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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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 | |
UK Government Draws on IPBES Findings in Green Finance Strategy | New/changed policy | 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) | ||
IPBES Global Assessment Cited in German Federal Government National Bioeconomy Strategy (July 2020) | New/changed policy | 01 Jul 2020 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Germany | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
Paris Biodiversity Plan Cites IPBES in Its 2018-2024 Strategy | New/changed policy | 20 Mar 2018 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | France | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
San Francisco Municipal Biodiversity Strategy Incorporates Findings from IPBES Global Assessment | New/changed policy | City/Community | Americas | United States of America | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | ||
Citing IPBES Global Assessment Key Finding, The Government of Sweden Announces Green Recovery Package | New/changed policy | 16 Sep 2020 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Sweden | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
Alicante City Councillors Present Declaration to Develop Local Environment Education Plan Citing IPBES Reports for Urgency | New/changed policy | 13 Mar 2021 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | Spain | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
Nigerian Experts Approve National Strategy on Endangered Pollinators citing IPBES Assessments | New/changed policy | 03 May 2021 | National | Africa | Nigeria | website | Land degradation and restoration assessment, Pollination assessment | |
European Parliament Adopts Resolution Setting EU Strategic Objectives for CITES COP 19 Drawing Extensively on IPBES Findings | New/changed policy | 14 Oct 2022 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Biodiversity and pandemics workshop | ||
Guided by IPBES-IPCC Joint Workshop Report, Eurelectric Proposes Solutions for EU Clean Energy Transition while Restoring & Protecting Biodiversity | New/changed policy | 04 Jun 2022 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | website | IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop on biodiversity and climate change | ||
Nordic Council of Ministers Employs IPBES Findings in New Proposal on Dietary Guidelines | New/changed policy | 31 Mar 2023 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
Parties to the Antarctic Treaty Issue Report Based on IPBES Science With Direct Policy Recommendations for Environmental Protection | New/changed policy | 24 May 2022 | Regional | Cross-regional | website | Invasive alien species assessment, Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
Directly Citing IPBES Report, G7 Workshop Agrees on Importance of Measures to Control & Prevent Spread of Invasive Alien Species | New/changed policy | 22 Nov 2023 | Global | Cross-regional | Canada, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America | website | Invasive alien species assessment | |
Strategic Plan for the Bern Convention to 2030 Grounded in IPBES Science | New/changed policy | 01 Dec 2023 | Regional | Cross-regional | Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, European Union, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
RAMSAR Uses IPBES Framework on Values to Create Policy Brief on Integrating Multiple Values of Wetlands into Decision-Making | New/changed research project | 01 Sep 2017 | Global | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Land degradation and restoration assessment, Values assessment | |||
Birdlife/SEO calculates that nature's contributions to Spain at Euro 75,000 million per year | New/changed research project | 01 Jun 2018 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Spain | website | Europe and Central Asia assessment | |
Global mountain biodiversity assessment follows IPBES approach and conceptual framework | New/changed research project | 01 Jan 2018 | Global | website | Knowledge and data (1st work programme) | |||
French regional government sets up biodiversity assessment inspired by IPBES | New/changed research project | 01 Jan 2018 | State/Provincial | Europe and Central Asia | France | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
Harmonized indicators developed to monitor biodiversity health of the oceans | New/changed research project | 01 Jun 2018 | Global | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Regional assessments | |||
Nordic countries carry out 'IPBES-like' biodiversity assessment | New/changed research project | 01 Jan 2018 | Subregional | Europe and Central Asia | Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Guide for assessments, Indigenous and local knowledge systems (1st work programme) | |
Brazilian research on value of ecosystem services in tropical soils to be based on IPBES approach | New/changed research project | 01 Sep 2018 | Global | website | Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Values assessment | |||
P3 - People, Pollution and Pathogens Project working on dataset for future IPBES work program | New/changed research project | 01 Sep 2018 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | website | Europe and Central Asia 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) | |
Ramsar Global Wetland Outlook Builds on IPBES Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment | New/changed research project | 01 Sep 2018 | Organizational | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Indigenous and local knowledge systems (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Land degradation and restoration assessment, Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Values assessment | |||
IPBES Assessments and conceptual framework cited in and used by WWF for the Living Planet Report 2018 | New/changed research project | 01 Oct 2018 | Organizational | Cross-regional | website | Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Land degradation and restoration assessment, Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Regional assessments | ||
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 | |
Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (BIP) Launches Data Visualization Platform to promote and coordinate development and delivery of biodiversity indicators for use by IPBES and others | New/changed research project | 01 Nov 2018 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | ||
Research builds on IPBES ILK focused on local shepherd's knowledge and data on the scavenging ecosystem service in Spain | New/changed research project | 01 May 2018 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Spain | website | Indigenous and local knowledge systems (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme) | |
New Zealand issues first report on land issues following IPBES Asia-Pacific and Land Degradation Assessments | New/changed research project | 01 Apr 2018 | National | Asia-Pacific | Armenia, New Zealand | website | Asia-Pacific assessment, Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Land degradation and restoration assessment, Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
Swedish research cites IPBES work on values for investigation into climate change vulnerability | New/changed research project | 01 Jan 2019 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | Sweden | website | Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Values assessment |