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 to alert the secretariat to any inaccuracy or anything objectionable in TRACK, please do so by emailing this information. Click to email us
TRACK
Title Sort descending | Type(s) of impacts generated | Impact date | Scale of impact | Region of Impact | Country/ies of impact | Website | Relevant IPBES deliverable(s) | edit |
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IPBES Conceptual Framework Applied to Research on Nature's Contributions to Andean Pastoral Peoples | New/changed research project | 17 Dec 2021 | Subregional | Americas | Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Peru | website | Conceptual framework | |
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 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) | |||
Chinese Minister of Environment and Ecology Reaffirms China’s Commitment to Protecting Biodiversity, Cites Global Assessment | New/changed action/initiative | 29 Nov 2019 | National | Asia-Pacific | China | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
Drawing on IPBES Global Assessment, E-Book Teaches Kids Value of Being Kind to Animals and Protecting Them | New/changed action/initiative | 28 Oct 2019 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
Environmental Researchers Draw on IPBES Conceptual Framework in Recommendation on How Brazilian Academy Can Better Incorporate ILK | New/changed idea | 25 Sep 2019 | National | Americas | Brazil | website | Building capacity (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) | |
Ernst & Young, Microsoft and Earth Knowledge Leverage IPBES Global Assessment Findings in New Joint Report on Financial Services for Conservation, Sustainability and Biodiversity | New/changed research project | 13 Oct 2021 | Global | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |||
Following IPBES Social Media Post, Lambeth Living Streets Group in South London Examines Policy/Action for 'Urban Forests' | New/changed action/initiative | 10 Aug 2020 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | website | Communications | |
German Hunters Use IPBES Science to Advocate for Better Measures to Control Invasive Alien Species | New/changed action/initiative | 21 Sep 2023 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Germany | website | Invasive alien species assessment | |
Global Assessment Noted in the UNCCD New Delhi Declaration | New/changed commitment | 10 Sep 2019 | Global | Cross-regional | website | Communications, Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | ||
Guerlain partners with UNESCO to train beekeepers, help pollinators and implement IPBES pathways | New/changed action/initiative | 21 Oct 2019 | website | Pollination assessment | ||||
International Council on Mining and Metals Cites IPBES in Submission to CBD Post-2020 Framework on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Industrial Sectors | New/changed action/initiative | 03 Feb 2020 | Global | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
IPBES cited in OECD report on managing the biodiversity impacts of fertiliser and pesticide use | New/changed research project | 05 Mar 2020 | Global | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
Multiple organizations launch joint initiative to develop tool for measuring investment impact on biodiversity, cite IPBES Global Assessment | New/changed research project | 28 Jan 2020 | Multi-organizational/network | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |||
Parliament of Myanmar Votes to Join IPBES Following Launch of Global Assessment | New/changed commitment | 01 May 2019 | National | Asia-Pacific | Myanmar | 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) | |
Recognizing IPBES Evidence, Landscape Institute Declares Biodiversity and Climate Emergency | New/changed action/initiative | Organizational | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
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 | ||||
Researchers Use IPBES Framework To Help Identify Key Relationships Between Nature and Well-being in New Zealand | New/changed research project | 19 Apr 2022 | National | Asia-Pacific | New Zealand | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop on biodiversity and climate change | |
WMO Cites IPBES Global Assessment in Statement on the State of the Global Climate 2019 | New/changed research project | 20 Mar 2020 | Global | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
'Sustainable Growth Coalition' of Businesses from Minnesota, USA Incorporates IPBES Global Assessment Findings Into 'Materials Vision' Document Looking Toward a Circular Economy | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Oct 2019 | State/Provincial | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
10 Finnish Companies Pilot Science Based Targets Network's (SBTN) Guidelines for Nature Targets Based on IPBES Global Assessment and Scenarios and Models Report | New/changed commitment | 04 Apr 2022 | Multi-organizational/network | Europe and Central Asia | Finland | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Scenarios and models assessment | |
130 Nations Pledge to Protect Biodiversity in Gandhinagar Declaration, Citing IPBES Global Assessment | New/changed commitment | 22 Feb 2020 | Global | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | ||
2021 Edition of Little Book of Investing in Nature Cites Global Assessment Extensively in Making Case for Investment to Protect Natural Capital | New/changed research project | 15 Jan 2021 | Global | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |||
32 Leading scientists, citing Global Assessment and author testimony in Canadian Parliament, pen letter to Deputy Environmental Minister of Canada advocating fulfillment of protected areas target | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jul 2019 | Regional | Americas | Canada | website | Communications, Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
50 Members of US Congress and 350 State Lawmakers Cite IPBES Findings in Letter to President Biden Advocating for a National Biodiversity Strategy | New/changed action/initiative | 08 Feb 2022 | National | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (2nd work programme) | ||
7 Directors from Natural Science Institutes from Europe Reference IPBES Science in Open Letter Supporting the European Nature Restoration Law | New/changed action/initiative | 14 Jun 2023 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
Actress Angelia Jolie, UNESCO and Guerlain Partner to Tackle Bee Decline and Pollination Crisis Pinpointed by IPBES Pollination Assessment | New/changed action/initiative | 08 Mar 2021 | Global | website | Pollination assessment | |||
After IPBES-Inspired Declaration of Ecological Emergency, Glasgow City Council Working Group Publishes Report and Recommendations, Prominently Citing IPBES Global Assessment | New/changed action/initiative | 24 Nov 2020 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
After review of IPBES Pollination and Land Degradation Assessments, Nigeria adopts action plan to protect pollinators | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jul 2019 | National | Africa | Nigeria | website | Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Pollination assessment |