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.
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TRACK
| Title | Type(s) of impacts generated | Impact date | Scale of impact Sort descending | Region of Impact | Country/ies of impact | Website | Relevant IPBES deliverable(s) | Private/Public sector impact? | edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
| Italian citizens' initiative "Assemblea Ecologica Popolare del Golfo" uses the IPBES Global Assessment as evidence advocating for urgent environmental action and policies | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Nov 2019 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | Italy | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | ||
| IPBES Global Assessment & 'Catastrophic Situation' Spark Members of European Parliament to Agree on Urgent Need for EU to 'Set an Example for the Future' at CBD COP15 | New/changed commitment | 01 Nov 2019 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | Czechia | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | ||
| European Parliament, Citing IPBES Pollination Assessment Report, Urges European Commission to Implement Range of Pollinator-friendly Policies | New/changed policy | 01 Dec 2019 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Pollination assessment | ||
| Save Bees and Farmers European Union Citizen Initiative Petition Cites IPBES Global Assessment as Motivation for Call to Phase-out Synthetic Pesticides and Promote Agroecology | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Nov 2019 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Pollination assessment | ||
| European Commission Releases 'European Green Deal,' Citing IPBES Science | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Dec 2019 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | ||
| Members of European Parliament Call for Legally Binding Biodiversity Targets, Citing IPBES Global Assessment | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Dec 2019 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | ||
| On Strength of Global Assessment, IPBES included in 2019 IUCN Regional Conservation Forums | New/changed network | 01 May 2019 | Regional | Cross-regional | website | Communications, Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | public | ||
| IPBES Cited in European Parliament Study on Biodiversity as a Human Right | New/changed research project | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | public | |||
| Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research Invites Proposals for Funding Relate to IPBES | New/changed investment | 10 Nov 2019 | Regional | Asia-Pacific | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Catalogue of assessments, Knowledge and data (1st work programme) | private | ||
| 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) | public | |
| IPBES Global Assessment Cited in EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 | New/changed action/initiative | 20 May 2020 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | public | ||
| 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 | website | Americas assessment, Building capacity (1st work programme), Global assessment (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Land degradation and restoration assessment, Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | public | ||
| IPBES Pandemics Report cited in European Parliament Report on Biodiversity Loss and Zoonoses: | New/changed action/initiative | 08 Jan 2021 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | public | |
| 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 | website | Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | public | ||
| Friuli Venezia Giulia Regional Counselor Ilaria Dal Zovo cites IPBES Workshop Report on Biodiversity and Pandemics in Parliamentary Exchange | New/changed action/initiative | 18 Nov 2020 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | Italy | website | Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | public | |
| Citing IPBES Pandemics Report, WWF Germany Calls on EU to "take a pioneering role in ecological pandemic preparedness" | New/changed action/initiative | 29 Oct 2020 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | public | |
| Citing Multiple IPBES Outputs, the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC) Publishes Paper on 'transformative change and post-COVID-19 priorities' | New/changed action/initiative | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Europe and Central Asia assessment, Global assessment (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | public | ||
| IPBES Assessments Cited in European Environment Agency Report 'State of nature in the EU: Results from reporting under the nature directives 2013-2018' | New/changed action/initiative | 19 Oct 2020 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Europe and Central Asia assessment, Knowledge and data (1st work programme) | public | |
| European Economic and Social Committee Cites IPBES Global Assessment in Opinion on EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy and Calls for Higher Ambition | New/changed action/initiative | 09 Oct 2020 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | public | |
| Citing IPBES Evidence, European Commission Launches Grant Proposal Competition for Restoring Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services | New/changed investment | 26 Jan 2021 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | public | |
| IPBES Evidence Used as Key Appeal for 'Save Bees and Farmers' European Citizens' Initiative | New/changed action/initiative | 30 Sep 2020 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | public | |
| Our Fish Campaign to End Overfishing Cites IPBES Global Assessment in its Call from 300+ Scientists | New/changed action/initiative | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | public | ||
| Citing IPBES Global Assessment, the Greens/European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament calls for 'Radical Transformation' of Agricultural Systems | New/changed action/initiative | 09 Sep 2020 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | public | |
| 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 | website | Africa assessment, Knowledge and data (1st work programme) | public | ||
| Francophone Africa Regional Trialogue Background Document Based on the IPBES Assessment Findings | New/changed idea | 05 Apr 2022 | Regional | Africa | Benin | website | Africa assessment, Global assessment (1st work programme), Land degradation and restoration assessment, Pollination assessment | public | |
| European Business Nature Summit Calls for Joint Business Action for Nature Based on IPBES Work | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Dec 2021 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | Austria | website | Catalogue of assessments, Nature’s Contributions to People (NCP) | private | |
| IPBES Results and Methodology Underpin Workshop on Identifying Information Gaps for ACTO Amazon Regional Assessment | New/changed research project | 24 Jan 2022 | Regional | Americas | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Americas assessment, Conceptual framework, Guide for assessments | public | |
| EU BIONEXT Project Receives 4 Million Euro for Four Years Partly to Work on Knowledge & Science Brokerage for IPBES Assessments and EU Policy | New/changed action/initiative | 23 Sep 2022 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | website | Policy support tools and methodologies (2nd work programme), Catalogue of assessments | public | ||
| Biodiversa+ Introduces IPBES Values & Sustainable Use of Wild Species Reports to Ministries and Research Agencies Across Europe | New/changed network | 09 Sep 2022 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | website | Sustainable use assessment, Values assessment, Stakeholder engagement | public |