Journal article
Assessing coverage of the monitoring framework of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and opportunities to fill gaps
F Affinito, SHM Butchart, E Nicholson, T Hirsch, JM Williams, JE Campbell, MF Ferrari, M Gabay, L Gorini, B Kalamujic Stroil, R Kohsaka, B Painter, JC Pinto, AH Scholz, TRA Straza, N Tshidada, S Vallecillo, S Widdicombe, A Gonzalez
Nature Ecology and Evolution | Springer Nature | Published : 2025
Abstract
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) is the most ambitious multilateral agreement on biodiversity to date. It calls for a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach to halt and reverse biodiversity loss worldwide. The GBF’s monitoring framework lays out how Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity are expected to report on their progress. An expert group convened by the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Indicators, provided guidance on its implementation, including a gap analysis to identify the strengths and limitations of the indicators in the monitoring framework. We present the results of the AHTEG gap ana..
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