Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments About Introduction Background Programme COP Decisions Implementation Pilot Assessments Database of Scientific AssessmentsNational-Level IndicatorsGlobal IndicatorsGBO 2GBO 3 Related Information Meetings and Documents Other Relevant DocumentsNotifications Identification & Monitoring Friday // 4.4.2025 Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments What's New 6 October 2023Global biodiversity experts gather in Montreal for the conference "Monitoring Biodiversity for Action". More » 4 October 2021Launch of UN Biodiversity Lab 2.0: Spatial data and the future of our planet. More » 8 May 2019Statement by Ms. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, at the closing of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, 4 May 2019. More » More News » Notifications 3 April 2025 (2025-047)Regional dialogue for member States of the Southern African Development Community and the East African Community on the update or revision of national and regional biodiversity strategies and action plans, 19-23 May 2025, Cape Town, South Africa. More » 3 April 2025 (2025-046)Invitation to submit inputs and relevant information to support the development of a methodology for headline indicator 22.1 of the monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. More » 3 April 2025 (2025-045)Invitation to submit inputs and relevant information to support the development of a methodology for additional component indicators for headline indicators 18.1 and 18.2 of the monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. More » More Notifications » Upcoming Meetings 19–23 May 2025, Cape Town, South AfricaRegional dialogue for member States of the Southern African Development Community and the East African Community on the update or revision of national and regional biodiversity strategies and action plans. 29 and 30 May 2025, ApiaSubregional dialogue for the Pacific small island developing States on biodiversity monitoring and reporting. More Upcoming Meetings » Our knowledge of biodiversity is still limited. Only one out of five to ten of all species is known to science. And even among the most well-known taxonomic groups - mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and vascular plants - we do not know the population size, distribution or threat status for many. We still have many questions about the inherent dynamics of ecosystems and their functioning and cannot predict when gradual impact on an ecosystem reaches a threshold at which the state of the ecosystem changes dramatically and irreversibly. To address these questions the Convention calls upon countries to identify components of biological diversity important for its conservation and sustainable use. It also indicates which components countries might need to focus on when designing biodiversity monitoring programmes: Ecosystems and habitats containing high diversity, large numbers of endemic or threatened species, or wilderness; required by migratory species; of social, economic, cultural or scientific importance; or, which are representative, unique or associated with key evolutionary or other biological processes;Species and communities which are threatened; wild relatives of domesticated or cultivated species; of medicinal, agricultural or other economic value; or social, scientific or cultural importance; or importance for research into the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, such as indicator species; andDescribed genomes and genes of social, scientific or economic importance. Moreover, the Convention encourages countries to maintain and organize biodiversity information to facilitate future analyses and assessments. More »
Identification & Monitoring Friday // 4.4.2025 Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments What's New 6 October 2023Global biodiversity experts gather in Montreal for the conference "Monitoring Biodiversity for Action". More » 4 October 2021Launch of UN Biodiversity Lab 2.0: Spatial data and the future of our planet. More » 8 May 2019Statement by Ms. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, at the closing of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, 4 May 2019. More » More News » Notifications 3 April 2025 (2025-047)Regional dialogue for member States of the Southern African Development Community and the East African Community on the update or revision of national and regional biodiversity strategies and action plans, 19-23 May 2025, Cape Town, South Africa. More » 3 April 2025 (2025-046)Invitation to submit inputs and relevant information to support the development of a methodology for headline indicator 22.1 of the monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. More » 3 April 2025 (2025-045)Invitation to submit inputs and relevant information to support the development of a methodology for additional component indicators for headline indicators 18.1 and 18.2 of the monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. More » More Notifications » Upcoming Meetings 19–23 May 2025, Cape Town, South AfricaRegional dialogue for member States of the Southern African Development Community and the East African Community on the update or revision of national and regional biodiversity strategies and action plans. 29 and 30 May 2025, ApiaSubregional dialogue for the Pacific small island developing States on biodiversity monitoring and reporting. More Upcoming Meetings » Our knowledge of biodiversity is still limited. Only one out of five to ten of all species is known to science. And even among the most well-known taxonomic groups - mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and vascular plants - we do not know the population size, distribution or threat status for many. We still have many questions about the inherent dynamics of ecosystems and their functioning and cannot predict when gradual impact on an ecosystem reaches a threshold at which the state of the ecosystem changes dramatically and irreversibly. To address these questions the Convention calls upon countries to identify components of biological diversity important for its conservation and sustainable use. It also indicates which components countries might need to focus on when designing biodiversity monitoring programmes: Ecosystems and habitats containing high diversity, large numbers of endemic or threatened species, or wilderness; required by migratory species; of social, economic, cultural or scientific importance; or, which are representative, unique or associated with key evolutionary or other biological processes;Species and communities which are threatened; wild relatives of domesticated or cultivated species; of medicinal, agricultural or other economic value; or social, scientific or cultural importance; or importance for research into the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, such as indicator species; andDescribed genomes and genes of social, scientific or economic importance. Moreover, the Convention encourages countries to maintain and organize biodiversity information to facilitate future analyses and assessments. More »