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Global Biodiversity Outlook 2

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 .