Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Drawing upon the IPBES Pollinators Assessment, Blue Blanc Ruche (Blue White Beehive) launched their crowd-funded honey project on September 10th in addition to their beekeeping school, the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Apicoles (EHEA). The project focuses on repopulating French bees and uses a pricing model which accounts for the cost of beekeepers increasing the number of hives. Their website displays the number of bees saved as well as the funds provided for EHEA per order.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) As part of the action plan to promote pollinators which was developed through the BES-Net’s Caribbean Regional Trialogue on Pollinators, Food Security and Climate Resilience (based on the IPBES Pollination Assessment), a participatory online platform was established to track useful and harmful species. The platform encourages the general public to take photos of the animal species on plants and upload on the site as “citizen scientists” to help scientists record and identify pollinators and pests across the countries.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) P3 - People, Pollution and Pathogens - a Belmont Forum Project, cites the IPBES Regional Assessment for Europe and Central Asia's finding of "established but incomplete" on the impact of pathogens, among others, on freshwater biodiversity trends as partial rationale for the relevance of their work to produce data in this regard.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) The Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of El Salvador, Lina Pohl, presented at UNGA 73 an initiative of El Salvador do declare 2021-2030 the "International Decade of Restoration of Ecosystem". The announcement quotes IPBES research as source for data regarding ecosystem degradation and how it affects biodiversity and land productivity.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Initiative proposed by El Salvador with the support of countries from the Central American Integration System (SICA) suggests naming 2021-2030 as UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration, citing IPBES data.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) The Ramsar Global Wetland Outlook: State of the world’s wetlands and their services to people (2018) builds on the Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment (IPBES 2018), alongside the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA 2005), the Global Biodiversity Outlook (Convention on Biological Diversity 2014), Global Land Outlook (UNCCD 2017), and The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (Russi et al. 2013) to develop an assessment specific for wetlands. Additionally the conceptual framework of IPBES in the valuation of wetlands and the contributions of indigenous and local knowledge systems are also cited.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) UN Environment announced a project, funded by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration, to help the dry corridor of Central America and arid zones of the Dominican Republic adapt to climate change, increase sustainable development and reduce emigration through reforestation and landscape restoration. In making the announcement, UN Environment specifically highlighted evidence from the IPBES Regional Assessment of the Americas that shows climate change as the fastest growing driver negatively affecting biodiversity in the region.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) On the strength of the IPBES Regional Assessment for Africa, a national task force has been established under the leadership of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development to monitor implementation of recommendations to the Government, academia, civil society and the private sector by more than 200 participants in a 2-day conference, based on the findings of the IPBES Assessment, on better incorporation of research data into the development and implementation of national conservation and development policy in the DRC.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) The IPBES Regional Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is cited throughout this draft guidance by the European Union on a strategic framework for further supporting development of the deployment of EU-level green and blue infrastructure.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Partly spurred by the IPBES Regional and Land Degradation Assessments, UNESCO has compiled a new publications highlighting UNESCO-related actions and initiatives that address some of the drivers of biodiversity change identified in the IPBES Reports.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) The 22nd meeting of the CBD SBSTTA has considered a Plan of action 2018-2030 for the The International Pollinator Initiative based on, among others, the IPBES Assessment

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) A number of leading (mostly French) CEOs have signed a new corporate pledge, citing (among others) the IPBES Regional Assessment Reports and the IPBES Land Degradation Assessment Report. The pledge commits their companies to integrating biodiversity protection into their corporate strategies and a range of other biodiversity-positive actions.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Partly informed by the IPBES Pollinators Assessment, the EU has launched a Pollinators Initiative to improve knowledge of European wild pollinators and support better-targeted actions to tackle the causes of pollinator decline (as identified by IPBES)

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) MRV Engenharia, a national leader in the Brazilian real estate market, has cited the IPBES Land Degradation Assessment's findings as a reason for solar energy and rainwater reuse actions to reduce impacts of construction on the environment.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Using the IPBES Assessment for Europe and Central Asia and the NCP approach, Birdlife/SEO calculated that nature's contributions to Spain at Euro 75,000 million per year

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Marine ecosystem experts have now identified the main biological data to be measured to establish and monitor the state of the ocean to obtain globally usable observations that are accessible to all. The challenge is to provide the necessary and relevant data for the major instruments for monitoring global biodiversity, the Convention on Biological Diversity and IPBES.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) The ValuES Project of the GIZ, BMU and Helmholtz University developed an introduction for practitioners to moving beyond measurement - multiple values of nature and their diverse conceptualizations based on IPBES preliminary guide on multiple values.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) The IPBES Regional Assessments, Land Degradation and Pollination assessments have been cited, among others, in a wide-ranging blog post about the dangers of global tipping points on climate and biodiversity.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Concerned Polish scientists and Greenpeace prepared a national strategy to protect pollinating insects in Poland prepared on basis of IPBES Assessment - not (yet) adopted by the Government.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) IPBES Americas Assessment cited in amicus brief in Waters of the United States (#WOTUS) litigation by Society of Wetland Scientists

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Project idea/brief, to establish a virtual collaboration platform for inter- and trans-disciplinary research in support of international environmental policy that focuses on people, giving a new prominence for social sciences and the humanities. The brief specifically cites IPBES (and to a lesser extent IPCC) as primary beneficiaries of such a project.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Based on recommendations by IPBES to integrate ILK and scientific knowledge in the evaluation of ecosystem services, the authors have examined similarities and contradictions between ILK and SK on the scavenging services provided by vertebrates in Spain.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) At a regional workshop in Côte d’Ivoire in April 2018, representatives from the DRC Government, academia and the GIZ project Maintien de la Biodiversité et Gestion durable des Forêts (BGF) crafted a time-bound road map sketching how they will use the IPBES Africa Assessment results at national and local level. Activities within the plan include training trainers on the ecosystem services approach; national and local training; academic seminars; an international research conference; developing a database on researchers in ecosystem services; establishing an 'exchange forum'; including ecosystem services in the 6th NBSAP report and starting an IPBES-like national assessment.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) At a regional workshop in Côte d’Ivoire in April 2018, representatives from the Government, academia and others crafted a time-bound road map sketching how they will use the IPBES Africa Assessment results at national and local level. Activities within the plan include appointing an IPBES National Focal Point; establishing a national platform to coordinate experts in science, policy and society on biodiversity and ecosystem services; as well as implementing a Platform Action Plan.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) At a regional workshop in Côte d’Ivoire in April 2018, representatives from three GIZ projects in Cameroon (ProPFE; BSB and PRADEC) as well as delegates from the Central African Forest Commission (COMIFAC) crafted three time-bound road maps sketching how they will use the IPBES Africa Assessment results at national and local level. Activities within the plans include awareness building workshops; evaluating ecosystem services of the Dzeng communal forest; conducting a national biodiversity and ecosystem services assessment; capacity building for young researchers; valuing the ecosystem services of the Lagdo dam catchment basin; engaging more with IPBES; and building awareness of IPBES research results with key policy makers.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) New Zealand's Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ released the first ever report on New Zealand land issues, following the release by IPBES of the Asia-Pacific and Land Degradation Assessment Reports - bringing together key data sets, issues of indicators and highlighting data gaps.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Citing evidence from IPBES and IPCC, the city of Paris launched a municipal strategy to enhance local biodiversity.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Building on the discussion at the BES-Net Regional Trialogue on Pollinators, Food Security and Rural Development in Eastern Europe, the host country of Bosnia and Herzegovina signed the Declaration on the Coalition of the Willing on Pollinators on 21 March, joining the group of like-minded countries and formally committing to take national action to protect pollinators and their habitats and to develop, facilitate and implement pollinator strategies in line with the IPBES Pollination Assessment. The effort is ongoing to integrate the elements of pollination services in both the National Climate Change Strategy, National Environment Strategy and Rural Development Strategy.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Based on scientific evidence, from IPBES, FAO and national initiatives, EU is launching an initiative that aims to tackle the decline of pollinators by increasing the effectiveness of EU policies for pollinators and raising the political profile of the issue. Addressing the decline of pollinators will support EU's efforts in halting the loss of biodiversity and implementing the Sustainable Development Goals.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Informed and inspired by the IPBES Pollination Assessment, the Dutch Government and 43 partners signed a national bee strategy "Bed and Breakfast for Bees"