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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 to 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 Sort descending Impact date Scale of impact Region of Impact Country/ies of impact Website Relevant IPBES deliverable(s) edit
IPBES assessments used to raise alarm bells about global tipping points New article 01 Jun 2018 Individual website Land degradation and restoration assessment, Pollination assessment, Regional assessments
UN Environment Foresight brief on insect services, threats and solutions features IPBES Pollination Assessment data New article 01 Jan 2019 Global website Pollination assessment
Article: Nature's Contributions to People (NCP) Conceptual Framework Used as Critical Lens for IPBES Europe and Central Asia Assessment Report New article 01 Jul 2019 Organizational website Europe and Central Asia assessment, Knowledge and data (1st work programme)
International Resources Panel cites and analyzes IPBES Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment in a think piece New article 01 Sep 2019 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional website Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Land degradation and restoration assessment, Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme)
The World Banks cited the IPBES Africa Regional Assessment in an article that outlines the challenges related to biodiversity loss and efforts to address them in Africa New article 01 Feb 2019 Multi-organizational/network Africa website Africa assessment, Regional assessments
Costa Rica's Minister Environment and Energy and the Former Costa Rican Ambassador to Japan and the WTO Jointly Pen Article Calling for Robust Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework, Cite Global Assessment New article 01 Nov 2019 Global website Global assessment (1st work programme)
Former US Secretary of State Draws on IPBES Global Assessment in Appeal to World Leaders to Protect Biodiversity New article 18 Feb 2020 Organizational Cross-regional website Global assessment (1st work programme)
President of the Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversité presented scientific articles from 2019 that accentuated and expanded the work of IPBES New article 12 Dec 2019 Organizational Europe and Central Asia France website Global assessment (1st work programme)
Article Reflects on the Knowledge Systems Approach of the Alexander von Humboldt Institute in Relation to IPBES Conceptual Framework New article Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional website Indigenous and local knowledge systems (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme)
Evaluation of SDG Progress in IPBES Global Assessment used in new article on "SDG-Based Sustainability Assessment Methodology for Innovations in the Field of Urban Surfaces" New article Global website Global assessment (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme)
Article in Nature Cites Global Assessment Findings, Arguing That Scientists Should Join Civil Disobedience New article 02 Sep 2019 Global website Global assessment (1st work programme)
Research Article Draws from IPBES Global Assessment to Explore Future of Ecotourism in Africa New article 08 Oct 2019 Multi-organizational/network Africa website Global assessment (1st work programme)
Research Article Explores Application of Imagination in IPBES Scenario Processes New article 18 Aug 2019 Multi-organizational/network website Building capacity (1st work programme), Global assessment (1st work programme), Indigenous and local knowledge systems (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Regional assessments, Scenarios and models assessment
Research Article Focuses on IPBES Terms ‘Ecosystem Services’ and ‘Nature’s Contributions to People’ New article 17 Dec 2019 Multi-organizational/network website Knowledge and data (1st work programme)
Dutch Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Qualtiy publishes official response to IPBES Global Assessment New article 07 Oct 2019 National Europe and Central Asia Netherlands (Kingdom of the) website Global assessment (1st work programme)
Opinion Article Draws on IPBES Global Assessment to Explain Why Biodiversity Brings Investors Returns New article 25 Oct 2019 Multi-organizational/network Europe and Central Asia Germany website Global assessment (1st work programme)
Study Synthesizes Knowledge Gaps in IPBES Regional Assessments New article 28 Oct 2019 Multi-organizational/network website Global assessment (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Regional assessments
Research article on challenges in policy-relevant global scenarios of biodiversity and ecosystem services draws on IPBES assessments New article Multi-organizational/network website Global assessment (1st work programme), Regional assessments
Article from EU Parliament Highlights Global Assessment Finding New article 25 May 2020 Regional Europe and Central Asia European Union website Global assessment (1st work programme)
Article Summarizes Findings from IPBES Global Assessment Related to Food Security New article 06 Jan 2020 Multi-organizational/network website Global assessment (1st work programme)
Perspective paper examines how to improve collaboration between ecosystem service communities and IPBES New article 26 May 2020 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional website Building capacity (1st work programme), Communications
Opinion Article Examines Pathways to Action Related to IPBES Global Assessment New article Multi-organizational/network website Global assessment (1st work programme)
Study on Vulnerability to Climate Change of Islands and Its Impact on Tree Life Cites IPBES New article 09 Oct 2019 Multi-organizational/network website Global assessment (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme)
Building on IPBES Global Assessment, Article in PNAS Provides Synthesis of 50-Year Global Trends in Nature's Contributions to People New article 22 Dec 2020 website Global assessment (1st work programme)
Article Published on "Building capacity for the science-policy interface on biodiversity and ecosystem services: Activities, fellows, outcomes, and neglected capacity building needs" New article 01 Jun 2020 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional website Building capacity (1st work programme), Communications, Indigenous and local knowledge systems (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme)
Nature Editorial About Validity of Single Numerical Apex Target for Biodiversity Cites Global Assessment and Calls for IPBES to be Mandated to Advise New article 30 Jun 2020 Global website Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme)
McKinsey & Company Publishes 4 Interventions to Reduce the Impact of the Apparel Industry on Biodiversity Citing Global Assessment New article 05 Aug 2020 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional website Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme)
Article in the Journal Conservation Biology Builds on IPBES Global Assessment and Calls for Methodology to Include 'Airspace Habitat' New article 25 Sep 2020 website Global assessment (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme)
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 website Global assessment (1st work programme), Land degradation and restoration assessment
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 website Global assessment (1st work programme)