INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPFOR THE SATOYAMA INITIATIVE
2022 ANNUAL REPORTInternational Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative
2022 Annual Report
Published: October 2023
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INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPFOR THE SATOYAMA INITIATIVETABLE OF CONTENTSFOREWORD
Message from the IPSI Director42021 ANNUAL REPORT
Overview 						 6Partnership 			

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Event Highlights 					 8Collaborative Activities 			10Knowledge Product Highlights 		

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IPSI Steering Committee and Secretariat17
ANNEX
List of IPSI Members as of March 2022

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Events History26

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FOREWORDMESSAGE FROMIPSI DIRECTOR

The year 2023 marks an exciting new phase for theInternational Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative(IPSI). The adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global
Biodiversity Framework (GBF) in December 2022 presents
us with opportunities to enhance IPSI's impact on a
global scale. The GBF has set forth four overarchinggoals to be achieved by 2050, focusing on ecosystem andspecies health—including halting human-induced species
extinction--, promoting sustainable use of biodiversity,
ensuring equitable sharing of benefits, and addressing
implementation and finance –including closing thebiodiversity finance gap of $700 billion per year.
The GBF also outlined 23 targets to accomplish by 2030,
including conserving 30% of land and sea, restoring
30% of degraded ecosystems, reducing invasive species
introduction by half, and a $500 billion per year reductionin harmful subsidies.
Over the past 12 years, IPSI has gained valuable knowledge
and experience supporting diverse organisations in theirefforts towards sustainable production landscapes andseascapes and biodiversity conservation. Socio-ecologicalproduction landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) havedemonstrated their close connection to conservation,
sustainable use, and restoration of terrestrial, coastal,and marine areas, contributing to food and water security,
climate change mitigation and adaptation, disaster risk
reduction, and socio-economic development of local
communities.
This year, IPSI will also publish a new Strategy and Planof Action that will facilitate interdisciplinary cooperation,
capacity-building, and resource mobilisation to contributeto the GBF and the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem
Restoration. Priority actions will include developing
knowledge products, integrating landscape and seascapeapproaches into policies, contributing to area-based
conservation efforts, and promoting SEPLS for ecosystem
restoration and circular economies.
With a dynamic network of partners worldwide, IPSI
is moving forward, raising awareness of landscapeapproaches. By 2030, we anticipate that landscapeapproaches will flourish, and protected biodiversity will
provide numerous benefits for humankind.
I eagerly anticipate working with all of you to further
develop IPSI's activities towards "living in harmony withnature" in the coming decade.

DR TSUNAO WATANABE
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Director of the Secretariat
International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative

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Credit: Convention on Biological Diversity

OVERVIEW

April 2022 - March 2023

The 2022 fiscal year (April 2022 – March 2023) marked thetwelfth full year since the launch of IPSI in October 2010,
with a membership growth to 298 organisations. IPSI, in
pursuit of the Satoyama Initiative’s vision of “societies inharmony with nature,” engaged in various activities acrossregions worldwide.
A significant event was the Convention on Biological
Diversity's fifteenth Conference of the Parties (CBD
COP-15) in December 2022, where the post-2020
global biodiversity framework, known as the KunmingMontreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), wasadopted. IPSI actively raised awareness of landscapeapproaches and the multiple benefits of Socio-Ecological
Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS) forbiodiversity conservation and sustainability during the GBF
development process.
IPSI also participated in and organized events throughout
the year, such as the International Day for Biological
Diversity 2022 Symposium, a side event at the UN HighLevel Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)
2022, and the International Forum for Sustainable Asiaand the Pacific (ISAP) 2022 Thematic Track Session. In
June 2022, the seventh volume of the “Satoyama Initiative
Thematic Review” on the Biodiversity-Health-Sustainability
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Nexus in SEPLS was published, contributing to thegrowing body of knowledge on landscape approaches andinternational processes like IPBES.
The IPSI Steering Committee had three meetings, one
in June 2022 and two in February 2023. The June 2022
meeting was email-based, and the February 2023 meetings
were held virtually. The subcommittee established to
update the IPSI Strategy and Plan of Action had its final
meeting in October 2022.
As always, we the IPSI Secretariat at the United
Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of
Sustainability (UNU-IAS) in Tokyo, Japan would like tothank all IPSI member organisations and everyone else
who has contributed to the continuing success of thepartnership, with particular appreciation to the Ministryof the Environment, Government of Japan (MOEJ) for theirfinancial support for IPSI’s core activities.

PARTNERSHIPIPSI welcomed 15 new members, bringing the total number of member organisations to 298 by the end of the fiscal year
2022. The new members from this year are:•

Akita International University (AIU) (Academic,
Educational and/or Research Institute, Japan)•

Akita Satoyama Design LLC (Industry or private
sector organization, Japan)•

Department of Integrated Science andEngineering for Sustainable Societies, Facultyof Science and Engineering, Chuo University(Academic, Educational and/or ResearchInstitute, Japan)•

Global Youth Biodiversity Network (Nongovernemental or civil society organisation,
Germany)•

Green Movement of Sri Lanka Inc. (Nongovernmental or civil society organisation, Sri
Lanka)•

International Land Conservation Network(ILCN) (Academic, Educational and/or ResearchInstitute, USA)•

Manna Rural Living Experimental Hub (Nongovernmental or civil society organisation,
Chinese Taipei)•

Mauritania Wildlife Foundation (Nongovernmental or civil society organisation,
Mauritius)•

Miaoli County Saisiyat Indigenous People
Forestry and Worker LLC (Non-governmental orcivil society organisation, Chinese Taipei)•

Node Creative Company (Industry or private
sector organization, Chinese Taipei)•

Pastoralist Economic & Social Advancement(PESA) (Non-governmental or civil society
organisation, Tanzania)•

Secretariat do Infrastructure andEnvironment – Sao Paulo State Government(SIMA-SP) (Local governmental organization,
Brazil)•Taoyuan City Government (Local governmentalorganization, Chinese Taipei)•

Union of Community Development
Volunteers (Non-governmental or civil society
organisation, Uganda)•

Yilan County Government (Local governmentalorganisation, Chinese Taipei)

IPSI Members by Type of Organisation

United Nations / Intergovernmental

NGO / Civil Society

National Government

Indigenous / Local Community

Other Government Affiliated
Local Government

Academic / Education / Research Institute
Industry / Private Sector

Other

We are proud to see IPSI’s representation strengthen and expand in all regions of the world. IPSI continues to expand its
membership among some under-represented types of organisations, such as indigenous peoples’ and local community
groups, and private sector organisations. For the full list of current IPSI members, please go to the official IPSI website,satoyama-initiative.org.
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EVENT HIGHLIGHTSIPSI’s diverse membership, as always, continues to be involved in many events around the world. Below is a list of events
specifically organized on behalf of IPSI or were otherwise particularly relevant to the partnership.

Biodiversity Day Symposium
20 May 2022: The symposium celebrated conservation
efforts from around the world for the International Day
for Biological Diversity. Focused on this year’s theme“building a shared future for all”, the event explored local
actions aligned with the international policy agenda. The
event was organised in partnership with the Ministry of
the Environment Japan (MOEJ), the Global Environment
Outreach Centre (GEOC), and UNU-IAS, with the supportof the Japan Conference for 2030 Global Biodiversity
Framework (J-GBF). For details about the event go here.

IPSI Case Study Workshop 2022
30 May - 1 June 2022: This workshop was held online aspart of the process towards publishing the Satoyama
Initiative Thematic Review Volume 8 (SITR-8). The themeof the book and the workshop is “Ecosystem Restoration
through managing socio-ecological production landscapesand seascapes (SEPLS)”, contributing to the UN Decade on
Ecosystem Restoration. This volume highlights how theefforts in managing SEPLS can prevent, halt, and reverse
land and sea degradation, contributing to ecosystem
restoration and sustainable development. Selectedauthors, who are IPSI members, shared their case studies
and received feedback on their manuscripts from theirpeers for further improvement. Participants exchanged
views on how landscape approaches, which underpin
the management of SEPLS, can facilitate ecosystem
restoration in an integrated manner by renderingarea-based multi-stakeholder strategies to balance
conservation and development objectives. Discussion
sessions led to the development of key messages andlater to the Synthesis chapter.

UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable
Development (HLPF) Side Event on the Satoyama
Initiative
13 July 2022: This online side event titled “Partnership inaction for well-being: the Satoyama Initiative and buildingback better” explored the role of the Satoyama Initiativein achieving the SDGs and recovering from the COVID-19
pandemic. Speakers emphasised the need for integrated
approaches based on a harmonious relationship withnature to create lasting solutions to the challenges ofclimate change and promote well-being. The event was coorganised by Conservation International; UNU-IAS; United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP); the Secretariatof the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD); andMOEJ. For details about the event, see here.

Third Global Conference on Strengthening Synergies Between the Paris Agreement on Climate
Change and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Side Event on Ecosystem Restoration
20 July 2022: This side event titled “Catalysing Naturebased Solutions for Biodiversity, Climate Change andSustainable Development through Ecosystem Restoration”
was jointly organised by UNU-IAS, the Food andAgriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and
SCBD. Participants discussed the potential of ecosystem
restoration as a nature-based solution to address
challenges of biodiversity, climate change, and sustainable
development. More details about the event here.

SITR-8 will be published in August 2023 by Springer
Nature Publishing.
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Credit: UNU-IASInternational Forum for Sustainable Asia andthe Pacific (ISAP) 2022 Thematic Track Session on
the Satoyama Initiative:
14 December 2022: The session titled, “Transformative
Actions for Nature-positive Society from SATOYAMA Initiative
Towards 2030” was held online as a Thematic Track
Session of ISAP 2022 in partnership with UNU-IAS andthe Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES).
The session discussed the Satoyama Development
Mechanism (SDM), go to page 11, where IPSI memberspresented two case studies of SDM projects in Asia.
The projects fostered local economies, sustainableproduction and consumption, and biodiversity
conservation. For more information, see here.

UN Biodviersity Conference: Fifteenth Meetingof the Conference of the Parties (COP-15) to theConvention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

7-19 December 2022: The IPSI Secretariat was in Montreal
for the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP15) on 7–19
December 2022. It concluded with the adoption of theKunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF),
a historic agreement to conserve 30% of the world’s landand sea, take urgent action on extinctions, and restore
degraded ecosystems by 2030.
Through a series of side events and expert contributions,the IPSI Secretariat advanced crucial discussions on the
post-2020 global biodiversity framework and transforming
humanity’s relationship with the natural world. These
contributions showcased the UNU-IAS’s latest researchand policy recommendations as well as IPSI activities.

Credit: IPSI Secretariat•

8 December 2022: Exploring Nature-positive
Pathways. The event was co-organised by the
Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL);
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI);
Capitals Coalition; UNU-IAS; and the Institute for
Sustainable Development and International Relations(IDDRI).

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14 December 2022: Nature-based Solutions to Climate
Change and Other Social Challenges by Conservation
and Restoration of Mangrove Ecosystem, Focusing
on its Multiple Services. The event was co-organisedby the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA);
the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia;
MOEJ; the SCBD; and UNU-IAS.

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16 December 2022:COMDEKS Phase 4: Contributionof the Satoyama Initiative to the Post-2020 Global
Biodiversity Framework. The event was co-organisedby the UNDP; Global Environment Facility (GEF); GEF
Small Grants Programme (GEF-SGP), MOEJ; the SCDB;and UNU-IAS.

The IPSI Secretariat also participated in two sessions of the
Nature and Culture Summit held on 11-12 December 2022
as part of the UN Biodiversity Conference.
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Actions on Science and Knowledge Dialogue, andBiocultural Indicators. This session discussed theimportance of promoting exchanges between
scientific and traditional knowledge systems, values,
experiences, methods, and results relevant forthe conservation and sustainable use of biologicaldiversity.

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New Approaches to Communication, Education andPublic Awareness. This session explored inspirational
action to raise awareness of the interlinkages between
biological and cultural diversity across all sectors.

The IPSI Secretariat organised four side events at COP-15:•

7 December 2022: The Satoyama Initiative: A Decadeof Working for Societies in Harmony with Nature.
The event was co-organised by UNU-IAS; MOEJ; IGES;
UNDP; SCBD, and the Asian Development Bank.

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8 December 2022: OECMs and Green Economies:
Productive Landscapes for Nature-positive Society.
The event was a session at the Nature Positive Pavilion
and was co-organised by UNU-IAS and Conservation
International.

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COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIESUPDATESIPSI endorsed five new collaborative activities, bringing the total number to 60, of which 26 have been reported as
successfully completed. The newly endorsed activities, listed in order of submission, are:

Building Climate Resilient Socio Ecological Production Landscapes (SEPLs) in India

Mutual learning or resilience of SEPLS throughrestoring rural landscapes in Japan

M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation-Community
Agro-biodiversity Centre (MSSRF), Tropical Institute of
Ecological Sciences, Kottayam, Kerala, Departmentsof Plant Science and Zoology, Mananthavady campus,
Kannur University

Akita Satoyama Design, Akita International University,
Conservation International, Akita Prefecture, Oga City,
people with knowledge and expertise in and around Oga
City

Flying Vets Mongolia
The International Council for Game and Wildlife
Conservation (CIC), Ministry of Environment and Tourismof Mongolia, World Organization for Animal Health(WOAH), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

Making OECMs Work: Landscape Approaches for
Effective Area-Based Conservation
Conservation International Japan and UNU-IAS.

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Strengthening National Biodiversity and Forest Carbon Stock Conservation through Landscape-based Collaborative Management of Cambodia’s Protected Area System as Demonstrated
in the Eastern Plains Landscape (CAMPAS)
Ministry of Environment, Cambodia, Institute ofEnvironmental Rehabilitation and Conservation (ERECON),
BirdLife, Live & Learn, WWF and Wildlife Conservation
Society (WCS), General Secretariat of the National Council
for Sustainable Development (GSSD), General Directorateof Administration for Nature Conservation and Protection(GDANCP), and General Directorate of Local Community(GDLC)

Credit: Boudewijn Huysmans/Unsplash

The Satoyama Development Mechanism (SDM) administered its ninth round of funding in 2022, providing seedfunding to five SEPLS-related projects around the world. In light of the global momentum towards 2030 and beyond,the SDM framework was renewed to better support SEPLS projects. The new modality included changes to the amountof funds projects could receive, priority to projects aligning with themes of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity
Framework—other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs), landscape or seascape restoration,conservation and collaboration with indigenous peoples and local communities, resilience enhancement, and sustainable
food or material production—and recipients will be invited to participate in two online workshops, an inception workshop
and a project completion workshop.
SDM sub-grant recipients selected in 2022:•

Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute (National
governmental organisation, Ethiopia)“Restoration and conservation of globally endangered
Cordeauxia edulis woody species in the drylands ofEthiopia’s Somali Region”•

Tse-Xin Organic Agriculture Foundation (NGO or
civil society organisation, Chinese Taipei]“Inheritance and application of Satoyama farming
knowledge in Nan'an tribe”••

Social Policy Ecology Research Institute (NGO or
civil society organisatin, Vietnam)“Mixed species farming and restoration throughsupport for local indigenous stakeholders”•

Unnayan Onneshan (Academic, educational and/or
research institute, Bangladesh)“Indigenous and ecosystem-based solutions in
SEPLS management during overlapping crises in the
Sundarbans, Bangladesh”

Fundación Semillas de Vida, A.C. (NGO or civilsociety organisation, Mexico)“Fomenting the SEPL milpa (three sisters) through insitu landrace maize seed protection”

Since its establishment in 2013, the SDM has supported 54 projects in 25 countries and regions across the world.
For further details including call for application and project selection information are available on the SDM website.
For past and current SDM projects, see here.

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Selected SDM Projects 2022

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The Community Development and Knowledge Management for the Satoyama Initiative (COMDEKS)
The Community Development and Knowledge Management for the Satoyama Initiative (COMDEKS) was launched in2011 as a flagship of the IPSI. COMDEKS project is a unique global programme, funded by the Japan Biodiversity Fund,
implemented by UNDP, in partnership with the MOEJ, SCBD, and UNU-IAS.
COMDEKS has been designed to be community driven. It supports local community activities to maintain and rebuild
SEPLS. Working through the Global Environmental Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF-SGP), COMDEKS provides small
grants to local community organisations to develop sound biodiversity management and sustainable livelihood activities
in order to maintain, rebuild, and revitalize SEPLS. The project collects and distributes knowledge and experiences fromsuccessful on-the-ground actions for replication and upscaling in other parts of the world.
COMDEKS grant making is expected to generate key lessons on community-based best practices to maintain and rebuild
SEPLS toward the realization of “societies in harmony with nature”, as defined as the vision of the Satoyama Initiative.
At COP15, partners announced the launch of the fourth phase of COMDEKS with funding to total an expected one billion
Japanese Yen across six years, with the support of MOEJ and the Keidanren Committee on Nature Conservation (KCNC).
Phase 4 will support relevant community-based initiatives and upscale the work in about 20 developing countries during
the period of 2023 to 2028.

Credit: IPSI Secretariat

Descriptions of these IPSI Collaborative Activities, proposal forms, and reports of completed activities can be found on the
IPSI website Collaborative Activities page here.
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KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTHIGHLIGHTSIPSI and its members produced a large number of publications and other knowledge products related to furthering knowledge related to
SEPLS during the year. A few highlights were:The International Partnership for the Satoyama
Initiative:
Decade Report 2010-2022
The report commemorates IPSI’s first decade since its
creation in 2010 at the UN Biodiversity Conference in
Nagoya, Japan. It outlines the impact and scope of 252
case studies on socio-ecological production landscapesand seascapes (SEPLS) and 58 collaborative activities
implemented by IPSI members since 2010. These haveprovided rich and diverse research findings, advancing
understanding of how SEPLS contribute to food andwater security, climate change mitigation and adaptation,
disaster risk reduction, health, and socio-economic
development of local communities.
In addition, the report details how IPSI has contributed
to conserving and understanding the multiple values andimportance of local and indigenous traditions, as wellas culture for the sustainable use of SEPLS. It explores
the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, including
how SEPLS were impacted and the relevant benefits they
provide for human health and well-being.
The report is available online at the IPSI website. Please go
here.

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Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review
The Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review (SITR) is anannual publication which compiles case studies by IPSI
members on timely issues concerning SEPLS and provides
recommendations to decision-makers and practitioners.
The publications series began in 2015 and was madepossible with the collaboration between UNU-IAS and theInstitute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) andthe financial support from MOEJ. From the sixth volume,
SITR was published by Springer Nature Publishing.
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Biodiversity-Health-Sustainability Nexus in SocioEcological Production Landscapes and Seascapes(SEPLS)
Volume 7 of SITR is an open-access book thatexamines the links between biodiversity, health,and sustainability, focusing on how landscapeapproachesocal and traditional knowledge cancontribute to the sustainable management of
natural resources, biodiversity conservation andrestoration, and good health for all. It offers insights
for the upcoming three-year thematic assessmentby the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) on theinterlinkages between biodiversity, water, food, andhealth — known as the nexus assessment.
The book is available as open access. Please go here.

Policy Briefs
In partnership with its host, UNU-IAS, the IPSI Secretariat
published two policy briefs in 2022.

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Transformative Change for Sustainability:
Nurturing Seeds of Change in Socio-Ecological
Production Landscapes & Seascapes
The brief offers recommendations on implementing
nexus approaches for transformative change towards
sustainability — ways of advancing integrated
solutions across multiple sectors. Drawing fromstrategies used in socio-ecological production
landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS), the brief elucidates
interlinkages between biodiversity and human wellbeing to guide policymakers in applying solutions forpolicy coherence, such as One Health. It is authoredby IPSI Secretariat members Maiko Nishi andSuneetha M. Subramanian and UNU-IAS researcher
Himangana Gupta.

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The policy brief is available for download from UNU
Collections. Please go here.

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Recognising and Supporting the Role ofCulture in Effective Area-based Conservation
This brief offers recommendations on recognisingand supporting cultures’ role in effective area-based
conservation. Other effective area-based conservation
measures (OECMs) can achieve positive biodiversity
outcomes in a larger area than is covered byprotected areas. But this requires OECMs to be better
integrated into sustainable production systems inconjunction with protected areas. Good examples of
productive social-ecological systems exist. Recognisingpotential OECMs requires recognising the culturesthat make them possible. The brief was authored byWilliam Dunbar, Project Manager from Conservation
International, and IPSI Secretariat members Suneetha
M. Subramanian and Makiko Yanagiya.
The policy brief is available for download at UNU
Collections. Please go here.

VideosThe IPSI Secretariat produced two videos in 2022 topromote the lates SITR volume and research on integratinglandscape approaches into national biodiversity strategies.

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Integration of Landscape Approaches into
NBSAPsThis video offers guidance for policymakers on
integrating landscape approaches into National
Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) to
support decision-makers in developing NBSAPs andenhancing capacity for their implementation. The
video complements a manual being developed as partof an IPSI collaborative activity by UNU-IAS and IGES,
with the support of SCBD.
Watch the video here.

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Biodiversity, Health, and Sustainability –Examining the Links
This video introduces the seventh volume of the
SITR series, Biodiversity-Health-Sustainability Nexus
in Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes andSeascapes (SEPLS), see page 14 for more details.
In the video co-authors Patrick Maundu (Honorary
Research Fellow, Alliance of Bioversity Internationaland CIAT) and María Elena Méndez-López (Researcher,
CONACYT- CentroGEO) share insights and lessons
learned from SEPLS management in Kenya and in
Mexico, respectively.
Watch the video here.

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IPSI Case Studies
As of March 2023, 281 case studies are now publicly available on the IPSI website, and this number continues to grow as
all IPSI members are expected to submit a case study as part of their membership. Various research activities are also
ongoing to synthesize and extract lessons learned and good practices from the case studies.

Communications and outreach
The IPSI Secretariat updates the IPSI website with publications, news and other relevant resources. The Secretariat also
produces newsletters in both English and Japanese that now reach over a thousand readers. From January 2022, the
IPSI Secretariat made changes to the format and schedule of its newsletters. A mini-newsletter, IPSI Live Updates, wasintroduced to announce time sensitive events to make sure subscribers do not miss important deadlines. The monthly
newsletter was changed to a quarterly schedule to offer more dynamic content to its subscribers.
Go to satoyama-initiative.org

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IPSI STEERING COMMITTEE& SECRETARIATIPSI Steering Committee
Meetings of the IPSI Steering Committee were organised
in June and February, approving 15 new members andfive IPSI Collaborative Activities.
A sub-committee was established to update thepartnership’s strategy and action plan, with meetingsorganised to discuss IPSI’s role in the new decade.
Meetings took place online in June and September
October 2022 and the new strategy and action plan will
be published in 2023.
The IPSI Secretariat would like to acknowledge theefforts of the continuing IPSI member organisations whooffer their time and hard work to serve on the Steering
Committee. The IPSI Steering Committee currently
consists of 18 member organisations:•

University of Georgia, Department of Geography,
Neotropical Montology Collaboratory•

University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Science

IPSI Secretariat
The IPSI Secretariat continues to be hosted by the United
Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of
Sustainability (UNU-IAS) in Tokyo, Japan. Ms. Yoshino
Nakahara, Administrative Assistant, and Mr. Bruno Leles,
Partnership Associate, departed from UNU-IAS in Juneand October 2022 respectively. We express our sincere
appreciation for their contributions over the past years.
IPSI Secretariat:•

Chair: Ghana National Biodiversity Committee•

Dr. Tsunao Watanabe, Director•

Association for the Agroindustry Development inCamana (APAIC)•

Ms. Makiko Yanagiya, Deputy Director, Programme
Coordinator•

Conservation International•

Dr. Maiko Nishi, Research Fellow•

Conservation Solutions Afrika•

Dr. Suneetha Subramanian, Research Fellow•

Forest Peoples Programme•

Mr. Bruno Leles, Partnership Associate•

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)••

Kathmandu Forestry College (KAFCOL)

Ms. Alexandra Franco Guajardo, Communications
Associate•

Marine Ecosystems Protected Areas (MEPA) Trust•

Ms. Madoka Yoshino, Programme Associate•

Ministry of Environment, Cambodia•

Ms. Miyuki Noguchi, Programme Associate•

Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan•

Ms. Kanako Yoshino, Programme Assistant•Nature and Livelihoods•

Ms. Yoshino Nakahara, Administrative Assistant•Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research (PAR)•

Sabah Biodiversity Centre, Natural Resources Office
Sabah, Malaysia•

Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity(SCBD)•

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)•

United Nations University

We at the IPSI Secretariat wish to convey our big thanks
to all the members for their contributions and continued
support made in expanding and strengthening thepartnership. We look forward to continuing to work
closely with all IPSI partners and friends through 2023
and beyond.

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ANNEXLIST OF IPSI MEMBERS AS OF MARCH 2022

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Organisation

Location of head office

National governmental organisation

Number of organisations: 22

Environment Protection Authority, Yemen

Yemen

Ethiopian Biodiversity InstituteEthiopia

Ghana National Biodiversity Committee

Ghana

Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Policies, Italy

Italy

Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Environment, Directorate General for
Environment, Timor Leste

Timor-Leste

Ministry of Environment and Forest Resources, Togo

Togo

Ministry of Environment and Protection of Nature, Cameroon

Cameroon

Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Mongolia

Mongolia

Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Chad

Chad

Ministry of Environment, Cambodia

Cambodia

Ministry of Environment, Ecology and Forests, Madagascar

Madagascar

Ministry of Environment, Gabon

Gabon

Ministry of Environment, Peru

Peru

Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea

Republic of Korea

Ministry of Forestry and Environment, Gambia

GambiaMinistry of Forests and Soil Conservation, Nepal

Nepal

Ministry of Natural and Resources and Environment, Thailand

Thailand

Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining, Malawi

Malawi

Ministry of the Environment, JapanJapan

National Environmental Council for Sustainable Development, Executive
Secretariat, Niger

Niger

National Forest and Wildlife Service (SERFOR), Peru

Peru

National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC), Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Other government affiliated organisation(Number of organisations 9)

Fisheries Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan

Chinese Taipei

Forestry Bureau, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan

Chinese Taipei

Huascaran National Park, National Service of Protected Natural Areas (SERNANP), Peru

Peru

Institute for Fundamental Researches on Tropical Agriculture (INIFAT)

Cuba

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)Japan

Kenya Wetlands Biodiversity Research Team (KENWEB)

Kenya

National Herbarium and Botanical Gardens, Malawi

MalawiNatural Resources Office, Sabah

Malaysia

Soil and Water Conservation Bureau (SWCB), Executive Yuan

Chinese Taipei

Local governmental organisation

Number of organisations: 20

Agriculture Department, New Taipei City Government

Chinese Taipei

Aichi Prefectural Government

Japan

Committee of Intermunicipal Associations of the State of Jalisco (CAIEJ)

MexicoEchizen City

Japan

Fukui Prefectural Government

Japan

Hawaii State Department of Agriculture

USA

Hualien District Agricultural Research and Extension Station of the Councilof Agriculture

Chinese Taipei

Hyogo Prefectural Government

Japan

Ishikawa Prefectural Government

Japan

Kumamoto Prefectural Government

Japan

Liao Ning Province Authority of Liaohe River

China

Liao Ning Province Development & Promotion Center of Liaohe River Reserve

China

Nagoya City

Japan

Nobeoka City

Japan

Secretariat do Infrastructure and Environment – Sao Paulo State Government (SIMA-SP)

BrazilTaoyuan City Government

Chinese Taipei

Sado City

Japan

Toyooka City

Japan

Wakasa Town

Japan

Yilan County Government

Chinese Taipei

Non-governmental or civil society organisation

Number of organisations: 130

AEON Environmental FoundationJapan

A Rocha Ghana

Ghana

Accelerated Rural Development Organisation (ARDO)

Ghana

Advocates for Biodiversity Conservation (ABC-Ghana)

Ghana

Amis de l’Afrique Francophone- Bénin (AMAF-BENIN)

Benin

Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF)

India

ASEAN Green Justice Network (AGREEN)

MyanmarAsociación de campesinos vecinos del Parque Natural Nacional Serranía delos Yariguies (ASOCAPAYARI)

Colombia

Asociación para la Investigación y el Desarrollo Integral (AIDER)

Peru

Asociasión Pro Desarroillo Agroindustrial de Camana (APAIC)

Peru

Association for the Sustainable Development of Rural San Jose (ADESSARU)

Costa Rica

Association of Forest and Hunting Workers of Serbia – Forest and Hunting

SerbiaAssociazione Grani Antichi (Ancient Grains Association) Montespertoli

Italy

Balipara Tract and Frontier Foundation

India
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Bhutan Ecological Society

BhutanBioversity International

Italy

BirdLife International

UK

Borneo Conservation Trust JapanJapan

Bureau for Regional Outreach Campaigns (BROC)

RussiaCenter for Green Economy Development – Nepal (CGED – Nepal)

Nepal

CEPA Japan

Japan

Chinese Society for Environmental Education (CSEE)

Chinese Taipei

Circle for Conservation of Natural Resources NGO (ONG CeSaReN)

Benin

Civil Society Organizations’ Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Environment in East Africa (CISONET)

UgandaClarendon Parish Development Committee Benevolent Society

JamaicaCommunity Agriculture and Environmental Protection Association Cameroon (CAEPA)

CameroonCommunity Based Environmental Conservation (COBEC)

Kenya

Community Entrepreneur Development Institute (CENDI)

Viet Nam

Conservation Alliance International

Ghana

Conservation International

USA

Conservation Solutions Afrika

Kenya

Corporación Ambiental y Forestal del Pacífico (CORFOPAL)

Colombia

Cultivate a Cloud NPO

Japan

Dahari

Comoros

Daluhay

Philippines

Earthwatch Institute, Japan

Japan

EcoAgriculture Partners

USA

Environment and Development Association JASIL

Mongolia

Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF)

Cameroon

Environmental Education Centre Zapovedniks

RussiaEnvironmental Ethics Foundation of Taiwan (EEFT)

Chinese Taipei

Environmental Protection and Conservation Organisation (EPCO)

Mauritius

Environmental Protection Information Centre (EPIC)

UgandaFarmers’ Seed Network

China

Fondazione Romualdo del Bianco - Life Beyond Tourism

Italy

Forest Peoples Programme (FPP)

UK

Forum for Law, Environment, Development and Governance (FLEDGE)

India

Fostering Education & Environment for Development, Inc. (FEED)

Philippines

Foundation for Research and Social Development (FIDES)

EcuadorFriends of the Earth Japan (FoE Japan)

Japan

Fuli Farmers Association

Chinese Taipei

Fundación Semillas de Vida, A.C.

MexicoGerman Association for Landcare (DVL)

Germany

Global Youth Biodiversity Network

Germany

Grains of Hope Mobilisation (GOHMO)MalawiGreen Development Advocates

CameroonGreen Initiative NGO

Mongolia

Green Islands Foundation

Seychelles

Green Movement of Sri Lanka Inc.

Sri Lanka

Green Senegal

SenegalGreenglobe Ghana

GhanaGroupe d’Intervention pour l’Encadrement et la Réhabilitation Intégrale(GIERI) / Landcare Network DRC

DR Congo

HATOF Foundation

Ghana

Hokusetsu Satoyama Museum Steering Council

Japan

Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy (HELP) Davao Network

Philippines

Initiative for Community Health (INCH)

Malawi

Institute Acao Verde

BrazilInstitute for Societal Advancement

India

Institute for Sustainable Development Strategy (ISDS) Public Foundation

Kyrgyzstan

Institute of Environmental Rehabilitation and Conservation (ERECON)Japan

International Agency for the Protection of Biocultural Landscapes and for a
New Rurality (AGER)

Italy

International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF)

Chinese Taipei

International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC)

Hungary

International Lake Environment Committee Foundation (ILEC)Japan

Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development

GuyanaJapan Environmental Education Forum (JEEF)

Japan

Japan Habitat AssociationJapan

Landcare Association Neumarkt

Germany

Landcare International

Kenya

Live & Learn Environmental Education

Cambodia

M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), Community Agrobiodiversity Centre

India

Manna Rural Living Experimental Hub

Chinese Taipei

Marine Ecosystems Protected Areas (MEPA) Trust

Antigua and Barbuda

Mauritania Wildlife Foundation

Mauritius

MELCA - Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Miaoli County Saisiyat Indigenous People Forestry and Worker LLC

Chinese Taipei

Micronesia Conservation TrustFederated States of Micronesia

Nagenahiru Foundation

Sri Lanka

National Association for the Conservation of Nature (ANCON)

PanamaNature and Livelihoods

UgandaNature Tropicale

Benin

Network for Coexistence with NatureJapan

Nomi Satoyama Conservation Society

Japan

Ny Tanintsika

Madagascar

Organisation for Community Development (OCD)

Pakistan

Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center

Japan
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Pastoralist Economic & Social Advancement (PESA)

Tanzania

Peruvian Association of Bamboo

Peru

Pgakenyaw Association for Sustainable Development (PASD)

ThailandPlatform for Agrobiodiversity Research (PAR)

Italy

Pogany-Havas Association

Romania

Royal Society for Protection of Nature

BhutanSatoyama Initiative NGO, Mongolia

Mongolia

Save Aseed For The Future (SAFE)

UgandaSeeking To Equip People (STEP) Guinee NGO

GuineaShumei International

Japan

Social Policy Ecology Research Institute (SPERI)

Viet Nam

Society for Environment Conservation and Agriculture Research and Development (SECARD)

Nepal

Society for Wildlife and Nature (SWAN) International

Chinese Taipei

South Asian Forum for Environment (SAFE)

India

Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Institute (SDMRI)

India

Taiwan Ecological Engineering Development Foundation

Chinese Taipei

Taiwan Landscape Environment Association (TLEA)

Chinese Taipei

Taiwan Wild Bird Federation

Chinese Taipei

Tambo NPO (Rice Paddies Network Japan)Japan

The Goat Trust

India

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)India

The Nature Conservancy

Australia

Tropical Institute of Ecological Sciences

India

Tropical Science Center

Costa Rica

Tse-Xin Organic Agriculture Foundation

Chinese Taipei

Union of Community Development Volunteers

UgandaUrato's "Children of the Sea" Revitalizing ProjectJapan

VICAM: Vicuñas, Camélidos y Ambiente

Argentina

Vivamos Mejor

GuatemalaWildlife Conservation Society Madagascar

Madagascar

Wildlife Watch Group

Nepal

World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

Kenya

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) USA

USA

World Wildlife Fund West Africa Programme Office (WWF WAMPO)

SenegalIndigenous or local community organisations

Number of organisations: 13

Association for Nature and Sustainable Development (ANDES)

Peru

Culture Identity and Resources Use Management (CIRUM)

Viet Nam

Fundacion para la Promocion del Conocimiento Indigena

PanamaIndigenous Knowledge and Peoples Foundation (IKAP)

ThailandIndigenous Partnership for Agrobiodiversity and Food Sovereignty (TIP)

Italy

Indigenous Peoples' Biocultural Climate Change Assessment (IPCCA)

Peru

Inter Mountain People's Education and Culture in Thailand Association(IMPECT)

ThailandKanuri Development Association (KDA)

Nigeria

Nepal Indigenous Nationalities Preservation Association (NINPA)

Nepal

Nirmanie Development Foundation (NDF)

Sri Lanka

Small Actions for Enterprise (SAFE) Ghana

Ghana

Sotz’il

GuatemalaTebtebba - Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Researchand Education

Philippines

Academic, Educational and / or Research Institute

Number of organisations 59

Agrarian Research Foundation (ARF)

Bangladesh

Akita International University (AIU)

Japan

American Museum of Natural History, Center for Biodiversity and ConservationUSA

An Giang University, Research Center for Rural Development (RCRD)

Viet Nam

Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Interdisciplinary MountainResearch

Austria

Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Ecosystem Services Research Group

Germany

Caraga State University, Center for Research in Environmental Management and Eco-governance (CRÈME)Philippines

Chinese Academy of Science, Centre for Chinese Agricultural Policy

China

Chuo University, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Integrated Science and Engineering for Sustainable Societies

Japan

ERuDeF University Institute of Applied Biodiversity Sciences

CameroonHelmholz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)

Germany

Ifugao State University

Philippines

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)

Japan

Institute of Ecology and Sustainable Development

RussiaIntegrated Organic Farming Systems Research Centre (IORC)

Indonesia

International Land Conservation Network

USA

Islands Knowledge Institute (IKI)

Solomon Islands

Jawaharlal Nehru University, School of Environmental Science

India

Kanazawa University

Japan

Kathmandu Forestry College (KAFCOL)

Nepal

Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI)

Kenya

Laikipia Wildlife Forum

Kenya

Leuphana University Lueneburg

Germany

Lilongwe University of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Department ofForestry

MalawiMinzu University of China, College of Life and Environmental Science

China

Mokpo National University, Institution for Marine and Island Cultures (MIC)

Republic of Korea

National Dong-Hwa University

Chinese Taipei

National Pingtung University of Science and Technology

Chinese Taipei

National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (YunTech)

Chinese Taipei

Niigata University, Centre for Toki and Ecological Restoration

Japan

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Renmin University of China, Centre for Resource and Forestry Policy Study(CFNRPS)

China

Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU)

Slovenia

Royal University of Bhutan, College of Natural Resources

BhutanSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Swedish Biodiversity Centre

SwedenTohoku University, Graduate School of Life Sciences

Japan

Tribhuvan University, Amrit Campus, Institute of Science & Technology

Nepal

Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul (UFFS)

BrazilUniversity of Cyprus

Cyprus

University of Development Studies (UDS), Faculty of Renewable Natural
Resources

Ghana

University of Georgia, Geography Department, Neotropical Montology
Collaboratory

USA

University of Gloucestershire, Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI)

UK

University of Hong Kong, Policy for Sustainability Lab of the Faculty ofSocial Sciences

China

University of Nairobi

Kenya

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU)

Austria

University of San Simón – AGRUCO

Bolivia

University of Santiago de Compostela, Higher Polytechnic School (EPS)

Spain

University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Science

Bosnia and Herzegovina

University of the Philippines Los Baňos, College of Forestry and Natural
Resources, Department of Social Forestry and Forest GovernancePhilippines

University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU)

Philippines

University of the Punjab, Centre for Integrated Mountain Research (CIMR)

Pakistan

University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Japan

University of Tokyo, Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI)Japan

University of Vigo

Spain

Unnayan Onneshan

Bangladesh

Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore

India

Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU)

Viet Nam

Yokohama National University

Japan

Yunnan University, National Research Centre for the Studies of the Ethnic
Groups of China’s South-Western Borderlands (SEGCSWB)

China

Zhejiang A & F University

China

Industry or private sector organisation

Number of organisations: 29

Akita Satoyama Design LLC

Japan

Aleph Inc.

Japan

Asahi Kasei Corporation

Japan

Back to Nature

Nepal

Brother Sales Ltd.

Japan

Canon Inc.

Japan

Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co., LtdJapan

Coelacanth Shokudou. LLC (MUJUN)JapanCommemorative Foundation for the International Garden and Greenery
Exposition, Osaka, Japan, 1990

Japan

Dell Japan Inc.

Japan

E Overseas Education Centre

Republic of Korea

Frontier Works Inc.

Japan

FRUTA FRUTA Inc.

Japan

Green TV Japan (TREE, Inc.)

Japan

Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd.

Japan

IORA Ecological Solutions

India

Kasho Maeno

Japan

LEAF Co., Ltd.

Japan

Lexmark International K.K.

Japan

Node Creative Company

Chinese Taipei

Observer Ecological Consultant

Chinese Taipei

People Empowering & Development Alternatives (PEDA) International

Pakistan

PolisPlan

Australia

Seiko Epson Corporation

Japan

Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd

Japan

Taisei CorporationJapan

The AgriBusiness Group - The New Zealand Sustainability Dashboard

New Zealand

TZR Technology

Malaysia

Yamada Keitei Co., Ltd

Japan

Other

Number of organisations: 2

The Council of Promoting Biodiversity in Rice Paddies Connected to Lake
Biwa

Japan

Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF)

USA

United Nations or other Intergovernmental organisation

Number of organisations: 14

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat
Global Environment Facility (GEF) Secretariat
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR)
International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
United Nations Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through Sustainable Agriculture (UNCAPSA)
United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring
Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
United Nations University (UNU)(Total number of organisations 298)
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ANNEXEVENTS HISTORY
2009•

International Experts Meeting on the Satoyama Initiative Concept (25 July 2009, Tokyo, Japan)•

Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on the Satoyama Initiative Concept (1–3 October 2009, Penang, Malaysia)

2010•

Global Workshop on the Satoyama Initiative (29–30 January 2010, Paris, France)•

CBD SBSTTA 14 and WGRI 3 Side Events “The Satoyama Initiative” (10 and 24 May 2010, Nairobi, Kenya)•

International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative Preparatory Meeting (23–24 August 2010, Yamanashi, Japan)•

South America Regional Workshop on the Satoyama Initiative and its International Partnership (22 September 2010,
Brasilia, Brazil)•

Launch of the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative at CBD COP 10 (19 October 2010, Nagoya, Japan)

2011•

IPSI-1: The First IPSI Global Conference (10–11 March 2011, Nagoya, Japan)•

CBD SBSTTA 15 Side Event “Challenges and Hopes in Ecosystem Restoration” (8 November 2011, Montreal, Canada)

2012

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IPSI-2: The Second IPSI Global Conference (13–14 March 2012, Nairobi, Kenya)•

Rio+20 Side Event “The Satoyama Initiative and the Green Economy” (18 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)•

ISAP 2012 Parallel Session and Expert Workshop “The Satoyama Initiative and Resilience–Pathways to a Sustainable
Society” (23–24 July 2012, Yokohama, Japan)•

IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012 Workshop “Enhancing Resilience with Nature: Translating the Science andPractice of Ecosystem Restoration into Policy” (10 September 2012, Jeju, Republic of Korea)•

IPSI-3: The Third IPSI Global Conference (6–7 October 2012, Hyderabad, India)•

CBD COP 11 Side Events “Achievements and Further Development of the International Partnership for the Satoyama
Initiative” (11 October 2012, Hyderabad, India)•

CBD COP 11 Side Event “Linking Community and Landscape Resilience” (12 October 2012, Hyderabad, India)

2013
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Workshop on Indicators of Resilience in SEPLS (22–24 April 2013, Yokohama, Japan)•

Satoyama Initiative Regional Workshop for Asia (14–15 May 2013, Kathmandu, Nepal)•

ISAP 2013 Parallel Session “Green Economy and Satoyama Initiative: Building Resilient Societies at Local Level” andExpert Workshop (22–24 July 2013, Yokohama, Japan)•

IPSI-4: The Fourth IPSI Global Conference (12–14 September 2013, Fukui, Japan)•

CBD SBSTTA 17 Side Event “An Indicators Approach to Understanding Resilience of Socio-ecological Production
Landscapes and Seascapes: a Community-level Perspective” (15 October 2013, Montreal, Canada)•

9th Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas Parallel Session “Challenges andOpportunities for the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) from Pacific Perspectives” (4 December
2013, Suva, Fiji)2014•

The Satoyama Initiative Regional Workshop for Europe (27–29 May 2014, Florence, Italy)•

ISAP 2014 Parallel Session “Benefits and Challenges of Community Engagement for the Sustainable Use of Biodiversity”
and IPSI Case Study Experts Workshop (22–24 July 2014, Yokohama, Japan)•

IPSI-5: The Fifth IPSI Global Conference (4–5 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea)•

CBD COP 12 Side Events “Contribution to the Aichi Biodiversity Targets from the ground up: Engaging diverse
communities and perspectives through the Satoyama Initiative” (6 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea)•

CBD COP 12 Side Event “Mobilizing Resources for mainstreaming biodiversity into production landscapes andseascapes” (8 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea)•

IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 Sessions and Side Events (12–19 November 2014, Sydney, Australia)

2015•

IPSI Case Study Workshop “Enhancing knowledge for better management of SEPLS” (24–26 June 2015, Tokyo, Japan)•

ISAP 2015 Parallel Session “Contributing to regional sustainability and resilience from SEPLS” (29 July 2015, Yokohama,Japan)•

Satoyama Initiative Regional Workshop for Africa (10–12 August 2015, Accra, Ghana)•

CBD SBSTTA 19 Side Event “Collaborative Resource Mobilization and Knowledge Facilitation through Global
Partnership: Activities of the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI)” (2 November 2015, Montreal,
Canada)2016•

IPSI-6: The Sixth IPSI Global Conference (12–14 January 2016, Siem Reap, Cambodia)•

CBD SBSTTA 20 Side Events “Collection and strategic use of knowledge for mainstreaming biodiversity into various
sectors” (26 April 2016, Montreal, Canada)•

CBD SBI 1 Side Event “Strategic actions to enhance implementation of the CBD: recent experiences of the International
Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative in Africa and Asia” (3 May 2016, Montreal, Canada)•

IPSI Case Study Workshop “Incorporating concepts and approaches of socio-ecological production landscapes and27seascapes (SEPLS) into policy and decision–making” (25–27 May 2016, Tokyo, Japan)•

Satoyama Initiative Regional Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean (27–29 June 2016, Cusco and Pisac, Peru)•

ISAP 2016 Parallel Session “Integrated landscape management: Effective approaches for translating knowledge intotransformative actions” (13 July 2016, Yokohama, Japan)•

IUCN World Conservation Congress 2016 Sessions (1–5 September 2016, Honolulu, USA)•IPSI Steering Committee Eleventh Meeting (12-13 November 2016, Takarazuka, Hyogo, Japan)•

CBD COP 13 Side Events “Strategic Action for Mainstreaming Biodiversity: Contributions of the International
Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) to Biodiversity and Human Well-Being” (6 December 2016, Cancun,
Mexico)•CBD COP 13 Side Event “Contributions of funding mechanisms under the Satoyama Initiative to mainstreaming
biodiversity for well-being” (8 December 2016, Cancun, Mexico)

2017•

COMDEKS Global Knowledge Exchange Workshop (23–26 January 2017, San José, Costa Rica)•

Satoyama Initiative Regional Workshop in Sabah (18–20 April 2017, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia)•

IPSI Case Study Workshop “Livelihoods and socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS)” (28–30 June
2017, Tokyo, Japan)•

ISAP 2017 Parallel Session “Putting sustainability at the heart of landscape and seascape management: Key roles
played by subnational and local governments” (26 July 2017, Yokohama, Japan)•

IPSI Steering Committee Twelfth Meeting (2-4 October 2017, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan)•

CBD SBSTTA 21 Side Event “Integrated Landscape Management in the UN Decade of Biodiversity 2010-2020 and
Beyond: Achievements and Future Direction of the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI)” (11December 2017, Montreal, Canada)

2018

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IPSI Case Study Workshop “Sustainable use of biodiversity in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes(SEPLS) and its contribution to effective area-based conservation” (22-24 May 2018, Tokyo, Japan)•

CBD SBSTTA 22 Side Events “Can a landscape approach bridge livelihood, science, and conservation? The Satoyama
Initiative and the science-policy interface” (5 July 2018, Montreal, Canada)•

CBD SBI 2 Side Event “Financing Landscape Management Approaches: Replication and Upscaling for Biodiversity andSustainable Development” (10 July 2018, Montreal, Canada)•

CBD SBSTTA 22 and SBI 2 Side Events “Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Production Landscapes and Seascapes:
Integrated Approaches in Design and Implementation of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs)”(12 July 2018, Montreal, Canada)•

ISAP 2018 Parallel Session “Sustainable Production Landscapes and Seascapes for Biodiversity, Human Livelihoods andWell-being” (19 July 2017, Yokohama, Japan)•

IPSI Steering Committee Thirteenth Meeting (29-30 September 2018, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan)•

IPSI-7: The Seventh IPSI Global Conference (29 September–2 October 2018, Kanazawa, Japan)•

CBD COP 14 Side Events “Socio Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes for Biodiversity and Livelihood: Rolesin Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework” (17 December 2018, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt)•

CBD COP 14 Side Event “Consolidation and Replication of Effective Landscape Approaches for Biodiversity

Conservation and Human Livelihoods” (19 November 2018, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt)

2019•

Regional Consultation Workshop on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for Asia and the Pacific Side Event“Multi-stakeholder partnership to enhance landscape and seascape approaches for biodiversity conservation andhuman livelihood” (29 January 2019, Nagoya, Japan)•

IPSI Case Study Workshop “Understanding the multiple values associated with sustainable use in socio-ecologicalproduction landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS)” (28-30 May 2019, Tokyo, Japan)•

High level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2019 Side Event “Satoyama Initiative – Society in harmony with
Nature: An inclusive approach for Communities on Landscapes and Seascapes” (15 July 2019, New York, USA)•IPSI Steering Committee Fourteenth Meeting (2 September 2019, Kumamoto, Japan)•

IPSI-8: The Eighth IPSI Global Conference and Expert Thematic Workshop on Landscape Approaches for the Post-2020
Global Biodiversity Framework (2-6 September 2019, Kumamoto, Japan)•

CBD SBSTTA-23 Side Event “Outcomes of the Expert Thematic Workshop on Landscape Approaches for the Post-2020
Global Biodiversity Framework” (27 November 2019, Montreal, Canada)

2020•“Informal meeting on landscape and seascape approaches and their relevance to the post-2020 global biodiversity
framework” held on the margin of the CBD Second meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020
Global Biodiversity Framework. (23 February 2020, Rome, Italy)•

Comparative & International Education Society (CIES) Annual Conference Session "Generating transformative change
through reframing education within and beyond school settings" (8 April, Online)•

IPSI Steering Committee Meeting (May 2020, email-based)•

IPSI Case Study Workshop 2020 “Transformative change through the multiple benefits of socio-ecological production
landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS)” (22-26 June 2020, Online)•

UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) 2020 Side Event “Satoyama Initiative – Societies in
Harmony with Nature: An inclusive approach for communities, landscapes and seascapes” (16 July 2020, Online)•

CBD Thematic Consultation on Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework(27 July- 8 October, Online)•

Biodiversity Summit (30 September 2020, Online) Video Message by the Director of UNU-IAS•

Global Landscapes Digital Conference Session: "Seizing the landscape opportunity to catalyse transformative
biodiversity governance" (29 October 2020, Online)•

International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP) 2020 Thematic Track Session ”The Satoyama Initiative,
transformative change, and societies in harmony with nature” (12 November 2020, Online)•

IPSI Steering Committee Meeting (December 2020, Online)

2021•

CBD Informal Session for the 24th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice(SBSTTA-24) (17-26 February 2021, Online)•

CBD Informal Session for the 3rd Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI-3) (8-14 March 2021, Online)•

IPSI Steering Committee Subsidiary Meeting (March 2021, Online)29

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UNU-IAS OUIK webinar: The Coastal Seascapes We Want! – Voices of Women Scientists in Ocean Research (17 May 2021)•

IPSI Case Study Workshop 2021 “The nexus between biodiversity, health, and sustainable development in managing
socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS)” (28-30 June 2021, Online)•

IPSI Steering Committee (July 2021, Email-based)•

UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) 2021 Side Event “Satoyama Initiative – Healthy Planet,
Healthy People: Role of Satoyama Initiative for Green and Blue Recovery” (9 July 2021, Online)•

IPSI Sub-committee First Meeting on Strategy and Plan of Action (24 September 2021)•

IPSI Sub-committee Second Meeting on Strategy and Plan of Action (1 December 2021)•

International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP) 2021 Thematic Track Session “Landscape Approaches for
Biodiversity, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Co-benefits” (2 December 2021, Online)•

IPSI Steering Committee Meeting (14 December 2021, Online)

2022

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First Symposium on Community-based Activities and Governance for Seascape Restoration (9 February 2022, Online)•

Experts Dialogue "Making OECMs Work: Landscape Approaches for Effective Are-Based Conservation" (25 February,
Online)•

1st Ifugao Rice Terraces Assessment International Summit 2022 (18 - 29 March 2022, Ifugao State University, Philippines
and Online)•

CBD WG2020-3 Side Event “Mainstreaming Landscape Perspectives Into the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework”(17 March 2022, Geneva, Switzerland and Online)•

CBD SBI-3 Side Event “Integrating landscape approaches into National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSAPs)”(18 March 2022, Geneva, Switzerland and Online)•

CBD SBSTTA-24 Side Event “Making OECMs Work: Production Landscapes for Effective Area-based Conservation” (24March 2022, Geneva, Switzerland and Online)•

Virtual consultation workshop on a draft manual on the application of landscape approaches in the updating andimplementation of NBSAPs (25-26 April 2022, Online)•“Strengthening Interlinkages Amongst Biodiversity, Health, and Well-being in SEPLS” (27 April 2022, Online)•

International Day for Biological Diversity 2022 Symposium “Building a Shared Future for All Life” (20 May 2022, Online)•

IPSI Case Study Workshop 2022 “Ecosystem restoration through managing socio-ecological production landscapes andseascapes (SEPLS)” (30 May -1 June 2022, Online)•

IPSI Sub-committee Third Meeting on Strategy and Plan of Action (13 June 2022, Online)•

IPSI Steering Committee Meeting (June 2022, email-based)•

CBD OEWG 4 (21-26 June 2022, Nairobi, Kenya and online)•

UN High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2022 Side Event “The Satoyama Initiative and Building Back Better” (13 July 2022,
Online)•Climate & SDGs Synergy Conference Side Event “Catalysing Nature-based Solutions for Biodiversity, Climate Change andSustainable Development through Ecosystem Restoration” (20 July 2022, Tokyo, Japan and Online)•

Second Symposium on Community-based Activities and Governance for Seascape Restoration (20 September 2022,
Tokyo, Japan and Online)•

IPSI Sub-committee Fourth Meeting on Strategy and Plan of Action (4 October 2022, Online)•

Seminar on International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) "Montology Palympsest: The New Geographies ofMountain Conservation" (11 November 2022, Tokyo, Japan)•

ISAP 2022 Thematic Track Session "Transformative Actions for a Nature-positive Society from SATOYAMA Initiative
towards 2030" (2 December 2022, Online)•

CBD COP15 Side Events “The Satoyama Initiative: A Decade of Working for Societies in Harmony with Nature”,“Exploring nature positive pathways”, “Nature-based Solutions to climate change and other social challenges byconservation and restoration of mangrove ecosystem, focusing on its multiple services” and “COMDEKS Phase 4:
Contribution of the Satoyama Initiative to the Post-2020 GBF” (7, 8, 14 and 16 December 2022, Montreal, Canada)•

CBD COP15 Side Event “The Satoyama Initiative: A Decade of Working for Societies in Harmony with Nature” (7December 2022, Montreal, Canada)•

CBD COP15 Side Event “Exploring nature positive pathways” (8 December 2022, Montreal, Canada)•

CBD COP15 parallel event "OECMs and green economies: Productive landscapes for nature-positive society" (8December 2022, Montreal, Canada)•

CBD COP15 parallel event “IPSI 10th Anniversary Evening Cocktails” (10 December 2022, Montreal, Canada)•

CBD COP15 Side Event “Nature-based Solutions to climate change and other social challenges by conservation andrestoration of mangrove ecosystem, focusing on its multiple services” (14 December 2022, Montreal, Canada)•

CBD COP15 Side Event “COMDEKS Phase 4: Contribution of the Satoyama Initiative to the Post-2020 GBF” (16December 2022, Montreal, Canada)

2023•

SDM Inception Workshop (30 January 2023, Online)•

IPSI Steering Committee Meeting (3 and 28 February 2023, Online)31For more information visit the IPSI website
and the official IPSI social media:
satoyama-initiative.org
Or contact the IPSI Secretariat:
isi@unu.edu

The IPSI Secretariat is hosted by the United
Nations University Institute for the Advanced
Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), and its
activities are made possible through the financial
contribution of the Ministry of the Environment,
Government of Japan.