Impact Tracking Page

Welcome to the IPBES Impact Tracking Database (TRACK).

The purpose of TRACK is to record, document and share examples of the use of IPBES outputs, such as the IPBES assessment reports, in decision-making or in science.

TRACK is not designed to be comprehensive, analytically rigorous or serve a wider monitoring function – it makes no claim to be an exhaustive list of IPBES impacts. It is, instead, an indicative list for the primary purpose of IPBES communications, outreach and public relations. Apart from a basic eligibility screening, the IPBES secretariat does not independently verify the examples listed in TRACK, which are primarily gleaned from third party stakeholders, media reports and similar sources.

Should you wish to contribute an example of IPBES impact, please go to the TRACK submission portal: https://ipbes.net/impact-tracking . If you wish alert the secretariat to any inaccuracy or anything objectionable in TRACK, please do so by emailing this information. Click to email us

TRACK

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Title Type(s) of impacts generated Impact date Scale of impact Region of Impact Country/s of Impact IPBES Deliverable Website
Study uses IPBES Conceptual Framework to Analyse Connections Between People and Nature in Draa River Basin Southern Morocco New/changed research project 15 May 2021 State/Provincial Africa Morocco Knowledge and Data website
Paper Applies IPBES Conceptual Framework Multiple Values Approach to Analysis of Agroforestry Landscapes in North East Europe New/changed research project 01 May 2021 Subregional Europe and Central Asia Belarus, Latvia, Russian Federation, Sweden Knowledge and Data website
Poparco cites IPBES's work as Foundational Evidence in new Private Sector Publication on the Role of Business in Biodiversity Protection New/changed action/initiative 22 Mar 2021 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional Global assessment website
Paper Builds on IPBES work on Nature's Contributions to People to make case for Stronger links to Sustainability Transformations New article 19 Mar 2021 Europe and Central Asia, Global assessment website
Chicago Public Schools use Global Assessment Media Release in ELA Educational Project for Grade 10 Curriculum New/changed action/initiative 18 Mar 2021 City/Community Americas United States of America Global assessment website
French Environment Ministry Uses Global Assessment Finding to Drive Public Consultation on France's Biodiversity Strategy New/changed action/initiative 15 Mar 2021 National Europe and Central Asia France Global assessment, Policy support tools website
Alicante City Councillors Present Declaration to Develop Local Environment Education Plan Citing IPBES Reports for Urgency New/changed policy 13 Mar 2021 City/Community Europe and Central Asia Spain Capacity-building, Global assessment, Policy support tools website
Con Huesca Podemos Equo group in Huesca, Spain uses IPBES Evidence to Urge City Council to make a Bee Friendly City New/changed commitment 12 Mar 2021 City/Community Europe and Central Asia Spain Pollination Assessment website
NRW Volksinitiative Artenvielfalt cites IPBES Global Assessment to Motivate for a Climate and Nature Strike New/changed action/initiative 12 Mar 2021 State/Provincial Europe and Central Asia Germany Global assessment website
Drawing on IPBES Regional Assessment for Africa Article Identifies Future Pathways and Options for Biodiversity Across the Continent New/changed research project 05 Mar 2021 Regional Africa Knowledge and Data, Africa Assessment website
Global Assessment Findings used by SAIIA to Argue for Immediate Action to Preserve Biodiversity Especially in Africa New article 03 Mar 2021 Multi-organizational/network Africa Global assessment website
US Members of Congress Cite Global Assessment Reintroducing Bipartisan Bill to Support Highly Endangered Species Around the World New/changed action/initiative 03 Mar 2021 Global Cross-regional United States of America Global assessment, Policy support tools website
Dutch Multinational Royal DSM N.V. Refers to Global Assessment Findings in 2020 Integrated Annual Report New/changed commitment 02 Mar 2021 Organizational Cross-regional Global assessment website
Article Cites IPBES Pandemics Report to Argue Against Possible US Government Approvals for Logging Hundreds of Acres of Old-Growth Forest in Montana New article 02 Mar 2021 State/Provincial Americas United States of America Policy support tools website
IPBES Approach to Nature's Contributions to People used to Examine Enhancing Synergies in NCP in Landscapes and Seascapes New article 01 Mar 2021 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional Colombia, Comoros, Ecuador, India, Madagascar, Mauritius, Myanmar, Peru, Seychelles, Thailand Global assessment website
Dutch Organic Agriculture and Food Organization Bionext Uses IPBES Global Assessment in Call for Consumers to 'Vote' with their Shopping Baskets New article 01 Mar 2021 National Europe and Central Asia Netherlands Global assessment website
Royal Zoological Society of Scotland Refers to Global Assessment Finding in Announcing as First UK Zoological Society to Join EU Commission Coalition New/changed network 27 Feb 2021 State/Provincial Europe and Central Asia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Global assessment, Communication and stakeholder engagement website
UK Minister of State for Environment Points to IPBES Pandemics Report and Global Assessment in Response to Oral Questions in House of Lords Other 24 Feb 2021 National Europe and Central Asia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Knowledge and Data, Global assessment, Policy support tools website
IPBES Global Assessment Findings Taken Up and Adapted in Guide on "Upscaling Corporate Solutions for Biodiversity" by French 'Enterprises pour l'environnement' Group New/changed action/initiative 23 Feb 2021 Multi-organizational/network Europe and Central Asia France Capacity-building, Knowledge and Data, Global assessment, Policy support tools website
Call for Global Science-Policy Body on Chemicals and Waste References Influence and Success of IPBES New/changed idea 19 Feb 2021 Global Knowledge and Data, Policy support tools website
IPBES Assessment Graphics Used Prominently by New Scientist to Illustrate "Our Impact on Earth’s Ecosystems and Biodiversity – in Graphics" New article 18 Feb 2021 Global assessment, Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment website
IPBES Pandemics Report Featured Prominently in Fridtjof Nansen Institute Policy Brief New/changed action/initiative 17 Feb 2021 Multi-organizational/network Europe and Central Asia Norway Knowledge and Data, Policy support tools website
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 New/changed research project 17 Feb 2021 National Cross-regional Dominican Republic, Malawi, Thailand Capacity-building, Indigenous and Local Knowledge, Knowledge and Data, Guide for assessments, Policy support tools website
Norwegian Climate and Environment Minister Sveinung Rotevatns Prominently Cites IPBES Global Assessment in Speech at 2021 National Park Conference on National and International Biodiversity Agenda New/changed action/initiative 16 Feb 2021 National Europe and Central Asia Norway Global assessment, Policy support tools website
IPBES Pandemics Report Featured in 'Last Week Tonight' Episode on 'The Next Pandemic' New/changed action/initiative 14 Feb 2021 Communication and stakeholder engagement website
Citing IPBES Global Assessment, Government of Kenya Announces Participation in High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People for Ambitious Global Biodiversity Framework under the Convention on Biologi New/changed action/initiative 10 Feb 2021 Global Cross-regional Kenya Global assessment website
Inspired by IPBES Global Assessment, Music Group "The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara" Record Single Titled "At the World's End" New/changed action/initiative 05 Feb 2021 Global Global assessment website
Three IPBES Assessment Reports Cited in UNEP Latin American and Carribean Action Plan for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration New/changed action/initiative 02 Feb 2021 Regional Americas Capacity-building, Knowledge and Data, Americas Assessment, Global assessment, Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment, Policy support tools website
Citing IPBES Global Assessment, Two Oceans Aquarium in South Africa Announces Membership to "United for Biodiversity" Coalition New/changed network 02 Feb 2021 Multi-organizational/network Africa South Africa Global assessment, Communication and stakeholder engagement website
Multiple IPBES Reports Cited in UNEP Latin America and the Caribbean Ministers of Environment Meeting Decision on Preventing Future Pandemics and Sustainable Recovery New/changed action/initiative 02 Feb 2021 Regional Americas Policy support tools website