Guidance and template for the seventh and eighth national reports 

Guidance and template for the seventh national report  (Note: the guidance is extracted from Annex II of decision 15/6, and the template is extracted from Annex I of decision 16/32.)

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Resource manual for the seventh national report 

Online Reporting Tool 

The Online Reporting Tool is available for the seventh national report.

A User guide for the online reporting tool is  available.

Webinars

• Webinar on the ORT for the 7th National Reports (December 2025): recordings in English, French and Spanish      New!
• Webinar on the use of the ORT for national reporting (June 2025): recordings in English, French and Spanish
• Webinar on the use of the ORT for national target submission (September 2024): English, French, Spanish and Russian

Relevant decisions

• Decision 16/32 (PDF | Word): Mechanisms for planning, monitoring, reporting and review, including the global review of collective progress in the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework to be conducted at the seventeenth and nineteenth meetings of the Conference of the Parties
• Decision 15/6 (PDF | Word): Mechanisms for planning, monitoring, reporting and review
• Decision 15/5 (PDF | Word): Monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
• Decision 16/31 (PDF | Word): Monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Supporting materials

• Resource manual for the seventh national report 
• User guide for the online reporting tool
• Revised guidance on using the indicators of the monitoring framework of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (CBD/COP/16/INF/3/Rev.1) (PDF | Word)
• Guidance notes for the 2030 Targets
• Compilation of decisions related to national reports:
  • COP 16/NP COP-MOP 5  (PDF | Word)
  • COP 15/CP COP-MOP 10/NP COP-MOP 4 (PDF)

Regional and sub-regional dialogues on biodiversity monitoring and reporting

• Regional dialogue for member States of the Southern African Development Community and the East African Community on the update or revision of national and regional biodiversity strategies and action plans, 19-23 May 2025, Cape Town, South Africa. Documents >>
• Subregional dialogue for the Pacific small island developing States on biodiversity monitoring and reporting, 29 and 30 May 2025, Apia, Samoa. Documents >>
• Subregional dialogue on biodiversity monitoring and reporting with a focus on ecosystem restoration (Target 2 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework), 2-5 September 2025, Bangkok, Thailand. Documents >>
• Regional dialogue on biodiversity monitoring and reporting for francophone African countries, 3-5 September 2025, Yaoundé, Cameroon. Documents >>
• Regional dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for the Western European and Others Group and for Parties covered by the European Subregional Technical and Scientific Cooperation Support Centre, 23-25 September 2025, Brussels, Belgium. Notification >>
• Regional dialogue for East and South Asia on biodiversity monitoring and reporting, 9 and 10 October 2025, Bangkok, Thailand. Documents >>
• Subregional dialogue for Latin American countries on biodiversity monitoring and reporting with a focus on ecosystem restoration (Target 2 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework), 17-20 November 2025, Bogota, Colombia. Documents>>
• Regional dialogue on biodiversity monitoring and reporting with a focus on biodiversity and health for countries in Central Asia and Eastern Europe, 25-28 November 2025, Yerevan, Armenia. Documents>>
• Subregional dialogue on biodiversity monitoring and reporting for selected countries in the Caribbean, 2-4 December 2025, Paramaribo, Suriname. Documents>>
• Subregional dialogue on biodiversity monitoring and reporting for countries in Western Asia, 21-23 December 2025, Manama, Bahrain. Documents>>