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 Sort descending | Region of Impact | Country/ies of impact | Website | Relevant IPBES deliverable(s) | edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After IPBES-Inspired Declaration of Ecological Emergency, Glasgow City Council Working Group Publishes Report and Recommendations, Prominently Citing IPBES Global Assessment | New/changed action/initiative | 24 Nov 2020 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), 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) | ||
| Following IPBES Social Media Post, Tiny House Bristol Group Examines Policy/Action for 'Urban Forests' | New/changed action/initiative | 16 Sep 2020 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | website | Communications | |
| Following IPBES Social Media Post, Lambeth Living Streets Group in South London Examines Policy/Action for 'Urban Forests' | New/changed action/initiative | 10 Aug 2020 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | website | Communications | |
| 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) | |
| Chicago Public Schools use Global Assessment Media Release in ELA Educational Project for Grade 10 Curriculum | New/changed action/initiative | 18 Mar 2021 | City/Community | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
| Con Huesca Podemos Equo group in Huesca, Spain uses IPBES Evidence to Urge City Council to make a Bee Friendly City | New/changed commitment | 12 Mar 2021 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | Spain | website | Pollination assessment | |
| Article uses IPBES Conceptual Framework and Nature's Contributions to People to Explore Reconfigurations of a Socio-Ecological System in the French Alps | New/changed research project | 24 Mar 2021 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | France | website | Knowledge and data (1st work programme) | |
| Dublin Zoo Announces Theme for Annual 'Wild Lights' Event to Emphasize IPBES Finding About 1 Million Species at Risk of Extinction | New/changed action/initiative | 20 Sep 2022 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | Ireland | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
| 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) | |
| Extinction Rebellion Uses IPBES Findings in 'Cover the Capital' Subvertising Action in London - 10,000 Adverts | New/changed action/initiative | 29 Oct 2022 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | website | Global assessment (1st 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) | |
| Pollination: Decision adopted by the conference of the parties to the CBD | New/changed commitment | Global | Cross-regional | website | Pollination assessment | |||
| Pollination: United Nations Declares 20 May World Bee Day | New/changed action/initiative | Global | website | Pollination assessment | ||||
| Pollination: Coalition of the Willing on Pollinators | New/changed network | Global | website | Pollination assessment | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Bayer takes action to implement IPBES Pollination Assessment policy options | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jan 2018 | Global | Cross-regional | Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Kenya, Thailand | website | Pollination 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) | |||
| 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 | |||
| Introduction for practitioners on diverse values of nature developed based on IPBES preliminary guide | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jun 2018 | Global | website | Values assessment | |||
| UNESCO identifies UNESCO-related actions to address drivers of biodiversity change identified by IPBES | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jul 2018 | Global | website | Land degradation and restoration assessment, Regional assessments | |||
| Proposal to establish a virtual collaboration platform for inter- and trans-disciplinary research in support of international environmental policy | New/changed idea | 01 May 2018 | Global | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |||
| Belmont Forum and BiodivERsA offer >Euro 23 million to fund proposals addressing gaps and barriers in biodiversity and ecosystem scenarios identified in IPBES Assessment | New/changed investment | 01 Jul 2017 | Global | website | Knowledge and data (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 | |||
| UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration 2021 – 2030 Initiative proposed by El Salvador mentions IPBES LDR report | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Sep 2018 | Global | website | Communications, Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Land degradation and restoration assessment | |||
| EU calls for stronger global action on biodiversity citing IPBES assessment | Other | 01 Nov 2018 | Global | website | Europe and Central Asia assessment | |||
| Dialogue inspired by IPBES Pollination Assessment across indigenous, local and scientific knowledge systems | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jan 2019 | Global | Thailand | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Indigenous and local knowledge systems (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Pollination assessment | ||
| UN Environment Foresight brief on insect services, threats and solutions features IPBES Pollination Assessment data | New article | 01 Jan 2019 | Global | website | Pollination assessment | |||
| IPBES Conceptual Framework Used to Analyze Biocultural Approaches to Pollinator Conservation by Indigenous People and Local Communities | New/changed research project | 01 Mar 2019 | Global | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Indigenous and local knowledge systems (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Sustainable use assessment, Values assessment |