Key Supporting Documents
Dataset on indicators
For each of the headline indicators adopted by decision VII/30, this information system lists specific national, regional and global indicators and/or data sets. The system includes a detailed characterization of the methods and technical limitations of each indicator and/or data set, as requested by SBSTTA (recommendation X/5, para 12(b)).

Cross-roads of Planet Earth’s Life: Exploring means to meet the 2010-biodiversity target
Prepared by the GLOBIO Consortium, the report uses scenario modeling to explore candidate policy options which could contribute towards meaningful and lasting benefits for biodiversity.

Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Biodiversity Synthesis Report of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Prepared for the CBD, this report provides an overview of biodiversity across the assessment, organized around a set of six questions which were initially posed by the CBD to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.

Click here to download the English version of the Biodiversity Synthesis Report.

To download other language versions of the Biodiversity Synthesis Report, or other reports, visit the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment site.


UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/9
Indicators for assessing progress towards, and communicating, the 2010 target at the global level

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/INF/7
Report of the ad hoc technical expert group on indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 biodiversity target

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/INF/10
Indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 target: Trends in extent of selected biomes, ecosystems and habitats

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/INF/11
Indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 target: Trends in abundance and distribution of selected species

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/INF/12
Indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 target: Coverage of protected areas

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/INF/13
Indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 target: Change in status of threatened species

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/INF/14
Indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 target: Trends in genetic diversity of domesticated animals, cultivated plants, and fish species of major socio-economic importance

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/INF/15
Indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 target: Area of forest, agricultural and aquaculture ecosystems under sustainable management

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/INF/16
Indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 target: Nitrogen deposition

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/INF/17
Indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 target: Numbers and cost of alien invasions

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/INF/18
Indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 target: Marine trophic index

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/INF/19
Indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 target: Water quality in aquatic ecosystems

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/INF/20
Indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 target: Connectivity/Fragmentation of ecosystems

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/INF/21
Indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 target: Status and trends of linguistic diversity and numbers of speakers of indigenous languages

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/INF/22
Indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 target: Official Development Assistance provided in support of the Convention

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/INF/17
Indicators For Assessing Progress Towards The 2010 Target: Options for Reporting on the Impact of Climate Change on Biological Diversity