment Cited in Decision to Create the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Service in Chile Spanish (399) GEF Montaña Project cites findings of the IPBES Global Assessment as key motivation in the decision to create the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Service (SBAP), which will serve as a solution to prevent local species from disappearing. According to Jan José Donoso, head of the Natural Resources and Biodiversity Division of the Ministry of the Environment and director of the GEF Montaña Project, officials believe “that the creation of the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Service (SBAP) will be a solution to the lack of concrete actions and lack of responses in the country, since we will have a public service dedicated exclusively to the conservation and protection of ecosystems and species”. The GEF Montaña Project is a project run by the Environment Ministry of Chile and the Sendero de Chile Foundation, with support from the United Nations Environment Programme.
 New/changed action/initiative Website Website Website http://gefmontana.cl/diversas-especies-de-la-region-mediterranea-de-chile-podrian-extinguirse/ 2019-12-01 National Americas Chile public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Wed, 19/04/2023 SBarudanovic Bosnia and Herzegovina Uses IPBES Outputs to Inform National Ecosystem Assessment Bosnian (26207) Bosnia and Herzegovina, under the coordination of UNEP-WCMC, and with the support of IKI, is carrying out a National Ecosystem Assessment that startes from the IPBES conceptual framework, with the use of key findings from a number of IPBES Assessment Reports - especially from the Europe and Central Asia Regional Assessment Report. Bosnia and Herzegovina strives to assess its own knowledge that is relevant for better informed decisions about biodiversity and nature's contributions to people.

The lack of relevant data and indicators encouraged the team, gathered from scientists from all over Bosnia and Herzegovina, to think innovatively about the simple use of significant, but scattered knowledge. As a result, for the first time, they are talking about mapping NCP/ecosystem services, direct and indirect drivers and scenarios for biodiversity in the country.		 New/changed research project Other PROCJENA STANJA PRIRODE I UPRAVLJANJA PRIRODNIM RESURSIMA U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI (PSP BIH) PROCJENA STANJA PRIRODE I UPRAVLJANJA PRIRODNIM RESURSIMA U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI (PSP BIH) https://www.procjenaprirode.ba/ 2019-12-02 National Europe and Central Asia Bosnia and Herzegovina public Senka Barudanovic University of Sarajevo - Faculty of Science Prof. dr. Bureau: Former member [email protected] +387 61235471
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous IPBES Global Assessment Cited in FAO Strategy on Mainstreaming Biodiversity across Agricultural Sectors English (396) Citing the IPBES Global Assessment, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has published its “Strategy on Mainstreaming Biodiversity across Agricultural Sectors.” The draft was considered and adopted by the Council during its 163rd session in December 2019.
 New/changed action/initiative Website PDF of Strategy PDF of Strategy http://www.fao.org/3/nb349en/nb349en.pdf 2019-12-06 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous President of the Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversité presented scientific articles from 2019 that accentuated and expanded the work of IPBES French (397) During the plenary of the Strategic Orientation Council of the Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversité (Foundation for Biodiversity Research), President Jean-Francois Silvain presented impactful scientific articles from 2019 that accentuated and expanded the message shared by IPBES that the populations of many species are declining and that one million species are at risk of extinction.
 New article Website Presentation on the website of the Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversité Presentation on the website of the Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversité https://www.fondationbiodiversite.fr/jean-francois-silvain-president-de-la-frb-revient-sur-des-articles-scientifiques-sur-qui-ont-marque-2019/ 2019-12-12 Organizational Europe and Central Asia France public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous Research Article Focuses on IPBES Terms ‘Ecosystem Services’ and ‘Nature’s Contributions to People’ English (396) Building on the work of IPBES and IPBES-related research interests, an article in the journal “Ecosystems and People” titled “Disentangling ‘ecosystem services’ and ‘nature’s contributions to people’” explores these terms in greater detail and contributes to broader knowledge and data schemes.
 New article Website Link to article Link to article https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26395916.2019.1669713 2019-12-17 Multi-organizational/network private Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous Article Summarizes Findings from IPBES Global Assessment Related to Food Security English (396) An article published by Agrilinks, an online hub for agriculture, food security and development professionals, summarizes findings from the IPBES Global Assessment related to food security.
 New article Website Article in Agrilinks Article in Agrilinks https://www.agrilinks.org/post/natures-contributions-food-secure-future-summary-findings-ipbes-global-assessment-biodiversity 2020-01-06 Multi-organizational/network private Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous IPBES Cited in WEF Global Risk Report 2020 English (396) The IPBES Global Assessment is cited multiple times in the World Economic Forum Global Risk Report 2020. The report draws on the findings of the Assessment to underscore the negative implications of biodiversity loss.
 New/changed research project Website Report PDF Report PDF http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Global_Risk_Report_2020.pdf 2020-01-15 Global Cross-regional public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous IPBES Assessments Cited in WEF Global Risk Report 2020 English (396) Multiple IPBES Assessments, including the IPBES Global Assessment, are referenced in the World Economic Forum Global Risk Report 2020. Drawing on the Global Assessment,the Report highlights that “the dramatic loss of biodiversity brings serious risks for societies, economies and the health of the planet.”
 New/changed research project Website PDF of report PDF of report http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Global_Risk_Report_2020.pdf 2020-01-15 public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous British Natural History Museum Declares Planetary Emergency, Cites IPBES Global Assessment English (396) The British Natural History Museum has declared a planetary emergency “in recognition of humanity's failure to combat our destructive impact on the planet's survival systems.” In its official announced the Museum cited to IPBES Global Assessment Coordinating Lead Author Andy Purvis, who referred to the Global Assessment finding that one million species are at risk of extinction as a “warning light.”
 New/changed action/initiative Website NHM website NHM website https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2020/january/we-are-declaring-a-planetary-emergency.html?utm_source=tw-link-post-20200120-kp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=anthropocene 2020-01-20 Organizational Europe and Central Asia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland private Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous Irish Social Democrats Publish Report on Biodiversity, Cite IPBES Global Assessment English (396) The Irish Social Democrat Party has published a report on biodiversity, titled “Biodiversity: Protecting our Fauna and Natural Habitat,” which outlines the importance of protecting biodiversity and the party’s strategies for doing so. The report highlights the finding of the IPBES Global Assessment that the current decline of nature is unprecedented.
 New/changed action/initiative Website PDF of Report PDF of Report https://www.socialdemocrats.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Biodiversity.pdf 2020-01-20 National Europe and Central Asia Ireland public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Patrick.Tonissen IPBES Global Assessment 'Inspires Global Poster Contest' in Collaboration with UNEP English (396) The 16th International Poster Biennial contest has chosen biodiversity as the focus of its environmental category, partly in response to the urgency highlighted by the IPBES Global Assessment. "The scale of the current biodiversity breakdown is unparalleled; the IPBES report warns that more than a third of all marine mammals, more than 40 percent of amphibian species and 10 percent of insects are threatened." New/changed action/initiative Website Biodiversity loss inspires global poster contest - UNEP Biodiversity loss inspires global poster contest - UNEP https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/biodiversity-loss-inspires-global-poster-contest Global Assessment 2020-01-22 Global Mexico public Patrick Tonissen IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn