National Reports

National Reports

What's New?

7NR Guidance and Template

In decision 15/6, Parties are requested to submit their seventh national report by 28 February 2026 and their eighth national report by 30 June 2029 to enable the preparation of the global reviews, as adopted in decision 16/32, using the guidance and template available on the 7th National Report page.

Parties are also requested to use the monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, adopted in decision 15/5, including the technical updates agreed in decision 16/31, in their national reports. The headline indicators and binary indicators are a main element of the national reporting template. Parties, can, as appropriate, also use the disagregations of the headline indicators, and the optional component and complementary indicators identified in the monitoring framework in their national reports along with any relevant national indicators.

Online Reporting Tool

National targets and NBSAPs due by COP-16 are available on the Online Reporting Tool. Details on the use of the ORT are provided in notification 2023-117, notification 2024-045 and notification 2024-103.

The Online Reporting Tool is also available for submission of the seventh national report, as per notification 2025-074.

Webinars

- Webinar on the use of the ORT for national reporting (June 2025): recordings available in English, French and Spanish

- Webinar on the use of the ORT for national target submission (September 2024): recordings available in English, French, Spanish and Russian

- Webinar on the use of the ORT for national target submission (and early demonstration of the national reporting functionality)(June 2024): recording available in English.

Access 6NRs

The 6NRs that were submitted using the online reporting tool are accessible on the Clearing-House Mechanism. Those submitted offline are accessible below:


 

Data Reporting Tool for MEAs (DaRT)

DaRT is the first tool supporting Parties to effectively use synergies in the field of knowledge and information management for national reporting to biodiversity-related conventions. DaRT is being developed by UNEP, with the support of SCBD, and was endorsed by the InforMEA Initiative which brings together MEAs. It is financially supported by the European Union and Switzerland. Click here for further details. See also SBI-3 information document prepared on DaRT.

Bioland Tool

The Bioland Tool is a turnkey solution that can be used by all countries, no matter what capacity constraints they are faced with, to establish a basic operational national CHM website which, among other things, can effectively facilitate NBSAP implementation. This turnkey solution uses the Drupal content management system (CMS) and is available at no cost to countries. Click here to see a demonstration of the Bioland Tool. Countries interested in making use of the Bioland Tool should contact the CBD Secretariat at secretariat@cbd.int.