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 Sort descending | Impact date | Scale of impact | Region of Impact | Country/ies of impact | Website | Relevant IPBES deliverable(s) | edit |
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IPBES Global Assessment and Key Findings Cited in United States Senate Resolution to Protect 30% of the Land and Ocean by 2030 | New/changed law/regulation | 22 Oct 2019 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
National Council of Austria Declares Climate Emergency and Asks Government to Consider IPBES Reports as Factual Basis of Future Environmental Policies | New/changed law/regulation | 02 Jul 2019 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Austria | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Catalogue of assessments, Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
Drawing on IPBES Global Assessment, Municipal Government of Nigrán Spain Moves to Declare a Climate Emergency | New/changed law/regulation | 30 Sep 2019 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | Spain | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
City Council of Colmenar Viejo Highlights Global Assessment in Declaration of Climate Emergency | New/changed law/regulation | 27 Sep 2019 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | Spain | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
UK Politician Cites Global Assessment in Parliamentary Call to Ban Hunting Trophies | New/changed law/regulation | 15 May 2019 | National | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
US Senator Introduces Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2019, Cites Global Assessment | New/changed law/regulation | 19 Nov 2019 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
Pennsylvania State Representative Uses IPBES Evidence to Support Planned Introduction of Legistation Establishing Task Force to Aid Pollinators | New/changed law/regulation | 29 Sep 2022 | State/Provincial | Americas | United States of America | website | Policy support tools and methodologies (2nd work programme), Pollination assessment | |
San Diego County Passes Resolution Calling for Better Protection of and Access to Open Spaces in Support of Biodiversity. | New/changed law/regulation | 16 Nov 2022 | State/Provincial | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (2nd work programme) | |
Newcastle City Council (UK) Declares Biodiversity Emergency to Answer IPBES Call to Protect Nature at Every Level from Local to Global | New/changed law/regulation | 06 Jul 2022 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (2nd work programme) | |
Armenia Developing National Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan Drawing Directly from IPBES Assessment Reports | New/changed law/regulation | 01 Mar 2023 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Armenia | website | Sustainable use assessment, Regional assessments, Europe and Central Asia assessment | |
European Parliament Adopts 'New Deal For Pollinators' Partly in Consideration of IPBES Pollination Assessment Findings | New/changed law/regulation | 23 Nov 2023 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Pollination assessment | |
US Senate Resolution Introduced that Highlights IPBES Science and Amplifies Call for National Biodiversity Strategy | New/changed law/regulation | 12 Dec 2023 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
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) | ||
Pollination: Coalition of the Willing on Pollinators | New/changed network | Global | website | Pollination assessment | ||||
France: EFESE the French platform for the evaluation of ecosystems and ecosystem services | New/changed network | 01 Jan 2012 | National | France | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Scenarios and models assessment, Values assessment | ||
West African initiative to facilitate networking and capacity building to support the IPBES work programme | New/changed network | 01 Nov 2017 | Subregional | Africa | Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia (Republic of The), Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo | website | Building capacity (1st work programme) | |
Coalition of the Willing on Pollinators grows again - EU and 3 new countries join at CBD COP14 | New/changed network | 01 Nov 2018 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Belarus, Estonia, Norway | website | Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Pollination assessment | |
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) | ||
World Biodiversity Forum Cites IPBES in 2020 Final Resolution | New/changed network | 28 Feb 2020 | Global | Cross-regional | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Catalogue of assessments, Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | ||
Natural HIstory Museum of Vienna Joins Global Alliance for Biodiversity, Cites IPBES Global Assessment | New/changed network | 26 May 2020 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | Austria | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
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 | website | Communications, Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
Following Release of IPBES Pandemics Report, Global Biodiversity Information Facility Announces Task Group to Enhance Research of Species Linked to Human Diseases | New/changed network | 02 Nov 2020 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | website | Knowledge and data (1st work programme) | ||
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 | website | Communications, Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
Catalan Observatory of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity Established to Act as Reference Point for IPBES | New/changed network | 16 Jun 2022 | State/Provincial | Europe and Central Asia | Spain | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Scenarios and models assessment, Europe and Central Asia assessment | |
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 | ||
Science from IPBES Pollination Report at Heart of New Global 'Trillion Bees' Coalition to Develop Projects and Actions to Protect Pollinators | New/changed network | 06 Dec 2023 | Global | website | Pollination assessment | |||
Colombia developing national pollinators strategy | New/changed policy | National | Americas | Colombia | website | Indigenous and local knowledge systems (1st work programme), Pollination assessment | ||
Irish Parliament Declares Biodiversity Emergency Following Discussion of Global Assessment | New/changed policy | 01 May 2019 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Ireland | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
In light of Global Assessment, Welsh Government Cancels Plans to Build £1.6bn Highway | New/changed policy | 01 Jun 2019 | National | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
Scottish Government 'Carefully Considering' IPBES Global Assessment and Commits to Inform Parliament of Recommended Changes in Biodiversity-Related Policies | New/changed policy | 01 Sep 2019 | National | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) |