Indicators Partnership
The Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (BIP) is a global initiative to promote the development, delivery, and use of biodiversity indicators.
Its primary role is to delivering indicators to monitor progress toward global and national goals and targets, such as those established under the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the Convention on Migratory Species and Ramsar, among others. The BIP also supports indicators used in IPBES Assessment reports and for reporting progress towards Sustainable Development Goals. Indicators supported by the BIP are also used by national and regional government.
Join our BIP Partners meeting scheduled for 6–8 March 2024 in Cambridge, UK and online. For latest information, please see here.
The Biodiversity
Indicators Partnership
The Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (BIP) is a global initiative to promote the development, delivery, and use of biodiversity indicators.
Its primary role is to delivering indicators to monitor progress toward global and national goals and targets, such as those established under the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the Convention on Migratory Species and Ramsar, among others. The BIP also supports indicators used in IPBES Assessment reports and for reporting progress towards Sustainable Development Goals. Indicators supported by the BIP are also used by national and regional government.
Join our BIP Partners meeting scheduled for 6–8 March 2024 in Cambridge, UK and online. For latest information, please see here.
Sustainable Development Goals
GOAL 1 End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
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SDG Target 1.4:
By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance.
Relevant Indicators
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SDG Target 1.b:
Create sound policy frameworks at the national, regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies, to support accelerated investment in poverty eradication actions.
Relevant Indicators
GOAL 2 End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
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SDG Target 2.1:
By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round.
Relevant Indicators
- Total number of crop material from the Multilateral System of the International Treaty received in a country
- Number of Contracting Parties to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- Number of countries that have reported legislative, administrative and policy frameworks for measures to implement the International Treaty
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SDG Target 2.3:
By 2030, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, including through secure and equal access to land, other productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment.
Relevant Indicators
- Total number of crop material from the Multilateral System of the International Treaty received in a country
- Number of Contracting Parties to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- Number of countries that have reported legislative, administrative and policy frameworks for measures to implement the International Treaty
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SDG Target 2.4:
By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality.
Relevant Indicators
- Marine Trophic Index
- Trends in Nitrogen Deposition
- Trends in Loss of Reactive Nitrogen to the Environment
- Red List Index
- Red List Index (pollinating species)
- Trends in potentially environmentally harmful elements of government support to agriculture (producer support estimate)
- Wild Bird Index (forest & farmland specialist birds)
- Total number of crop material from the Multilateral System of the International Treaty received in a country
- Number of Contracting Parties to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- Number of countries that have reported legislative, administrative and policy frameworks for measures to implement the International Treaty
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SDG Target 2.5:
By 2020, maintain the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and their related wild species, including through soundly managed and diversified seed and plant banks at the national, regional and international levels, and ensure access to and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, as internationally agreed.
Official Indicators
Relevant Indicators
- Number of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) that have deposited the instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession of the Nagoya Protocol
- Red List Index (wild relatives of domesticated animals)
- Area of forest under sustainable management: total FSC and PEFC forest management certification
- Comprehensiveness of conservation of socioeconomically as well as culturally valuable species
- Total number of crop material from the Multilateral System of the International Treaty received in a country
- Number of Contracting Parties to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- Number of countries that have reported legislative, administrative and policy frameworks for measures to implement the International Treaty
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SDG Target 2.b:
Correct and prevent trade restrictions and distortions in world agricultural markets, including through the parallel elimination of all forms of agricultural export subsidies and all export measures with equivalent effect, in accordance with the mandate of the Doha Development Round
GOAL 3 Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
No global indicators currently available under the BIP
GOAL 4 Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
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SDG Target 4.7:
By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development
Relevant Indicators
GOAL 5 Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
No global indicators currently available under the BIP
GOAL 6 Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
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SDG Target 6.3:
By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally
Relevant Indicators
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SDG Target 6.6:
By 2020, protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes
GOAL 7 Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
No global indicators currently available under the BIP
GOAL 8 Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
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SDG Target 8.4:
Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production, with developed countries taking the lead
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SDG Target 8.5:
By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value
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SDG Target 8.7:
Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms
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SDG Target 8.8:
Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment
GOAL 9 Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.
No global indicators currently available under the BIP
GOAL 10 Reduce inequality within and among countries.
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SDG Target 10.b:
Encourage official development assistance and financial flows, including foreign direct investment, to States where the need is greatest, in particular least developed countries, African countries, small island developing States and landlocked developing countries, in accordance with their national plans and programmes.
Relevant Indicators
GOAL 11 Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
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SDG Target 11.1:
By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums.
Relevant Indicators
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SDG Target 11.4:
Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage.
GOAL 12 Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
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SDG Target 12.1:
Implement the 10-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production, all countries taking action, with developed countries taking the lead, taking into account the development and capabilities of developing countries.
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SDG Target 12.2:
By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources.
Relevant Indicators
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SDG Target 12.5:
By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse.
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SDG Target 12.6:
Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle.
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SDG Target 12.7:
Promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities.
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SDG Target 12.8:
By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature.
GOAL 13 Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
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SDG Target 13.1.:
Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries.
Relevant Indicators
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SDG Target 13.3:
Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning.
Relevant Indicators
GOAL 14 Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.
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SDG Target 14.1:
By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution.
Relevant Indicators
- Trends in Nitrogen Deposition
- Trends in Loss of Reactive Nitrogen to the Environment
- Red List Index
- Red List Index (impacts of pollution)
- Cumulative Human Impacts on Marine Ecosystems
- Protected area coverage
- Biodiversity Engagement Indicator
- Species Protection Index
- Species Habitat Index
- Species Status Information Index
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SDG Target 14.2:
By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans.
Relevant Indicators
- Living Planet Index (trends in target and bycatch species)
- Living Planet Index
- Ocean Health Index
- Climatic impacts on European and North American birds
- Cumulative Human Impacts on Marine Ecosystems
- Red List Index (reef-building corals)
- Live Coral Cover
- Reef Fish Thermal Index
- Large Reef Fish
- Ecosystem Area Index
- Ecosystem Health Index
- Red List Index of Ecosystems
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SDG Target 14.3:
Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels.
Relevant Indicators
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SDG Target 14.4:
By 2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics.
Official Indicators
Relevant Indicators
- Living Planet Index (trends in target and bycatch species)
- Marine Trophic Index
- MSC Certified Catch
- Living Planet Index
- Ocean Health Index
- Red List Index
- Red List Index (impacts of utilisation)
- Red List Index (impacts of fisheries)
- Red List Index (species used for food and medicine)
- Percentage of Parties with legislation in Category 1 under CITES National Legislation Project (NLP)
- Large Reef Fish
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SDG Target 14.5:
By 2020, conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best available scientific information.
Official Indicators
Relevant Indicators
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SDG Target 14.6:
By 2020, prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, eliminate subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and refrain from introducing new such subsidies, recognizing that appropriate and effective special and differential treatment for developing and least developed countries should be an integral part of the World Trade Organization fisheries subsidies negotiation.
Relevant Indicators
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SDG Target 14.7:
By 2030, increase the economic benefits to Small Island developing States and least developed countries from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism.
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SDG Target 14.a:
Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed countries.
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SDG Target 14.c:
Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law as reflected in UNCLOS, which provides the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources, as recalled in paragraph 158 of The Future We Want.
GOAL 15 Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.
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SDG Target 15.1:
By 2020, ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international agreements.
Official Indicators
Relevant Indicators
- Living Planet Index (farmland specialists)
- Wildlife Picture Index in tropical forest protected areas
- Trends in Nitrogen Deposition
- Living Planet Index
- Trends in Loss of Reactive Nitrogen to the Environment
- Wildlife Picture Index
- Official development assistance for biodiversity
- Protected area coverage
- Red List Index (forest specialist species)
- Wild Bird Index (forest & farmland specialist birds)
- Area of forest under sustainable management: total FSC and PEFC forest management certification
- Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production (HANPP)
- Biodiversity Intactness Index
- Protected Area Representativeness Index (PARC-Representativeness)
- Protected Area Connectedness Index (PARC-Connectedness)
- Biodiversity Habitat Index
- Protected Connected (ProtConn)
- Biodiversity Engagement Indicator
- Bioclimatic Ecosystem Resilience Index (BERI)
- Species Protection Index
- Species Habitat Index
- Species Status Information Index
- Ecosystem Area Index
- Ecosystem Health Index
- Red List Index of Ecosystems
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SDG Target 15.2:
By 2020, promote the implementation of sustainable management of all types of forests, halt deforestation, restore degraded forests and substantially increase afforestation and reforestation globally.
Official Indicators
Relevant Indicators
- Living Planet Index (farmland specialists)
- Forest area as a proportion of total land area
- Red List Index
- Official development assistance for biodiversity
- Protected Area Coverage of Key Biodiversity Areas
- Red List Index (forest specialist species)
- Protected Areas Management Effectiveness
- Wild Bird Index (forest & farmland specialist birds)
- Area of forest under sustainable management: total FSC and PEFC forest management certification
- Protected Area Coverage of Ecoregions
- Biodiversity Habitat Index
- Bioclimatic Ecosystem Resilience Index (BERI)
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SDG Target 15.3:
By 2030, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world.
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SDG Target 15.4:
By 2030, ensure the conservation of mountain ecosystems, including their biodiversity, in order to enhance their capacity to provide benefits that are essential for sustainable development.
Official Indicators
Relevant Indicators
- Living Planet Index
- Red List Index
- Red List Index (pollinating species)
- Official development assistance for biodiversity
- Protected Areas Management Effectiveness
- Protected Area Coverage of Ecoregions
- Protected Area Representativeness Index (PARC-Representativeness)
- Protected Area Connectedness Index (PARC-Connectedness)
- Biodiversity Habitat Index
- Bioclimatic Ecosystem Resilience Index (BERI)
- Ecosystem Area Index
- Ecosystem Health Index
- Red List Index of Ecosystems
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SDG Target 15.5:
Take urgent and significant action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, halt the loss of biodiversity and, by 2020, protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species.
Official Indicators
Relevant Indicators
- Wildlife Picture Index in tropical forest protected areas
- Living Planet Index (farmland specialists)
- Living Planet Index (forest specialists)
- Living Planet Index
- Climatic impacts on European and North American birds
- Wildlife Picture Index
- Red List Index (species used for food and medicine)
- Official development assistance for biodiversity
- Red List Index (forest specialist species)
- Protected Area Coverage of Key Biodiversity Areas
- Proportion of known species assessed through the IUCN Red List
- Protected Areas Management Effectiveness
- Wild Bird Index (forest & farmland specialist birds)
- Area of forest under sustainable management: total FSC and PEFC forest management certification
- Protected Area Coverage of Ecoregions
- Number of extinctions avoided
- Number of species extinctions (birds and mammals)
- Biodiversity Habitat Index
- Bioclimatic Ecosystem Resilience Index (BERI)
- Ecosystem Area Index
- Ecosystem Health Index
- Red List Index of Ecosystems
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SDG Target 15.6:
Ensure fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and promote appropriate access to such resources.
Official Indicators
- Number of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) that have deposited the instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession of the Nagoya Protocol
- Total number of crop material from the Multilateral System of the International Treaty received in a country
- Number of Contracting Parties to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- Number of countries that have reported legislative, administrative and policy frameworks for measures to implement the International Treaty
Relevant Indicators
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SDG Target 15.7:
Take urgent action to end poaching and trafficking of protected species of flora and fauna and address both demand and supply of illegal wildlife products.
Relevant Indicators
- Living Planet Index
- Red List Index
- Red List Index (impacts of utilisation)
- Red List Index (species used for food and medicine)
- Red List Index (internationally traded species)
- Protected Area Coverage of Key Biodiversity Areas
- Protected Areas Management Effectiveness
- Area of forest under sustainable management: total FSC and PEFC forest management certification
- Protected Area Coverage of Ecoregions
- Percentage of Parties with legislation in Category 1 under CITES National Legislation Project (NLP)
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SDG Target 15.8:
By 2020, introduce measures to prevent the introduction and significantly reduce the impact of invasive alien species on land and water ecosystems and control or eradicate the priority species.
Official Indicators
Relevant Indicators
- Living Planet Index
- Trends in the numbers of invasive alien species introduction events
- Red List Index
- Red List Index (impacts of invasive alien species)
- Official development assistance for biodiversity
- Legislation for prevention and control of invasive alien species (IAS), encompassing “Trends in policy responses, legislation and management plans to control and prevent spread of invasive alien species” and “Proportion of countries adopting relevant national legislation and adequately resourcing the prevention or control of invasive alien species”
- Trends in invasive alien species vertebrate eradications
- Area of forest under sustainable management: total FSC and PEFC forest management certification
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SDG Target 15.9:
By 2020, integrate ecosystem and biodiversity values into national and local planning, development processes, poverty reduction strategies and accounts.
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SDG Target 15.a:
Mobilize and significantly increase financial resources from all sources to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity and ecosystems.
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SDG Target 15.b:
Mobilize significant resources from all sources and at all levels to finance sustainable forest management and provide adequate incentives to developing countries to advance such management, including for conservation and reforestation.
Official Indicators
Relevant Indicators
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SDG Target 15.c:
Enhance global support for efforts to combat poaching and trafficking of protected species, including by increasing the capacity of local communities to pursue sustainable livelihood opportunities.
GOAL 16 Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
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SDG Target 16.3:
Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all.
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SDG Target 16.5:
Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms.
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SDG Target 16.7:
Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels.
GOAL 17 Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.
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SDG Target 17.14:
Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development.
Relevant Indicators
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SDG Target 17.6:
Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism
Relevant Indicators
Multilateral Environmental Agreements
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CITES
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CMS
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IPBES Global Assessment
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IPBES Regional Assessments
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Ramsar
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UNCCD
CITES
Relevant Indicators
- Biodiversity Barometer
- Climatic impacts on European and North American birds
- Forest area as a proportion of total land area
- Growth in Species Occurrence Records Accessible Through GBIF
- Living Planet Index
- Marine Trophic Index
- Official development assistance for biodiversity
- Percentage of Parties with legislation in Category 1 under CITES National Legislation Project (NLP)
- Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels
- Red List Index
- Red List Index (impacts of utilisation)
- Red List Index (internationally traded species)
- Red List Index (pollinating species)
- Red List Index (reef-building corals)
- WAZA bio-literacy survey (Biodiversity literacy in global zoo and aquarium visitors)
- Wetland Extent Trends Index
- Wild Bird Index (forest & farmland specialist birds)
- Wildlife Picture Index
- Wildlife Picture Index in tropical forest protected areas
CMS
Relevant Indicators
- Biodiversity Barometer
- Climatic impacts on European and North American birds
- Ecological Footprint
- Forest area as a proportion of total land area
- Growth in Species Occurrence Records Accessible Through GBIF
- Legislation for prevention and control of invasive alien species (IAS), encompassing “Trends in policy responses, legislation and management plans to control and prevent spread of invasive alien species” and “Proportion of countries adopting relevant national legislation and adequately resourcing the prevention or control of invasive alien species”
- Living Planet Index
- MSC Certified Catch
- Marine Trophic Index
- Number of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) that have deposited the instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession of the Nagoya Protocol
- Number of countries with developed or revised NBSAPs
- Official development assistance for biodiversity
- Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels
- Protected Area Coverage of Ecoregions
- Protected Area Coverage of Key Biodiversity Areas
- Protected Areas Management Effectiveness
- Red List Index
- Red List Index (impacts of fisheries)
- Red List Index (impacts of invasive alien species)
- Red List Index (impacts of pollution)
- Red List Index (impacts of utilisation)
- Red List Index (pollinating species)
- Red List Index (reef-building corals)
- Red List Index (species used for food and medicine)
- Trends in Loss of Reactive Nitrogen to the Environment
- Trends in Nitrogen Deposition
- Trends in potentially environmentally harmful elements of government support to agriculture (producer support estimate)
- Trends in the numbers of invasive alien species introduction events
- WAZA bio-literacy survey (Biodiversity literacy in global zoo and aquarium visitors)
- Wetland Extent Trends Index
- Wild Bird Index (forest & farmland specialist birds)
- Wildlife Picture Index in tropical forest protected areas
IPBES Global Assessment
IPBES is to perform regular and timely assessments of knowledge on biodiversity and ecosystem services and their interlinkages at the global level. Also addressing an invitation by the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to prepare a global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services building, inter alia, on its own and other relevant regional, subregional and thematic assessments, as well as on national reports.
More information on the indicators used for the status and trends of nature can be found in the supplementary material 2.2 of the global assessment https://ipbes.net/sites/default/files/2021-01/GA_chapter_2-2_supplementary_materials_Nature.pdf
Relevant Indicators
- Area of forest under sustainable management: total FSC and PEFC forest management certification
- Biodiversity Barometer
- Biodiversity Intactness Index
- Climatic impacts on European and North American birds
- Cumulative Human Impacts on Marine Ecosystems
- Ecological Footprint
- Forest area as a proportion of total land area
- Growth in Species Occurrence Records Accessible Through GBIF
- Index of Linguistic Diversity
- Large Reef Fish
- Legislation for prevention and control of invasive alien species (IAS), encompassing “Trends in policy responses, legislation and management plans to control and prevent spread of invasive alien species” and “Proportion of countries adopting relevant national legislation and adequately resourcing the prevention or control of invasive alien species”
- Living Planet Index
- Living Planet Index (forest specialists)
- MSC Certified Catch
- Marine Trophic Index
- Number of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) that have deposited the instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession of the Nagoya Protocol
- Number of countries with developed or revised NBSAPs
- Ocean Health Index
- Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels
- Protected Area Coverage of Key Biodiversity Areas
- Protected Areas Management Effectiveness
- Protected area coverage
- Red List Index
- Red List Index (impacts of fisheries)
- Red List Index (impacts of invasive alien species)
- Red List Index (impacts of pollution)
- Red List Index (impacts of utilisation)
- Red List Index (pollinating species)
- Red List Index (reef-building corals)
- Red List Index (species used for food and medicine)
- Reef Fish Thermal Index
- Species Habitat Index
- Species Protection Index
- Species Status Information Index
- Trends in Loss of Reactive Nitrogen to the Environment
- Trends in Nitrogen Deposition
- Trends in invasive alien species vertebrate eradications
- Trends in potentially environmentally harmful elements of government support to agriculture (producer support estimate)
- Trends in the numbers of invasive alien species introduction events
- Wetland Extent Trends Index
- Wild Bird Index (forest & farmland specialist birds)
- Wildlife Picture Index
IPBES Regional Assessments
IPBES is to perform regular and timely assessments of knowledge on biodiversity and ecosystem services and their interlinkages at regional and subregional levels. Under this deliverable the Platform will prepare a set of regional and subregional assessments. The overall aim will be to assess the status and trends of biodiversity and ecosystem services, the impact of biodiversity and ecosystem services on human well-being and the effectiveness of responses, including the Strategic Plan and its Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the national biodiversity strategies and action plans. The assessments are also to identify the need for capacity, knowledge and policy support tools.
Relevant Indicators
- Area of forest under sustainable management: total FSC and PEFC forest management certification
- Biodiversity Barometer
- Biodiversity Habitat Index
- Biodiversity Intactness Index
- Climatic impacts on European and North American birds
- Cumulative Human Impacts on Marine Ecosystems
- Ecological Footprint
- Forest area as a proportion of total land area
- Growth in Species Occurrence Records Accessible Through GBIF
- Index of Linguistic Diversity
- Large Reef Fish
- Legislation for prevention and control of invasive alien species (IAS), encompassing “Trends in policy responses, legislation and management plans to control and prevent spread of invasive alien species” and “Proportion of countries adopting relevant national legislation and adequately resourcing the prevention or control of invasive alien species”
- Living Planet Index
- Living Planet Index (farmland specialists)
- Living Planet Index (forest specialists)
- Living Planet Index (trends in target and bycatch species)
- MSC Certified Catch
- Marine Trophic Index
- Number of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) that have deposited the instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession of the Nagoya Protocol
- Number of countries with developed or revised NBSAPs
- Ocean Health Index
- Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels
- Proportion of known species assessed through the IUCN Red List
- Protected Area Connectedness Index (PARC-Connectedness)
- Protected Area Coverage of Ecoregions
- Protected Area Coverage of Key Biodiversity Areas
- Protected Area Representativeness Index (PARC-Representativeness)
- Protected Areas Management Effectiveness
- Protected area coverage
- Red List Index
- Red List Index (impacts of fisheries)
- Red List Index (impacts of invasive alien species)
- Red List Index (impacts of pollution)
- Red List Index (impacts of utilisation)
- Red List Index (pollinating species)
- Red List Index (reef-building corals)
- Red List Index (species used for food and medicine)
- Reef Fish Thermal Index
- Trends in Loss of Reactive Nitrogen to the Environment
- Trends in Nitrogen Deposition
- Trends in invasive alien species vertebrate eradications
- Trends in potentially environmentally harmful elements of government support to agriculture (producer support estimate)
- Trends in the numbers of invasive alien species introduction events
- WAZA bio-literacy survey (Biodiversity literacy in global zoo and aquarium visitors)
- Wetland Extent Trends Index
- Wild Bird Index (forest & farmland specialist birds)
- Wildlife Picture Index
- Wildlife Picture Index in tropical forest protected areas
Ramsar
The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, called the Ramsar Convention, is the intergovernmental treaty that provides the framework for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources.
Relevant Indicators
- Area of forest under sustainable management: total FSC and PEFC forest management certification
- Biodiversity Barometer
- Climatic impacts on European and North American birds
- Ecological Footprint
- Growth in Species Occurrence Records Accessible Through GBIF
- Index of Linguistic Diversity
- Legislation for prevention and control of invasive alien species (IAS), encompassing “Trends in policy responses, legislation and management plans to control and prevent spread of invasive alien species” and “Proportion of countries adopting relevant national legislation and adequately resourcing the prevention or control of invasive alien species”
- Living Planet Index
- Ocean Health Index
- Official development assistance for biodiversity
- Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels
- Protected Area Coverage of Ecoregions
- Protected Area Coverage of Key Biodiversity Areas
- Protected area coverage
- Red List Index
- Red List Index (impacts of fisheries)
- Red List Index (impacts of invasive alien species)
- Red List Index (impacts of pollution)
- Red List Index (impacts of utilisation)
- Red List Index (pollinating species)
- Red List Index (reef-building corals)
- Red List Index (species used for food and medicine)
- Trends in Loss of Reactive Nitrogen to the Environment
- Trends in Nitrogen Deposition
- Trends in potentially environmentally harmful elements of government support to agriculture (producer support estimate)
- Trends in the numbers of invasive alien species introduction events
- Wetland Extent Trends Index
- Wild Bird Index (forest & farmland specialist birds)
- Wildlife Picture Index
UNCCD
Established in 1994, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification is the sole legally binding international agreement linking environment and development to sustainable land management. The Convention addresses specifically the arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, known as the drylands, where some of the most vulnerable ecosystems and peoples can be found.
Relevant Indicators
- Area of forest under sustainable management: total FSC and PEFC forest management certification
- Climatic impacts on European and North American birds
- Ecological Footprint
- Growth in Species Occurrence Records Accessible Through GBIF
- Living Planet Index
- Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
- Protected Area Coverage of Ecoregions
- Protected Area Coverage of Key Biodiversity Areas
- Protected Areas Management Effectiveness
- Red List Index
- Red List Index (impacts of pollution)
- Red List Index (pollinating species)
- Red List Index (species used for food and medicine)
- Trends in Loss of Reactive Nitrogen to the Environment
- Trends in potentially environmentally harmful elements of government support to agriculture (producer support estimate)
- Wild Bird Index (forest & farmland specialist birds)
Themes
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Agriculture
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Marine & freshwater habitats
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Pollution
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Finance, research and knowledge
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Human well-being
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Policy & conservation actions
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Species
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Terrestrial habitats
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Sustainable use of natural resources and land
Agriculture
Relevant Indicators
- Living Planet Index (farmland specialists)
- Trends in potentially environmentally harmful elements of government support to agriculture (producer support estimate)
- Proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk, not-at-risk or at unknown level of risk of extinction
- Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production (HANPP)
- Biodiversity Habitat Index
- Comprehensiveness of conservation of socioeconomically as well as culturally valuable species
- Bioclimatic Ecosystem Resilience Index (BERI)
- Total number of crop material from the Multilateral System of the International Treaty received in a country
- Number of Contracting Parties to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- Number of countries that have reported legislative, administrative and policy frameworks for measures to implement the International Treaty
Marine & freshwater habitats
Relevant Indicators
- Living Planet Index (trends in target and bycatch species)
- Marine Trophic Index
- MSC Certified Catch
- Living Planet Index
- Ocean Health Index
- Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels
- Red List Index (impacts of fisheries)
- Water Quality Index for Biodiversity
- Cumulative Human Impacts on Marine Ecosystems
- Red List Index (reef-building corals)
- Protected area coverage
- Protected Areas Management Effectiveness
- Wetland Extent Trends Index
- CGMFC-21 - Continuous Global Mangrove Forest Cover for the 21st Century
- Proportion of important sites for terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity that are covered by protected areas, by ecosystem type
- Live Coral Cover
- Biodiversity Engagement Indicator
- Reef Fish Thermal Index
- Large Reef Fish
- Number of MSC Chain of Custody Certification holders by distribution country
- Number and volume of MSC certified, consumer-facing products by distribution country
- Species Protection Index
- Species Habitat Index
- Species Status Information Index
- Ecosystem Area Index
- Ecosystem Health Index
- Red List Index of Ecosystems
Pollution
Finance, research and knowledge
Relevant Indicators
- Biodiversity Barometer
- Growth in Species Occurrence Records Accessible Through GBIF
- Legislation for prevention and control of invasive alien species (IAS), encompassing “Trends in policy responses, legislation and management plans to control and prevent spread of invasive alien species” and “Proportion of countries adopting relevant national legislation and adequately resourcing the prevention or control of invasive alien species”
- Index of Linguistic Diversity
- Species Status Information Index
Human well-being
Policy & conservation actions
Relevant Indicators
- Wildlife Picture Index in tropical forest protected areas
- Biodiversity Barometer
- Living Planet Index (forest specialists)
- Living Planet Index
- Ocean Health Index
- Official development assistance for biodiversity
- Cumulative Human Impacts on Marine Ecosystems
- Protected area coverage
- Protected Area Coverage of Key Biodiversity Areas
- Protected Areas Management Effectiveness
- Number of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) that have deposited the instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession of the Nagoya Protocol
- Number of countries with developed or revised NBSAPs
- Legislation for prevention and control of invasive alien species (IAS), encompassing “Trends in policy responses, legislation and management plans to control and prevent spread of invasive alien species” and “Proportion of countries adopting relevant national legislation and adequately resourcing the prevention or control of invasive alien species”
- Trends in invasive alien species vertebrate eradications
- Protected Area Coverage of Ecoregions
- Coverage by protected areas of important sites for mountain biodiversity
- Proportion of important sites for terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity that are covered by protected areas, by ecosystem type
- Number of countries with biodiversity-relevant taxes
- Number of countries with biodiversity-relevant charges and fees
- Number of countries with biodiversity-relevant tradable permit schemes
- Percentage of Parties with legislation in Category 1 under CITES National Legislation Project (NLP)
- Protected Area Representativeness Index (PARC-Representativeness)
- Protected Area Connectedness Index (PARC-Connectedness)
- Biodiversity Habitat Index
- Live Coral Cover
- Protected Connected (ProtConn)
- Biodiversity Engagement Indicator
- Comprehensiveness of conservation of socioeconomically as well as culturally valuable species
- Bioclimatic Ecosystem Resilience Index (BERI)
- Total number of crop material from the Multilateral System of the International Treaty received in a country
- Number of Contracting Parties to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- Number of countries that have reported legislative, administrative and policy frameworks for measures to implement the International Treaty
- Species Protection Index
- Species Habitat Index
Species
Relevant Indicators
- Wildlife Picture Index in tropical forest protected areas
- Living Planet Index (farmland specialists)
- Living Planet Index (forest specialists)
- Living Planet Index (trends in target and bycatch species)
- Marine Trophic Index
- Living Planet Index
- Ocean Health Index
- Growth in Species Occurrence Records Accessible Through GBIF
- Trends in the numbers of invasive alien species introduction events
- Red List Index
- Red List Index (pollinating species)
- Climatic impacts on European and North American birds
- Red List Index (impacts of utilisation)
- Red List Index (impacts of fisheries)
- Wildlife Picture Index
- Red List Index (impacts of pollution)
- Red List Index (species used for food and medicine)
- Red List Index (impacts of invasive alien species)
- Cumulative Human Impacts on Marine Ecosystems
- Red List Index (reef-building corals)
- Red List Index (internationally traded species)
- Protected area coverage
- Red List Index (forest specialist species)
- Protected Area Coverage of Key Biodiversity Areas
- Proportion of known species assessed through the IUCN Red List
- Proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk, not-at-risk or at unknown level of risk of extinction
- Legislation for prevention and control of invasive alien species (IAS), encompassing “Trends in policy responses, legislation and management plans to control and prevent spread of invasive alien species” and “Proportion of countries adopting relevant national legislation and adequately resourcing the prevention or control of invasive alien species”
- Trends in invasive alien species vertebrate eradications
- Wild Bird Index (forest & farmland specialist birds)
- Number of extinctions avoided
- Number of species extinctions (birds and mammals)
- Coverage by protected areas of important sites for mountain biodiversity
- Percentage of Parties with legislation in Category 1 under CITES National Legislation Project (NLP)
- Biodiversity Intactness Index
- Protected Area Representativeness Index (PARC-Representativeness)
- Protected Area Connectedness Index (PARC-Connectedness)
- Biodiversity Habitat Index
- Protected Connected (ProtConn)
- Biodiversity Engagement Indicator
- Reef Fish Thermal Index
- Comprehensiveness of conservation of socioeconomically as well as culturally valuable species
- Bioclimatic Ecosystem Resilience Index (BERI)
- Species Protection Index
- Species Habitat Index
- Species Status Information Index
Terrestrial habitats
Relevant Indicators
- Wildlife Picture Index in tropical forest protected areas
- Living Planet Index (farmland specialists)
- Living Planet Index (forest specialists)
- Forest area as a proportion of total land area
- Living Planet Index
- Wildlife Picture Index
- Protected area coverage
- Red List Index (forest specialist species)
- Protected Areas Management Effectiveness
- Area of forest under sustainable management: total FSC and PEFC forest management certification
- Coverage by protected areas of important sites for mountain biodiversity
- Proportion of important sites for terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity that are covered by protected areas, by ecosystem type
- Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production (HANPP)
- Biodiversity Intactness Index
- Protected Area Representativeness Index (PARC-Representativeness)
- Protected Area Connectedness Index (PARC-Connectedness)
- Biodiversity Habitat Index
- Protected Connected (ProtConn)
- Biodiversity Engagement Indicator
- Comprehensiveness of conservation of socioeconomically as well as culturally valuable species
- Bioclimatic Ecosystem Resilience Index (BERI)
- Species Protection Index
- Species Habitat Index
- Species Status Information Index
- Ecosystem Area Index
- Ecosystem Health Index
- Red List Index of Ecosystems
Sustainable use of natural resources and land
Relevant Indicators
- Biodiversity Barometer
- Living Planet Index (forest specialists)
- Marine Trophic Index
- MSC Certified Catch
- Ecological Footprint
- Living Planet Index
- Ocean Health Index
- Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels
- Red List Index (pollinating species)
- Red List Index (impacts of utilisation)
- Red List Index (species used for food and medicine)
- Protected area coverage
- Area of forest under sustainable management: total FSC and PEFC forest management certification
- Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
- WAZA bio-literacy survey (Biodiversity literacy in global zoo and aquarium visitors)
- Coverage by protected areas of important sites for mountain biodiversity
- Percentage of Parties with legislation in Category 1 under CITES National Legislation Project (NLP)
- Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production (HANPP)
- Biodiversity Habitat Index
- Protected Connected (ProtConn)
- Biodiversity Engagement Indicator
- Large Reef Fish
- Comprehensiveness of conservation of socioeconomically as well as culturally valuable species
- Bioclimatic Ecosystem Resilience Index (BERI)
- Number of MSC Chain of Custody Certification holders by distribution country
- Number and volume of MSC certified, consumer-facing products by distribution country
National Indicators
Browse global indicators that have data available by country. Countries have been classified according to the UN Environment Regions.
Visit the links below to find a list of indicators that have data available by country. More information on the indicator suitability, data, methods involved, and examples of national use can be found on the 'National use of indicator' section of each indicator page.
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