Preferred term

21.1 Indicator on biodiversity information for monitoring the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Type

The number (or percentage) of headline indicators identified in a national monitoring framework where national biodiversity datasets, traditional knowledge, and monitoring schemes are available for use. Over time this would capture country-level trends in the access and use of data for governance, management and communication of biodiversity outcomes. Three specific elements are recommended for reporting under this indicator: Metrics on the availability, amount, coverage and quality of information used to report on each biodiversity indicator within the national monitoring framework. An evaluation of how many targets take traditional knowledge into account in the assessment of trends or decisions required for each target. An enumeration of the number and coverage of biodiversity monitoring schemes currently active and providing data and knowledge on the basis of FAIR and CARE principles, needed to report trends in a headline indicator. Definitions for data sources and indicators to do this are given below.

Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON)
Guidelines for indicator development are being prepared by GEO BON, with other partner organizations and groups (GBIF, OBIS, IUCN, IIFB, Birdlife and research centres and universities).
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD)

http://metadata.cbd.int/kmgbf/indicator_21.1

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