Reporting 2021 Evidences Evidences Study #3338 Contributing Projects: Part I: Public communications Type: OICR: Outcome Impact Case Report Status: Completed Year: 2019 Title: WLE/Bioversity influenced the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) to focus on critical interdependencies of biodiverse ecosystems and food production Short outcome/impact statement: Building on its scientific work, WLE influenced the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) to focus on the critical interdependencies of biodiverse ecosystems and food production. The 134 IPBES countries have adopted WLE's proposal to focus its Nexus Assessment on Biodiversity, Food, Health and Water. It will identify nature-based solutions integrating agriculture and biodiversity to support both human health and environmental sustainability. WLE is positioned as a principal contributor to agricultural policy developments in the next decade. This report was generated on 2022-08-19 at 08:01 (GMT+0) 1 Reporting 2021 Evidences Outcome story for communications use: Major assessment adopts biodiversity as central to food security, influencing the coming decade's global policy-making There is no food security without biodiversity. This is the simple message for which the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) and partners have gained traction through years of research. And now it's being mainstreamed through a major assessment that is set to influence the next decade of global policy. "Our research [shows] that agriculture does not have to be diametrically opposed to ecological health and natural habitats for biodiversity. Rather, agriculture is completely necessary for environmental and human health," said Fabrice DeClerk of The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. Protecting biodiversity and using biodiversity in agriculture is the foundation for enhancing the benefits for people and the environment simultaneously, making conservation and agricultural productivity allies with shared ambition. These messages, strengthened through years of WLE research, have rung true to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). IPBES is the central international body facilitating a strong science-policy interface on ecosystem services. In May 2019, governments from the 134 countries that make up IPBES announced that the first IPBES nexus assessment would focus on biodiversity, food, health and water, drawing heavily on a proposal submitted by WLE and partners. This assessment is identifying nature-based solutions that integrate agriculture and biodiversity to support both human health and environmental sustainability. To be published in 2022, this work is expected to be groundbreaking. Key to its anticipated influence is development of novel policies that support carbon capture, improved water quality, habitat and connectivity for biodiversity, and more. It is also expected to recognize those services that benefit agriculture, including dietary diversity, pollination, pest control and nutrient cycling in soils. In this way, WLE is pushing forward agricultural policy development for the next decade. The focus on biodiversity, food, health and water has grown directly from WLE's long-term engagement with IPBES and continued research efforts. Already in 2014, WLE researchers produced a critical framework highlighting agriculture's dependencies on, and contributions to, nature. Re-published in the 2019 Global Food Policy Report by WLE partner the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), this framework demonstrates that restoring and improving the natural environment is a key component of rural revitalization. Indeed, it is essential not only to improve rural living conditions, but also to restoring the health of the planet. This report was generated on 2022-08-19 at 08:01 (GMT+0) 2 Reporting 2021 Evidences Links to any communications materials relating to this outcome:     ● https://www.ifpri.org/publication/2019-global-food-policy-report     ● https://tinyurl.com/y78253wt     ● https://www.flickr.com/photos/iwmi/15891050438/in/photolist-qdeMEf     ● https://hdl.handle.net/10568/51369     ● https://ipbes.net/sites/default/files/ipbes-7-6_add-1_en_prioritization.pdf Part II: CGIAR system level reporting Link to Common Results Reporting Indicator of Policies : No Stage of maturity of change reported: Stage 1 Links to the Strategic Results Framework: Sub-IDOs:     ● Increased capacity for innovation in partner development organizations and in poor and vulnerable communities Is this OICR linked to some SRF 2022/2030 target?: Too early to say Description of activity / study: Geographic scope:     ● Global Comments: There are 134 IPBES member states. Key Contributors: Contributing CRPs/Platforms:      ● WLE - Water, Land and Ecosystems Contributing Flagships:      ● F5: Enhancing Sustainability Across Agricultural Systems (ESA) Contributing Regional programs: Contributing external partners:      ● IPBES - Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on biodiversity and Ecosystem Services CGIAR innovation(s) or findings that have resulted in this outcome or impact: NA Innovations: This report was generated on 2022-08-19 at 08:01 (GMT+0) 3 Reporting 2021 Evidences Elaboration of Outcome/Impact Statement: Building on its scientific work (4-7), WLE continues to play a critical role in setting the direction of the work of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). In phase I, the WLE CGIAR centers contributed to the Ecosystem Services and Resilience (ESR) working group which produced a critical framework (1, 6) highlighting agriculture's dependencies on, and contributions to, nature. Re-published in IFPRI's 2019 Global Food Policy Report (Chapter 6), this framework demonstrates that restoring and improving the natural environment is a key component of rural revitalization, essential not only to improve rural living conditions but also to restore the health of the planet (2). This framework also underpinned the collective WLE contribution to IPBES regional and global reports arguing that IPBES needed to pay much more attention to the critical dependency of food on ecosystem services (3, 8-18). Even more importantly, the WLE ESR framework (1, 6) was the foundation of a proposal to IPBES that its first nexus assessment should focus on food. In May 2019, governments from the 134 IPBES countries announced that the first IPBES Nexus Assessment would focus on Biodiversity, Food, Health and Water, drawing heavily on the proposal submitted by WLE/Bioversity and EAT (20-21). This outcome positions WLE as a core contributor to IPBES and its policy processes. This was only possibly through the collective contributions of the WLE partners in developing the integrative ESR Framework, and the constant presence of WLE/Bioversity at IPBES events since its inception in 2006. The Assessment will be published in 2022 at which point significant additional outcomes can be anticipated, with novel policies being developed that include nature-based solutions in agriculture and policy support for farmer actions that contribute to carbon capture, improved water quality, and habitat and connectivity for biodiversity, while also recognizing those services that benefit agricultural production, including dietary diversity, pollination, pest control and nutrient cycling in soils. WLE's long term engagement in the IPBES process is beginning to bear fruit. WLE is positioned as a principal contributor to agricultural developments in the next decade that support both human health and environmental sustainability. This report was generated on 2022-08-19 at 08:01 (GMT+0) 4 Reporting 2021 Evidences References cited: 11a: Evidence: journal articles, reports, emails, media coverage etc. 1. CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 2014. Ecosystem services and resilience framework. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 46p. doi: 10.5337/2014.229. 2. IFPRI. (International Food Policy Research Institute). 2019. 2019 Global Food Policy Report. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293502. 3. IPBES regional assessments launched, highlighting risks to ecosystems. https://wle.cgiar.org/ipbes-regional-assessments-launched-highlighting-risks-ecosystems. 4. Rockström, J., O. Edenhofer, J. Gärtner, and F. DeClerck. 2020. Planet-proofing the global food system. Nature Food 1:3-5. 5. Wood, S., S. Jones, J.A. Johnson, K. Brauman, R. Chaplin- Kramer, A. Fremier, E. Girvetz, L.J. Gordon, C. Kappel, L. Mandle, M. Mulligan, P. O. Farrell, W.K. Smith, L. Willemen, W. Zhang, F. DeClerck. 2018. Distilling the role of ecosystem services in the Sustainable Development Goals. Ecosystem Services 29 (2018) 70;82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.10.010. 6. DeClerck, F.A.J., S. Jones, S. Wood, S. Attwood, D. Bossio, E. Girvetz, B. Chaplin-Kramer, E. Enfors, A. Fremier, L. Gordon, F. Kizito, I. Lopez Noriega, N. Matthews, M. McCartney, M. Meacham, A. Noble, M. Quintero, R. Remans, R. Soppe, L. Willemen and W. Zhang. 2016. Agricultural ecosystems and their services: the vanguard of sustainability; Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 23:92;99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2016.11.016. 7. Rockström, J., J. Williams, G. Daily, A. Noble, N. Matthews, L. Gordon, H. Wetterstrand, F. DeClerck, M. Shah, P. Steduto, C. de Fraiture, N. Hatibu, O. Unver, J. Bird, L. Sibanda and J. Smith. 2016. Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture for Human Prosperity and Global Sustainability. Ambio. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-016-0793-6. IPBES Regional Assessments: Asia and Pacific (WLE/IWMI Lead) 8. Regional Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for Asia and the Pacific (WLE/IWMI lead). https://wle.cgiar.org/ipbes-regional-assessments-launched-highlighting-risks-ecosystems. 9. The regional assessment report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for Asia and the Pacific: Summary for Policy Makers (WLE/IWMI Lead, Laid Out). https://ipbes.net/sites/default/files/spm_asia-pacific_2018_digital.pdf Africa (Bioversity, CIAT, IWMI contributions): 10. Summary for policymakers of the regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Africa of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (WLE/Bioversity Lead). https://ipbes.net/sites/default/files/ipbes_6_15_add.1_africa_english_0.pdf 11. The regional assessment report on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services for Africa: Summary for Policy Makers (WLE/Bioversity Lead, Laid Out). https://ipbes.net/sites/default/files/spm_africa_2018_digital.pdf 12. Summary for Policy Makers of the Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for Africa (WLE/Bioversity Lead, Plain Text version). https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/102080 Americas (WLE/Bioversity Lead): 13. Summary for Policymakers of the Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Americas (WLE/Bioversity Lead, plain text version). https://ipbes.net/sites/default/files/ipbes_6_15_add.2_spm_americas_english.pdf This report was generated on 2022-08-19 at 08:01 (GMT+0) 5 Reporting 2021 Evidences 14. Summary for Policymakers of the Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Americas (WLE/Bioversity Lead, laid out version). https://ipbes.net/sites/default/files/spm_americas_2018_digital.pdf 15. Americas task for Members. https://ipbes.net/experts/Americas 16. The regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for the Americas (Full report, including SPM and chapters; laid out). https://ipbes.net/sites/default/files/2018_americas_full_report_book_v5_pages_0.pdf Nexus Assessment (WLE/Bioversity Lead): 17. Bioversity/EAT proposal to IPBES for a Nexus on Biodiversity Food, Health and Environment. Shared folder link: https://cgiar.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/WLE/EuB7W37wjitEpZLDaxam_ywB4ABYkeB-zHYNVOBE3ag6Cg?e=9 e2Cid 18. IPBES document IPBES/7/6/Add.1 (see section 3.A.1.a.iii) 11b: Promotional products: blogs, outreach materials (cannot be used as evidence but useful for promotion). Links/titles: 19. Bob Watson keynote at IPBES, EAT Stockholm Conference, 2017. (EAT Forum). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVZ7-58H5V4 20. IPBES regional assessments launched, highlight risks to ecosystems. (IPBES). https://wle.cgiar.org/ipbes-regional-assessments-launched-highlighting-risks-ecosystems 21. IPBES Regional Assessments (Video) (IPBES). https://ipbes.net/frontpage 22. IPBES Global Assessment Headlines (Video) (IPBES). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCEYvEqgQns 23. IPBES recognizes why agrobiodiversity matters (WLE/Bioversity). https://www.bioversityinternational.org/news/detail/ipbes-recognizes-why-agrobiodiversity-matters/ 24. IPBES: Biodiversity Central to Food Security (WLE/Bioversity). https://www.bioversityinternational.org/news/detail/ipbes-biodiversity-central-to-food-security/ 25. IPBES to assess biodiversity and ecosystem services of the world's regions (WLE/Bioversity). https://www.bioversityinternational.org/news/detail/ipbes-to-assess-biodiversity-and-ecosystem-servi ces-of-the-worlds-regions/ 26. IPBES puts biodiversity and pollination front and center (WLE/Bioversity). https://www.bioversityinternational.org/news/detail/ipbes-puts-biodiversity-and-pollination-front-and -centre/ 27. IPBES Plenary and Assessment to launch (WLE). https://wle.cgiar.org/event/ipbes-plenary-and-assessment-launch 28. IPBES regional assessments launched, highlighting risks to ecosystem (WLE). https://wle.macaronilab.com/ipbes-regional-assessments-launched-highlighting-risks-ecosystems Quantification: This report was generated on 2022-08-19 at 08:01 (GMT+0) 6 Reporting 2021 Evidences Gender, Youth, Capacity Development and Climate Change: Gender relevance: 0 - Not Targeted Youth relevance: 0 - Not Targeted CapDev relevance: 0 - Not Targeted Climate Change relevance: 1 - Significant Describe main achievements with specific Climate Change relevance: Very important focus (4, 6-14, 17). As noted in the text, the recommended policies will aim at enhancing agricultural carbon capture and by diversifying agroecosystems, making them more resilient to climate change. Other cross-cutting dimensions: Yes Other cross-cutting dimensions description: IPBES has embraced a particularly inclusive agenda and is fundamentally Anthropocentric, placing specific emphasis on Nature's Contributions to People. While recognizing important conservation objectives and the intrinsic value of nature, greater emphasis is placed on the contribution of that nature to the well-being of people. It draws significant attention to the growing disparity and the unequal distribution of nature contributions to people. The second critical dimension of the IPBES framework has been the acknowledgement of a diversity of knowledge types including local and traditional knowledge as well as scientific knowledge as underpinning nature's contribution to people. (5, 8-14, 16-17) Outcome Impact Case Report link: Study #3338 Contact person: Fabrice DeClerck Senior Scientist Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT Email: f.declerck@cgiar.org This report was generated on 2022-08-19 at 08:01 (GMT+0) 7