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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

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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
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)