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Decision COP X/7
UNEP/CBD/COP/DEC/X/7

Examination of the outcome-oriented goals and targets and associated indicators and consideration of their possible adjustment for the period beyond 2010

The Conference of the Parties

Informational

1.Welcomes the progress made in biodiversity monitoring since the adoption of the framework to enhance the evaluation of achievements and progress in the implementation of the Strategic Plan (decision VII/30);

Informational

2.Recognizes the need to continue strengthening the ability to monitor biodiversity at all levels including through, inter alia:

(a)Building on and continuing the work of the 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership in delivering global indicators for the post-2010 period;

(b)Inviting scientific networks, including national academies of science, to contribute to the development and refinement of indicators suitable for monitoring biodiversity at the global, regional, national and local levels and encouraging science funding bodies to support such endeavours;

(c)Taking note of paragraphs 14 to 19 of decision X/43 on progress in the identification of indicators on traditional knowledge, practices and innovation and supporting the ongoing efforts of theWorking Group on Indicators of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity and its contribution to the ongoing refinement and use of the proposed indicators relevant to the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020;

(d)Supporting national and regional efforts to establish or strengthen biodiversity monitoring and reporting systems to enable Parties to set their own targets and assess progress towards biodiversity targets established at national and/or regional level;

(e)Strengthening the capacity to mobilize and use biodiversity data, information and forecasts so that they are readily accessible to policymakers, managers, experts and other users, inter alia, through participation in, and support to, the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO-BON);

(f)Identifying and addressing barriers that limit the availability of data, including through the work of the Conservation Commons;

3.Agrees to:

Operational Active
(a)Pursue the use of the global headlines indicators contained in decision VIII/15 and the further development of measures (or specific indicators) in monitoring progress towards selected targets as indicated in annex III to the note by the Executive Secretary on examination of the outcome-oriented goals and targets (and associated indicators) and consideration of their possible adjustment for the period beyond 2010 and summarized in the table in the note by the Executive Secretary on the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity: provisional technical rationale, possible indicators and suggested milestones for the Aichi Biodiversity Targets (UNEP/CBD/COP/10/9);
Operational Active

(b)Complement these global headline indicators with additional indicators which are suitable for monitoring progress towards those targets for which suitable indicators have not yet been identified, in particular in relation to the economics of biodiversity and ecosystem services and the benefits to people derived from these services; and

Operational Active
(c)Develop measures (or specific indicators), in cooperation with the scientific community, that could complement or substitute the existing indicators, taking into account indicators developed under other multilateral environmental agreements and international organizations and sector-based processes, and to bring these to the attention of the Executive Secretary;
Informational

4.Further recognizes the need to draw on the conclusions of the third edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook and other relevant assessments, to explore quantitative policy options, including assessments of the financial resources required to address the causes of biodiversity loss, to support the achievement of the post-2010 goals and targets;

Body
Conference of the Parties (COP)

Meeting
COP-10
Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
18 - 29 October, 2010
Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

AICHI targets
20
Related documents
https://www.cbd.int/doc/publications/gbo/gbo3-final-en.pdf
https://www.cbd.int/gbo3/
Related decisions / recommendations
VII/30
Strategic Plan:  future evaluation of progress
SBSTTA-XIV/9
Examination of the outcome-oriented goals and targets (and associated indicators) and consideration of their possible adjustment for the period beyond 2010
X/43
Multi-year programme of work on the implementation of Article 8(j) and related provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity
VIII/15
Framework for monitoring implementation of the achievement of the 2010 target and integration of targets into the thematic programmes of work