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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IKI funding for IPBES capacity building in West Africa through WABES | New/changed investment | 01 Feb 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) | |
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) | |
DRC creates national biodiversity and ecosystem services task force on strength of IPBES Africa assessment | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Aug 2018 | National | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | website | Africa assessment | |
DRC crafts road map to use IPBES assessment results at national and local level | New/changed commitment | 01 Apr 2018 | National | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | website | Africa assessment, Building capacity (1st work programme) | |
Côte d'Ivoire crafts road map on using IPBES Assessment at national and local level | New/changed commitment | 01 Apr 2018 | National | Africa | Côte d'Ivoire | website | Africa assessment, Building capacity (1st work programme) | |
Cameroon create three road maps for national and local implementation of IPBES Assessment | New/changed commitment | 01 Apr 2018 | National | Africa | Cameroon | website | Africa assessment, Building capacity (1st work programme) | |
Ministers adopt common continental position on biodiversity protection and land degradation at African Summit - informed by IPBES Assessments | New/changed commitment | 01 Nov 2018 | Regional | Africa | website | Africa assessment, Land degradation and restoration assessment | ||
Inspired by IPBES Pollination and Land Degradation Assessments, Nigeria joins international alliance to protect pollinators | New/changed commitment | 01 Jul 2019 | National | Africa | Nigeria | website | Pollination assessment | |
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 | |
The World Banks cited the IPBES Africa Regional Assessment in an article that outlines the challenges related to biodiversity loss and efforts to address them in Africa | New article | 01 Feb 2019 | Multi-organizational/network | Africa | website | Africa assessment, Regional assessments | ||
President al-Sisi announces that Egypt will sign the Metz Charter on Biodiversity | New/changed commitment | 01 Aug 2019 | National | Africa | Egypt | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
In Light of IPBES Global Assessment, 30 Johannesburg Stock Exchange-Listed Companies Launch Assessments Valuing South African Biodiversity for Business | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Nov 2019 | Multi-organizational/network | Africa | South Africa | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
Environmental Protection Agency of Ghana Held Round-Table Discussion on IPBES, Asks Civil Society for Redoubled Efforts | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Dec 2019 | National | Africa | Ghana | website | Africa assessment, Building capacity (1st work programme), Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
Local Government in Nigeria Cites IPBES Global Assessment as Key Motivation for "Primate Rights Bill" | New/changed law/regulation | 01 Nov 2019 | State/Provincial | Africa | Nigeria | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
Nigeria developed a two-year strategy for pollinator-friendly land degradation neutrality | New/changed action/initiative | National | Africa | Nigeria | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Land degradation and restoration assessment, Pollination assessment | ||
Research Article Draws from IPBES Global Assessment to Explore Future of Ecotourism in Africa | New article | 08 Oct 2019 | Multi-organizational/network | Africa | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
Thirty JSE-listed companies embark on biodiversity valuation assessments, cite IPBES Global Assessment | New/changed action/initiative | 25 Nov 2019 | Multi-organizational/network | Africa | Jamaica, South Africa | 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) | |
Nature's Contributions Concept Applied in Paper on "Decision-making for nature's contributions to people in the Cape Floristic Region: the role of values, rules and knowledge" | New/changed research project | 08 Jan 2021 | Subregional | Africa | South Africa | website | Knowledge and data (1st work programme) | |
IPBES Fellow Publishes Opinion Editorial on "Ecosystem service valuation versus using IPBES 's NCP framework for maximizing post-spill recovery and use of compensation" | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Sep 2020 | National | Africa | Mauritius | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Communications, Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Values assessment | |
South African Institute for International Affairs (SAIIA) Draws on IPBES Global and Regional Assessments in Proposals for Key African Priorities for Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework | New/changed idea | 21 May 2020 | Multi-organizational/network | Africa | website | Africa assessment, Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
Global Assessment Findings used by SAIIA to Argue for Immediate Action to Preserve Biodiversity Especially in Africa | New article | 03 Mar 2021 | Multi-organizational/network | Africa | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
Study uses IPBES Conceptual Framework to Analyse Connections Between People and Nature in Draa River Basin Southern Morocco | New/changed research project | 15 May 2021 | State/Provincial | Africa | Morocco | website | Knowledge and data (1st work programme) | |
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) | ||
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 | |
Francophone Africa Regional Trialogue Background Document Based on the IPBES Assessment Findings | New/changed idea | 05 Apr 2022 | Regional | Africa | Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Togo | website | Africa assessment, Global assessment (1st work programme), Land degradation and restoration assessment, Pollination assessment | |
Guided by IPBES Assessment Methodology Ethiopia Has Validated its National Ecosystem Assessment | New/changed research project | 27 Apr 2022 | National | Africa | Ethiopia | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (2nd work programme), Guide for assessments, Nature’s Contributions to People (NCP) | |
Cameroon Validates its National Ecosystem Assessment Based on the IPBES Methodological Approach | New/changed action/initiative | 27 Jan 2022 | National | Africa | Cameroon | website | Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Africa assessment, Guide for assessments | |
IPBES Conceptual Framework Applied in Participatory Assessment on Nature, People and Sustainability at Mount Kilimanjaro | New/changed research project | 10 Mar 2022 | City/Community | Africa | United Republic of Tanzania | website | Conceptual framework, Nature’s Contributions to People (NCP) | |
Land Degradation Knowledge from IPBES Applied in New Study on Degraded Landscapes in Tanzania | New/changed research project | 22 Feb 2023 | National | Africa | United Republic of Tanzania | website | Land degradation and restoration assessment |