Tracking the Global Biodiversity Targets
Damon Stanwell-‐SmithCoordinator: 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership
Ecosystem Assessment Programme UNEP World ConservaBon Monitoring Centre
Cambridge, UK
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40 OrganisaBons working globally
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"decisions made by governments and other stakeholders are be5er informed to improve the conserva8on and sustainable use of biodiversity at a global scale"
1 Partnership generaBng informaBon useful to decision-‐makers
1 Improved global indicators available
2 NaBonal governments using and contribuBng to delivery of global indicators
Funding from GEF
40 OrganisaBons working globally
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21 "headline" indicators31 metrics
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"to achieve by 2010 a significant reducBon of the current rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional and naBonal level..."
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significant inflecBons
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Highly unlikely that the 2010 Target will be met
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“NaBonal governments and regional organizaBons using and contribuBng to the improved delivery of
global indicators”
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“NaBonal governments and regional organizaBons using and contribuBng to the improved delivery of
global indicators”“NaBonal governments developing and using indicators
relevant to naBonal prioriBes"
Capacity building in 45 CountriesSouth East AsiaCaribbeanMesoamericaEastern AfricaSouthern Africa
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“NaBonal governments and regional organizaBons using and contribuBng to the improved delivery of
global indicators”“NaBonal governments developing and using indicators
relevant to naBonal prioriBes"
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“NaBonal governments and regional organizaBons using and contribuBng to the improved delivery of
global indicators”“NaBonal governments developing and using indicators
relevant to naBonal prioriBes"
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6 UN languages, and Japanese
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A major expansion in naBonal capacity-‐strengthening for the development and use of biodiversity / ecosystem service indicators A communicaBon hub for compelling storylines from the combined suite of global indicators
The Partnership to 2020 and beyond...
An enlarged and enhanced partnership to facilitate experience sharing and indicator implementaBon
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The Partnership to 2020 and beyond...
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• 10 year strategic plan
• Resource mobiliza8on strategy
• Interna8onal protocol on "access to and sharing of the benefits from the use of the gene8c resources"
• 20 Targets, in 5 strategic goals • "Invites the United Na8ons General Assembly to consider declaring 2011-‐2020 the United Na8ons Decade on Biodiversity"
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Contact: Damon.Stanwell-‐Smith@unep-‐wcmc.org
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