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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| IPBES cited in draft EU guidance on a strategic framework supporting green and blue infrastructure | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Aug 2018 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | website | |||
| Global fund manager requests IPBES expert briefing on risks of pesticides to pollinators | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Sep 2018 | Organizational | 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 | |
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||
| The UK Government, Citing IPBES Global Assessment, launches a Call for Evidence on safeguarding biodiversity in the UK Overseas Territories | New/changed action/initiative | 01 May 2019 | Global | Cross-regional | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
| Bee-Friendly Initiative to Plant Flowers Doubled, Introduced by German Regional Government of Hessen, Beekepers and Farmers' Associations | New/changed action/initiative | 01 May 2019 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | Germany | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Global assessment (1st work programme), Pollination assessment, Sustainable use assessment | |
| Bonn Convention and Bern Convention Launch Rome Strategic Plan in Light of Global Assessment Report | New/changed action/initiative | Regional | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |||
| European Union Staffers' Launch Biodiversity and Climate Petition Citing IPBES Calling for EU Declaration of Planetary Emergency | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jun 2019 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
| Citing IPBES, Alliance of 4 Major German Organizations Calls on German Chancellor to Make Fight Against Species Extinction Top Priority | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jul 2019 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Germany | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
| Greens/EFA in EU Parliament draw on findings of the Global Assessment to critique subsidies in the the EU agricultural industry. | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jun 2019 | Regional | European Union | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
| German MPs urge Bundestang to Urgently Combat Biodiversity Loss following Global Assessment | New/changed action/initiative | 01 May 2019 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Germany | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
| Media Give Partial Credit to Global Assessment and Awareness of Extinction Risk as Boost to Greens in 2019 EU Election | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jun 2019 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
| In light of Global Assessment, Extinction Rebellion France Protests Mass Extinction in Paris with Fake Blood Spillage | New/changed action/initiative | 01 May 2019 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | France | website | Communications, Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
| Youth Stage New York City 'Die In' to Protest Extinction Based on Global Assessement | New/changed action/initiative | 01 May 2019 | Global | website | Communications, Global assessment (1st work programme) | |||
| Using elements from the Global Assessment, a new brochure has been issued to help biodiversity experts use UK museum collections to strategically address questions around biodiversity conservation | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jul 2019 | Global | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |||
| French community cites Global Assessment in decision to appeal court decision allowing the extraction of shellfish sand in Lannion Bay | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jul 2019 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | France | 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) | |
| 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 | |
| Inspired by IPBES Global Assessment, New Zealand man becomes longest running protestor outside New Zealand Parliament | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jul 2019 | National | Asia-Pacific | New Zealand | 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) | |
| Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and Environmental Law and Policy Center to host bi-national symposium on Global Assessment and the Great Lakes | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Sep 2019 | Subregional | Cross-regional | Canada, 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) | |
| Humane Society International and Humane Society of the US cite IPBES while urging world leaders to take action ahead of CITES CoP 18 | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Aug 2019 | Global | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
| Following the Global Assessment, the Bristol Museum shrouded its endangered wildlife exhibits in a mourning veil to raise awareness of species at risk of extinction | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Aug 2019 | Organizational | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 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) |