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• Target 14: By 2020, ecosystems that provide essential services, including services related to water, and contribute to health, livelihoods and well-being, are restored and safeguarded, taking into account the needs of women, indigenous and local communities, and the poor and vulnerable.

  SDG Goals:

  Goal 1 Goal 2 Goal 6 Goal 14 Goal 15 Target 1.4 Target 2.1 Target 2.4 Target 6.1 Target 6.6 Target 14.2 Target 15.1 Target 15.4

  Terms: Ecosystem preservation, Ecosystem services, Gender, Health, Indigenous peoples, Livelihood, Poverty, Vulnerability

  • Indicator 14.1: Trends in safeguarded ecosystems that provide essential services

    SDG Goals:

    Goal 1 Target 1.4 Indicator 1.4.1

    Terms: Ecosystem preservation, Ecosystem services

  • Indicator 14.2: Trends in extinction risk and populations of species that provide essential services

    SDG Goals:

    Goal 15 Target 15.5 Indicator 15.5.1

    Terms: Ecosystem services, Conservation of species, Threatened species

    • Specific Indicator 14.2.1 : Red List Index (species used for food and medicine; pollinating species)

    • Specific Indicator 14.2.2 : Living Planet Index (utilized species)

    • Specific Indicator 14.2.3 : Species Habitat Index (species that provide essential services)

  • Indicator 14.3: Trends in benefits from ecosystem services

    SDG Goals:

    Goal 15 Target 15.4 Indicator 15.4.1 Indicator 15.4.2

    Terms: Benefit sharing, Ecosystem services

    • Specific Indicator 14.3.1 : Better Life Index

    • Specific Indicator 14.3.2 : Mountain Green Cover Index

    • Specific Indicator 14.3.3 : Coverage by protected areas of important sites for mountain biodiversity

    • Specific Indicator 14.3.4 : Ocean Health Index

  • Indicator 14.4: Trends in restoration of ecosystems that provide essential services

    SDG Goals:

    Goal 1 Target 1.4 Indicator 1.4.1

    Terms: Ecosystem restoration, Ecosystem services

  • Indicator 14.5: Trends in the degree to which ecosystem services provides for the needs of women, indigenous and local communities, and the poor and vulnerable

    SDG Goals:

    Goal 2 Goal 6 Target 2.1 Target 6.1 Indicator 2.1.2 Indicator 6.1.1

    Terms: Ecosystem services, Gender, Indigenous peoples, Poverty, Vulnerability

    • Specific Indicator 14.5.1 : Prevalence of moderate to sever food insecurity in the population, based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES)

    • Specific Indicator 14.5.2 : Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services

• Target 15: By 2020, ecosystem resilience and the contribution of biodiversity to carbon stocks has been enhanced, through conservation and restoration, including restoration of at least 15 per cent of degraded ecosystems, thereby contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation and to combating desertification.

  SDG Goals:

  Goal 2 Goal 13 Goal 14 Goal 15 Target 2.4 Target 13.2 Target 14.2 Target 15.1 Target 15.2 Target 15.3 Target 15.4

  Terms: Carbon stocks, Climate change mitigation, Desertification, Ecosystem restoration, Resilience

  • Indicator 15.1: Trends in ecosystem resilience

    SDG Goals:

    Goal 2 Target 2.4 Indicator 2.4.1

    Terms: Ecosystem preservation, Resilience

  • Indicator 15.2: Trends in carbon stocks within ecosystems

    SDG Goals:

    Goal 15 Goal 13 Target 15.1 Target 13.2 Indicator 15.1.1 Indicator 15.1.2 Indicator 13.2.1

    Terms: Carbon stocks, Ecosystem preservation

    • Specific Indicator 15.2.1: Trends in forest carbon stocks

    • Specific Indicator 15.2.2: Global Ecosystem Restoration Index

• Target 16: By 2015, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization is in force and operational, consistent with national legislation.

  SDG Goals:

  Goal 2 Goal 15 Target 2.5 Target 15.6

  Terms: Access and benefit sharing, Access to genetic resources, Genetic resources, Implementation, International agreements, National law

  • Indicator 16.1: Trends in the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol

    SDG Goals:

    Goal 15 Target 15.6 Indicator 15.6.1

    Terms: Access and benefit sharing, Access to genetic resources, Genetic resources, Implementation, International agreements

    • Specific Indicator 16.1.1: Number of Parties to the CBD that have deposited the instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession of the Nagoya Protocol

    • Specific Indicator 16.1.2: Number of countries that have adopted legislative, administrative and policy frameworks for the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol