Resources, guidance and template
- Resource manual for the seventh national report : provides information and resource materials for the preparation of the seventh national report. It complements the guidance and template for the seventh and eighth national report adopted in Annex II of decision 15/6 and Annex I of decision 16/32 (below).
- 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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Online Reporting Tool
The Online Reporting Tool is the official tool to submit the seventh national report.
Resources
Webinars
- Webinar on commitments from actors other than national Governments (February 2026): recordings in English, French and Spanish New!
- Webinar on the ORT for the 7th National Reports (December 2025): recordings in English, French and Spanish
- 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
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>>
