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 | Type(s) of impacts generated | Impact date | Scale of impact | Region of Impact Sort descending | Country/ies of impact | Website | Relevant IPBES deliverable(s) | edit |
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IPBES Science 'Instrumental' in Development of UNESCO Guidance for African Biosphere Reserves | New/changed technique | 19 Jul 2022 | Regional | Africa | website | Values assessment, Global assessment (1st work programme), Stakeholder engagement, Africa assessment, Conceptual framework, Europe and Central Asia assessment | ||
South African Reasearchers Apply IPBES Sustainable Use of Wild Species Report Findings to National Context in Support of Sustainability Policies | New/changed research project | 29 Mar 2023 | National | Africa | South Africa | website | Sustainable use assessment | |
Brazil: Creation of Brazilian Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (BPBES) | New/changed network | National | Americas | Brazil | website | Americas assessment, Communications, Knowledge and data (1st work programme) | ||
Colombia developing national pollinators strategy | New/changed policy | National | Americas | Colombia | website | Indigenous and local knowledge systems (1st work programme), Pollination assessment | ||
Brazilian real estate developer cites IPBES Land Degradation Assessment in actions to reduce environmental impact of construction | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jun 2018 | State/Provincial | Americas | Brazil | website | Land degradation and restoration assessment | |
Magnolia Gardens in South Carolina brings in bee colonies to boost pollination, citing IPBES Assessment | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Mar 2016 | Organizational | Americas | United States of America | website | Pollination assessment | |
IPBES Americas Assessment cited in amicus brief in Waters of the United States (#WOTUS) litigation by Society of Wetland Scientists | New/changed action/initiative | 01 May 2018 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Americas assessment | |
Project to reforest Dry Corridor of Central America and Dominican Republic partially premised on IPBES Report | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Aug 2018 | Subregional | Americas | Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama | website | Americas assessment | |
Dominican Republic includes mandatory consideration of pollinators and habitats in biodiversity and ecosystem surveys | New/changed law/regulation | 01 Sep 2018 | National | Americas | Dominican Republic | website | Pollination assessment | |
Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Planning and Development created an online platform to track pollinators and pests inspired by IPBES assessment | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Sep 2018 | National | Americas | Trinidad and Tobago | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Indigenous and local knowledge systems (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Pollination assessment | |
Colombia begins national biodiversity assessment based on IPBES methodology | New/changed research project | 01 Oct 2018 | National | Americas | Colombia | website | Guide for assessments, Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
Brazil publishes first national biodiversity and ecosystem services assessment based on IPBES methodology | New/changed research project | 01 Nov 2018 | National | Americas | Brazil | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Guide for assessments, Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Regional assessments, Scenarios and models assessment | |
Brazil establishes procedures on pesticide risk to pollinators partly based on the IPBES Pollination Assessment | New/changed law/regulation | 01 Mar 2017 | National | Americas | Brazil | website | Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Pollination assessment | |
Caribbean Action Plan published articulating how to implement IPBES Pollinator Assessment at regional and national levels | New/changed commitment | 01 Oct 2018 | Subregional | Americas | Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Pollination assessment | |
In Light of IPBES Global Assessment, Gemperle Family Farms Commit Funds to Biodiversity on Strength of IPBES Global Assessment | New/changed investment | 01 May 2019 | Organizational | Americas | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
Spurred by the Global Assessment, the Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2019 was introduced into Both Houses of the US Congress | New/changed law/regulation | 01 May 2019 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (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) | |
US Senate Briefed on findings of Global Assessment to generate support for the Wildlands Corridor Conservation Bill | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jul 2019 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
National Resources Defense Council cites IPBES Global Assessment in opposition to anti-biodiversity bill in California | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Aug 2019 | Regional | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
US Congressional Candidate launches 2020 campaign inspired in part by IPBES Global Assessment | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Aug 2019 | Individual | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
US States cite IPBES in decision to sue Federal Government over changes to the Endangered Species Act | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Aug 2019 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
US Presidential Candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination, Joe Sestek, cites IPBES in statement opposing changes to the Endangered Species Act | New/changed idea | 01 Aug 2019 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
US Presidential Candidate Julián Castro cites IPBES in statement opposing changes to the Endangered Species Act | New/changed idea | 01 Aug 2019 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
US Senator Dianne Feinstein cites IPBES in statement opposing changes to the Endangered Species Act | New/changed idea | 01 Aug 2019 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
Former US Presidential Candidate Jill Stein cites IPBES in statement opposing changes to the Endangered Species Act | New/changed idea | 01 Aug 2019 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
In light of the Global Assessment, Scientists send petition urging the US Congress to fund wildlife conservation programs to protect biodiversity | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Aug 2019 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
US Presidential Candidate Julián Castro cites IPBES Global Assessment in campaign plan to protect animals and wildlife | New/changed idea | 01 Aug 2019 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
Global Assessment's Call for Transformative Change Inspires Public Interest Law Firm, Earthjustice | New/changed commitment | 01 Oct 2019 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
IPBES Evidence Considered by Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization for Regional Biodiversity Programme, Invites IPBES Chair Ana María Hernández for High-Level Consultation | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Oct 2019 | Regional | Americas | Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
More than 1600 Scientists Sign Letter Calling for Funding to Address the Biodiversity Crisis | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Sep 2019 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) |