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Strategic Goal A. Address the underlying causes of biodiversity loss by mainstreaming biodiversity across government and society
SDG Goals:
Goal 2Goal 4Goal 6Goal 8Goal 11Goal 12Goal 14Goal 15
Terms: biodiversity loss

Target 1: By 2020, at the latest, people are aware of the values of biodiversity and the steps they can take to conserve and use it sustainably.
SDG Goals:
Goal 4Target 4.7Goal 12Target 12.6Target 12.8Goal 15Target 15.9
Terms: public awareness, resource accounting, sustainable use

Indicator 1.1: Trends in awareness and attitudes to biodiversity
SDG Goals:
Goal 4Target 4.7Indicator 4.7.1Goal 12Target 12.6Indicator 12.6.1Target 12.8Indicator 12.8.1
Terms: public awareness

Specific Indicator 1.1.1: Biodiversity Barometer
Terms: public awareness

Specific Indicator 1.1.2: Online interest in biodiversity (Google trends)
Terms: public awareness

Specific Indicator 1.1.3: WAZA global visitor survey
Terms: public awareness

Indicator 1.2: Trends in public engagement with biodiversity
Terms: public participation

Target 2: By 2020, at the latest, biodiversity values have been integrated into national and local development and poverty reduction strategies and planning processes and are being incorporated into national accounting, as appropriate, and reporting systems.
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.9Indicator 15.9.1
Terms: integrated management, national report, poverty, resource accounting

Indicator 2.1: Trends in incorporation of measures of stock and flow of natural capital into national accounting
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.9Indicator 15.9.1
Terms: resource accounting

Specific Indicator 2.1.1: Number of countries implementing natural resource account, excluding energy, within the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA)

Indicator 2.2: Trends in number of countries that have assessed values of biodiversity, in accordance with the Convention
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.9Indicator 15.9.1
Terms: resource accounting

Specific Indicator 2.2.1: Progress towards national targets established in accordance with Aichi Biodiversity Target 2 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 (indicator for SDG target 15.9)

Indicator 2.3: Trends in integration of biodiversity and ecosystem service values into sectoral and development policies
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.9Indicator 15.9.1
Terms: ecosystem service, national strategy

Specific Indicator 2.3.1: Number of countries that have integrated biodiversity in National Development Plans, poverty reduction strategies or other key development plans

Target 3: By 2020, at the latest, incentives, including subsidies, harmful to biodiversity are eliminated, phased out or reformed in order to minimize or avoid negative impacts, and positive incentives for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity are developed and applied, consistent and in harmony with the Convention and other relevant international obligations, taking into account national socio economic conditions.
SDG Goals:
Target 2.bGoal 2Target 15.aGoal 15Target 15.5Goal 14Target 14.6
Terms: economic instrument

Indicator 3.1: Trends in the number and value of incentives, including subsidies, harmful to biodiversity, removed, reformed or phased out
SDG Goals:
Indicator 2.b.2Goal 2Goal 14Target 14.6Indicator 14.6.1
Terms: economic instrument

Specific Indicator 3.1.1: Trends in potentially harmful elements of government support to agriculture (produced support estimates)

Specific Indicator 3.1.2: Trends in potentially harmful elements of government support to fisheries

Specific Indicator 3.1.3: Agricultural export subsidies

Indicator 3.2: Trends in development and application of incentives that promote biodiversity conservation and sustainable use
SDG Goals:
Goal 14Target 14.6Indicator 14.6.1
Terms: conservation, economic instrument, sustainable use

Specific Indicator 3.2.1: Number of countries with national instruments on biodiversity-related taxes, charges and fees

Specific Indicator 3.2.2: Number of countries with national instruments on REDD plus schemes

Specific Indicator 3.2.3: Number of countries with national instruments on biodiversity relevant tradable permit schemes

Target 4: By 2020, at the latest, Governments, business and stakeholders at all levels have taken steps to achieve or have implemented plans for sustainable production and consumption and have kept the impacts of use of natural resources well within safe ecological limits.
SDG Goals:
Goal 2Target 2.4Goal 6Target 6.4Goal 8Target 8.4Goal 11Target 11.3Goal 12Target 12.1Target 12.2Target 12.6
Terms: stakeholder engagement, sustainable production, sustainable use

Indicator 4.1: Trends in extent to which biodiversity and ecosystem service values are incorporated into organizational accounting and reporting
SDG Goals:
Goal 6Target 6.4Indicator 6.4.1Goal 12Target 12.1Indicator 12.1.1
Terms: ecosystem service, reporting

Indicator 4.2: Ecological limits assessed in terms of sustainable production and consumption
SDG Goals:
Goal 6Target 6.4Indicator 6.4.1Indicator 6.4.2Goal 11Target 11.3Indicator 11.3.1
Terms: sustainable production, sustainable use

Specific Indicator 4.2.1: Human appropriation of net primary productivity

Specific Indicator 4.2.2: Human appropriation of fresh water (water footprint)

Specific Indicator 4.2.3: Change in water use efficiency over time

Specific Indicator 4.2.4: Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources

Indicator 4.3: Trends in use of natural resources and/or related concepts
SDG Goals:
Goal 8Target 8.4Indicator 8.4.1Indicator 8.4.2Goal 11Target 11.3Indicator 11.3.1Goal 12Target 12.1Indicator 12.1.1Target 12.2Indicator 12.2.1Indicator 12.2.2
Terms: stakeholder engagement, sustainable use

Specific Indicator 4.3.1: Ecological footprint

Specific Indicator 4.3.2: Material footprint (MF) and MF per capita, per GDP

Specific Indicator 4.3.3: Domestic material consumption (DMC) and DMC per capita, per GDP

Specific Indicator 4.3.4: Number of countries with sustainable consumption and production (SCP) national action plans or SCP mainstreamed as a priority or target into national policies

Indicator 4.4: Trends in population and extinction risk of utilized species, including species in trade
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.7Indicator 15.7.1
Terms: protection of species, threatened species, trade in species

Specific Indicator 4.4.1: Red List Index (impact of utilization)

Specific Indicator 4.4.2: Percentage of Category 1 nations in CITES

Specific Indicator 4.4.3: Red List Index for species in trade

Specific Indicator 4.4.4: Proportion of traded wildlife that was poached or illicitly trafficked

Indicator 4.5: Trends in biodiversity of cities
SDG Goals:
Goal 11Target 11.3Indicator 11.3.1
Terms: urban ecosystem

Specific Indicator 4.5.1: Number of cities applying and reporting on the CITES Biodiversity Index

Specific Indicator 4.5.2: Ratio of land consumption rate to population growth rate

Strategic Goal B. Reduce the direct pressures on biodiversity and promote sustainable use
SDG Goals:
Goal 2Goal 3Goal 6Goal 13Goal 14Goal 15
Terms: risk management, sustainable use

Target 10: By 2015, the multiple anthropogenic pressures on coral reefs, and other vulnerable ecosystems impacted by climate change or ocean acidification are minimized, so as to maintain their integrity and functioning.
SDG Goals:
Goal 13Target 13.2Goal 14Target 14.2Target 14.3Goal 15Target 15.5
Terms: climate change, coral reef, ocean acidification, vulnerable ecosystem

Indicator 10.1: Trends in extent and condition of coral reefs
Terms: coral reef

Specific Indicator 10.1.1: Trends in proportion of live coral cover

Indicator 10.2: Trends in extinction risk and populations of coral and coral-reef dependent species
Terms: coral reef, threatened species

Specific Indicator 10.2.1: Red List Index (reef-building coral species)

Indicator 10.2: Trends in extinction risk and populations of coral and coral-reef dependent species
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.5Indicator 15.5.1

Indicator 10.3: Trends in pressures on coral reefs
SDG Goals:
Goal 14Target 14.3Indicator 14.3.1
Terms: coral reef

Specific Indicator 10.3.1: Average marine acidity (pH) measured at agreed suite of representative sampling stations

Indicator 10.4: Trends in responses to reduce pressures on coral reefs
Terms: coral reef, risk management

Indicator 10.5: Trends in extent and condition of other vulnerable ecosystems impacted by climate change or ocean acidification
Terms: climate change, ocean acidification, vulnerable ecosystem

Indicator 10.6: Trends in species extinction risk and populations or condition of other vulnerable ecosystems impacted by climate change or ocean acidification
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.5Indicator 15.5.1
Terms: climate change, ocean acidification, threatened species, vulnerable ecosystem

Specific Indicator 10.6.1: Climatic Impact Index for birds

Specific Indicator 10.6.2: Red List Index (impacts of climate change)

Indicator 10.7: Trends in pressures on other vulnerable ecosystems impacted by climate change or ocean acidification
SDG Goals:
Goal 14Target 14.3Indicator 14.3.1
Terms: climate change, ocean acidification, vulnerable ecosystem

Indicator 10.8: Trends in responses to reduce pressures on other vulnerable ecosystems impacted by climate change or ocean acidification
SDG Goals:
Goal 14Target 14.2Indicator 14.2.1
Terms: climate change, ocean acidification, vulnerable ecosystem

Target 5: By 2020, the rate of loss of all natural habitats, including forests, is at least halved and where feasible brought close to zero, and degradation and fragmentation is significantly reduced.
SDG Goals:
Goal 6Target 6.6Goal 14Target 14.2Target 14.4Goal 15Target 15.1Target 15.2Target 15.3Target 15.4Target 15.5
Terms: forest conservation, habitat loss, protection of habitat

Indicator 5.1: Trends in extinction risk and populations of habitat specialist species in each major habitat type
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.1Indicator 15.1.1Target 15.4Indicator 15.4.1Target 15.5Indicator 15.5.1
Terms: protection of habitat, protection of species, threatened species

Specific Indicator 5.1.1: Red List Index (forest specialists)

Specific Indicator 5.1.2: Living Planet Index (forest specialists)

Specific Indicator 5.1.3: Species Habitat Index

Indicator 5.2: Trends in fragmentation of forest and other natural habitats
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.1Indicator 15.1.1Indicator 15.1.2Target 15.3Indicator 15.3.1Target 15.4Indicator 15.4.1Indicator 15.4.2
Terms: forest ecosystem, land degradation

Indicator 5.3: Trends in degradation of forest and other natural habitats
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.1Indicator 15.1.1Indicator 15.1.2Target 15.3Indicator 15.3.1Target 15.4Indicator 15.4.2
Terms: deforestation, forest ecosystem, land degradation

Specific Indicator 5.3.1: Biodiversity Habitat Index

Specific Indicator 5.3.2: Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area

Indicator 5.4: Trends in extent of forest
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.1Indicator 15.1.1Target 15.2Indicator 15.2.1
Terms: forest conservation

Specific Indicator 5.4.1: Trends in tree cover

Specific Indicator 5.4.2: Forest area as a percentage of total land area

Specific Indicator 5.4.3: Proportion of important sites for terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity that are covered by protected areas, by ecosystem type

Specific Indicator 5.4.4: Progress towards sustainable forest management

Indicator 5.5: Trends in extent of natural habitats other than forest
SDG Goals:
Goal 6Target 6.6Indicator 6.6.1
Terms: ecosystem preservation, protection of habitat

Specific Indicator 5.5.1: Change in the extent of water-related ecosystems over time

Specific Indicator 5.5.2: Natural habitat extent (land area minus urban and agriculture)

Specific Indicator 5.5.3: Wetland extent

Target 6: By 2020 all fish and invertebrate stocks and aquatic plants are managed and harvested sustainably, legally and applying ecosystem based approaches, so that overfishing is avoided, recovery plans and measures are in place for all depleted species, fisheries have no significant adverse impacts on threatened species and vulnerable ecosystems and the impacts of fisheries on stocks, species and ecosystems are within safe ecological limits.
SDG Goals:
Target 14.bGoal 14Target 14.2Target 14.4Target 14.6Target 14.7Goal 15Target 15.5
Terms: Maximum Sustainable Yield, ecosystem approach, fisheries management, overfishing, sustainable use, threatened species, vulnerable ecosystem

Indicator 6.1: Trends in proportion of depleted, target and bycatch species with recovery plans
SDG Goals:
Indicator 14.b.1Goal 14Target 14.4Indicator 14.4.1Target 14.6Indicator 14.6.1Target 14.7Indicator 14.7.1
Terms: by-catch, fisheries management

Specific Indicator 6.1.1: Number of countries with regulations requiring recovering of depleted species

Specific Indicator 6.1.2: Proportion of depleted stocks with rebuilding plans in place

Indicator 6.2: Trends in certified sustainable fisheries
SDG Goals:
Indicator 14.b.1Goal 14Target 14.1Indicator 14.1.1Target 14.6Indicator 14.6.1Target 14.7Indicator 14.7.1
Terms: fisheries management, sustainable use

Specific Indicator 6.2.1: MSC certified catch

Indicator 6.3: Trends in catch per unit effort
SDG Goals:
Indicator 14.b.1Goal 14Target 14.7Indicator 14.7.1
Terms: fisheries management

Specific Indicator 6.3.1: Estimated fisheries catch and fishing effort

Specific Indicator 6.3.2: Progress by countries in the degree of application of a legal/regulatory/institutional framework which recognizes and protects access rights for small-scale fisheries

Indicator 6.4: Trends in population and extinction risk in target and bycatch species
SDG Goals:
Indicator 14.b.1Goal 14Target 14.7Indicator 14.7.1Goal 15Target 15.5Indicator 15.5.1
Terms: by-catch, fisheries management, risk management, threatened species

Specific Indicator 6.4.1: Red List Index (harvested aquatic species)

Specific Indicator 6.4.2: Number of countries with policies that make adequate provisions to minimize the impact of fisheries on threatened species

Specific Indicator 6.4.3: Proportion of fisheries with regular monitoring and reporting of impacts on threatened species

Specific Indicator 6.4.4: Proportion of threatened species for which mortality rate due to fisheries is decreasing

Specific Indicator 6.4.5: Number of countries with policies to secure that mortalities are accounted for and kept within safe biological limits

Specific Indicator 6.4.6: Trends in population of non-target species affected by fisheries

Specific Indicator 6.4.7: Red List Index (impact of fisheries)

Specific Indicator 6.4.8: Living Planet Index (trends in target and bycatch species)

Indicator 6.5: Trends in fishing practices
SDG Goals:
Indicator 14.b.1Goal 14Target 14.4Indicator 14.4.1Target 14.6Indicator 14.6.1Target 14.7Indicator 14.7.1
Terms: fisheries management, fishing method

Specific Indicator 6.5.1: Global effect in bottom trawling

Specific Indicator 6.5.2: Progress by countries in the degree of implementation of international instruments aiming to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

Specific Indicator 6.5.3: Amount (spatial extent, gear type, intensity) of fishing effort within vulnerable habitats

Specific Indicator 6.5.4: Number of countries with ecosystem impact monitoring and/or assessment programmes

Specific Indicator 6.5.5: Number of countries with legislation allowing for action for the protection of vulnerable habitats (including VMEs), and addressing threats to ecosystem structure and function

Specific Indicator 6.5.6: Coverage of fisheries with management measures to effectively manage bycatch and reduce discards

Specific Indicator 6.5.7: Number and coverage of stocks with adaptive management systems/plans

Indicator 6.6: Trends in proportion of fish stocks outside safe biological limits
SDG Goals:
Goal 14Target 14.4Indicator 14.4.1
Terms: fisheries management, threatened species

Specific Indicator 6.6.1: Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels

Target 7: By 2020 areas under agriculture, aquaculture and forestry are managed sustainably, ensuring conservation of biodiversity.
SDG Goals:
Goal 2Target 2.4Target 2.5Goal 6Target 6.4Target 6.5Goal 14Target 14.4Target 14.7Goal 15Target 15.2Target 15.5
Terms: agriculture, aquaculture, conservation, forest management, sustainable use

Indicator 7.1: Trends in proportion of area of agriculture under sustainable practices
SDG Goals:
Goal 2Target 2.4Indicator 2.4.1
Terms: agriculture, sustainable production

Specific Indicator 7.1.1: Areas of agricultural land under organic production

Specific Indicator 7.1.2: Areas of agricultural land under conservation

Specific Indicator 7.1.3: Areas of agricultural land under productive and sustainable agriculture

Indicator 7.2: Trends in extinction risk and populations of forest-specialist species in production forest
Terms: forest management, threatened species

Indicator 7.3: Trends in proportion of area of forest production under sustainable practices
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.2Indicator 15.2.1
Terms: forest management, sustainable production

Specific Indicator 7.3.1: Area of forest under sustainable management certification
Terms: certification, forest conservation

Specific Indicator 7.3.2: Progress towards sustainable forest management

Specific Indicator 7.3.3: Wild Bird Index for specialists forest birds/Living Planet Index (forest specialists)

Indicator 7.4: Trends in proportion of production of aquaculture under sustainable practices
SDG Goals:
Goal 14Target 14.7Indicator 14.7.1
Terms: aquaculture, sustainable production

Indicator 7.5: Trends in extinction risk and populations of agro-ecosystem associated species
SDG Goals:
Goal 2Target 2.5Indicator 2.5.1Indicator 2.5.2
Terms: agro-ecosystem, threatened species

Specific Indicator 7.5.1: Wild Bird Index for farmland birds/Living Planet Index (farmland specialists)

Target 8: By 2020, pollution, including from excess nutrients, has been brought to levels that are not detrimental to ecosystem function and biodiversity.
SDG Goals:
Goal 3Target 3.9Goal 6Target 6.3Goal 14Target 14.1Target 14.3Goal 15Target 15.5
Terms: ecosystem preservation, fertilizer, pollution

Indicator 8.1: Trends in extinction risk and populations driven by pollution
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.5Indicator 15.5.1
Terms: pollution, threatened species

Specific Indicator 8.1.1: Red List Index (impacts of pollution)

Indicator 8.2: Trends in ecosystems affected by pollution
SDG Goals:
Goal 6Target 6.3Indicator 6.3.2Goal 14Target 14.1Indicator 14.1.1Target 14.3Indicator 14.3.1
Terms: ecosystem, pollution

Specific Indicator 8.2.1: Water Quality Index for Biodiversity

Indicator 8.3: Trends in pollutants
SDG Goals:
Goal 3Target 3.9Indicator 3.9.1Indicator 3.9.2Indicator 3.9.3Goal 6Target 6.3Indicator 6.3.1Indicator 6.3.2Goal 14Target 14.1Indicator 14.1.1
Terms: hazardous substance

Specific Indicator 8.3.1: Trends in emissions, NOX

Specific Indicator 8.3.2: Trends in emissions, SOX

Specific Indicator 8.3.3: Trends in emissions, POPs

Specific Indicator 8.3.4: Trends in mercury emissions

Specific Indicator 8.3.5: Trends in pesticide use

Specific Indicator 8.3.6: Index of Coastal Eutrophication (ICEP) and Floating Plastic Debris Density

Specific Indicator 8.3.7: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution

Specific Indicator 8.3.8: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (exposure to unsafe WASH services)

Specific Indicator 8.3.9: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning

Indicator 8.4: Trends in nutrient levels
SDG Goals:
Goal 6Target 6.3Indicator 6.3.1Indicator 6.3.2
Terms: fertilizer

Specific Indicator 8.4.1: Trends in nitrogen deposition

Specific Indicator 8.4.2: Trends in loss of reactive nitrogen to the environment

Specific Indicator 8.4.3: Trends in global surplus of nitrogen

Specific Indicator 8.4.4: Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality (6.3)

Specific Indicator 8.4.5: Percentage of wastewater safely treated (6.3)

Target 9: By 2020, invasive alien species and pathways are identified and prioritized, priority species are controlled or eradicated, and measures are in place to manage pathways to prevent their introduction and establishment.
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.5Target 15.8
Terms: invasive species, protection of species

Indicator 9.1: Trends in implementation of policy responses preventing the introduction and establishment of invasive alien species
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.8Indicator 15.8.1
Terms: implementation, invasive species, national strategy, protection of species

Specific Indicator 9.1.1: Proportion of countries adopting relevant national legislation and adequately resourcing the prevention or control of invasive alien species

Indicator 9.2: Trends in the numbers of invasive alien species introduction and establishment events
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.8Indicator 15.8.1
Terms: invasive species

Specific Indicator 9.2.1: Trends in the numbers of invasive alien species introduction events

Indicator 9.3: Trends in extinction risk and populations driven by invasive alien species impacts
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Indicator 15.5.1Target 15.8
Terms: invasive species, threatened species

Specific Indicator 9.3.1: Red List Index (impacts of invasive alien species)

Indicator 9.4: Trends in identification and prioritization of invasive alien species
Terms: invasive species

Indicator 9.5: Trends in the distribution and populations of invasive alien species
Terms: invasive species

Indicator 9.6: Trends in eradication of priority invasive alien species
Terms: invasive species, management

Specific Indicator 9.6.1: Trends in invasive alien species vertebrate eradications

Indicator 9.7: Trends in impacts of invasive alien species on ecosystems
Terms: ecosystem, invasive species

Strategic Goal C. To improve the status of biodiversity by safeguarding ecosystems, species and genetic diversity
SDG Goals:
Goal 2Goal 6Goal 11Goal 14Goal 15
Terms: conservation, ecosystem preservation, protection of species

Target 11: By 2020, at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services, are conserved through effectively and equitably managed, ecologically representative and well connected systems of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures, and integrated into the wider landscapes and seascapes.
SDG Goals:
Goal 6Target 6.6Goal 11Target 11.4Goal 14Target 14.5Goal 15Target 15.1Target 15.2Target 15.3Target 15.4Target 15.5
Terms: connectivity conservation, conservation, ecosystem service, inland water, marine resources conservation, protected area, water resources management

Indicator 11.1: Trends in area of terrestrial and inland water areas conserved
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.1Indicator 15.1.2
Terms: inland water, protected area, water conservation

Specific Indicator 11.1.1: Percentage of terrestrial and inland water areas covered by protected areas

Specific Indicator 11.1.2: Percentage of terrestrial and inland water areas and/or marine and coastal areas covered by other effective area-based conservation measures

Specific Indicator 11.1.3: Number and extent of important sites for biodiversity that are covered by other effective area-based conservation measures

Specific Indicator 11.1.4: Trends in the appropriate recognition of other effective area-based conservation measures areas and appropriate support provided to them

Indicator 11.2: Trends in area of coastal and marine areas conserved
SDG Goals:
Goal 14Target 14.5Indicator 14.5.1
Terms: coastal ecosystem, marine ecosystem, marine resources conservation, protected area

Specific Indicator 11.2.1: Percentage of marine and coastal areas covered by protected areas

Specific Indicator 11.2.2: Coverage of protected areas in relation to marine areas

Indicator 11.3: Trends in areas of particular importance for biodiversity conserved
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.1Indicator 15.1.2
Terms: biodiversity hotspot, protected area

Specific Indicator 11.3.1: Protected area coverage of Key Biodiversity Areas (including Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas, Alliance for Zero Extinction sites)

Indicator 11.4: Trends in areas of particular importance for ecosystem services conserved
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.1Indicator 15.1.1Indicator 15.1.2
Terms: ecosystem service

Indicator 11.5: Trends in ecological representativeness of areas conserved
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.1Indicator 15.1.2Target 15.4Indicator 15.4.1
Terms: protected area

Specific Indicator 11.5.1: Protected area coverage of terrestrial and marine ecoregions

Specific Indicator 11.5.2: Species Protection Index

Specific Indicator 11.5.3: Protected Area Representativeness Index

Indicator 11.6: Trends in effectiveness and/or equitability of management of conserved areas
SDG Goals:
Goal 11Target 11.4Indicator 11.4.1Goal 15Target 15.1Indicator 15.1.2
Terms: evaluation, management, protected area

Specific Indicator 11.6.1: Protected area management effectiveness

Specific Indicator 11.6.2: The Wildlife Picture Index (disaggregated by protected area)

Indicator 11.7: Trends in connectivity and integration of conserved areas
Terms: connectivity conservation, protected area

Specific Indicator 11.7.1: Protected Area Connectedness Index

Target 12: By 2020 the extinction of known threatened species has been prevented and their conservation status, particularly of those most in decline, has been improved and sustained.
SDG Goals:
Target 15.cGoal 15Target 15.5Target 15.7
Terms: conservation status, threatened species

Indicator 12.1: Trends in number of extinctions
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.5Indicator 15.5.1
Terms: threatened species

Specific Indicator 12.1.1: Number of species extinctions

Indicator 12.2: Trends in extinctions prevented
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.7Indicator 15.7.1
Terms: threatened species

Specific Indicator 12.2.1: Number of extinctions prevented by conservation action

Indicator 12.3: Trends in extinction risk and populations of species
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.5Indicator 15.5.1
Terms: threatened species

Specific Indicator 12.3.1: Red List Index

Specific Indicator 12.3.2: Living Planet Index

Specific Indicator 12.3.3: Species Protection Index for species in decline

Specific Indicator 12.3.4: Local Biodiversity Intactness Index

Specific Indicator 12.3.5: Wild Bird Index

Specific Indicator 12.3.6: Wildlife Picture Index

Target 13: By 2020 the extinction of known threatened species has been prevented and their conservation status, particularly of those most in decline, has been improved and sustained.
SDG Goals:
Goal 2Target 2.5Goal 15Target 15.5
Terms: biodiversity loss, livestock farming, plant production, protection of species

Indicator 13.1: Trends in genetic diversity of cultivated plants
SDG Goals:
Goal 2Target 2.5Indicator 2.5.1
Terms: plant production, plant variety

Specific Indicator 13.1.1: Number of plant and animal genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities

Specific Indicator 13.1.2: Number of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture surveyed/inventoried

Specific Indicator 13.1.3: Percentage of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture threatened out of those surveyed/inventoried

Specific Indicator 13.1.4: Number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements, as communicated to the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Indicator 13.2: Trends in genetic diversity of farmed and domesticated animals
SDG Goals:
Goal 2Target 2.5Indicator 2.5.2
Terms: livestock farming

Specific Indicator 13.2.1: Proportion of local breeds, classified as being at risk, not-at-risk or unknown level of risk of extinction

Indicator 13.3: Trends in extinction risk and populations of wild relatives
SDG Goals:
Goal 2Target 2.5Goal 15Target 15.5Indicator 15.5.1
Terms: threatened species, wild fauna, wild flora

Specific Indicator 13.3.1: Red List Index (wild relatives)

Specific Indicator 13.3.2: Species Habitat Index (wild relatives)

Indicator 13.4: Trends in protected area coverage of wild relatives (to be resolved)
SDG Goals:
Goal 2Target 2.5Indicator 2.5.1
Terms: protected area, wild fauna, wild flora

Specific Indicator 13.4.1: Species Protection Index (wild relatives)

Indicator 13.5: Trends in genetic diversity of socio-economically as well as culturally valuable species
SDG Goals:
Goal 2Target 2.5Indicator 2.5.2
Terms: protection of species

Indicator 13.6: Trends in development and implementation of strategies for minimizing genetic erosion and safeguarding genetic diversity
SDG Goals:
Goal 2Target 2.5Indicator 2.5.1
Terms: biodiversity loss, risk management

Specific Indicator 13.6.1: Level of implementation of global plan of actions on genetic resources for food and agriculture

Strategic Goal D. Enhance the benefits to all from biodiversity and ecosystem services
SDG Goals:
Goal 1Goal 2Goal 6Goal 13Goal 14Goal 15Goal 16Goal 17
Terms: benefit sharing, ecosystem service

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 1Target 1.4Goal 2Target 2.1Target 2.4Goal 6Target 6.1Target 6.6Goal 14Target 14.2Goal 15Target 15.1Target 15.4
Terms: ecosystem preservation, ecosystem service, gender, health, indigenous peoples, livelihood, poverty, vulnerability

Indicator 14.1: Trends in safeguarded ecosystems that provide essential services
SDG Goals:
Goal 1Target 1.4Indicator 1.4.1
Terms: ecosystem preservation, ecosystem service

Indicator 14.2: Trends in extinction risk and populations of species that provide essential services
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.5Indicator 15.5.1
Terms: ecosystem service, protection 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 15Target 15.4Indicator 15.4.1Indicator 15.4.2
Terms: benefit sharing, ecosystem service

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 1Target 1.4Indicator 1.4.1
Terms: ecosystem restoration, ecosystem service

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 2Target 2.1Indicator 2.1.2Goal 6Target 6.1Indicator 6.1.1
Terms: ecosystem service, 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 2Target 2.4Goal 13Target 13.2Goal 14Target 14.2Goal 15Target 15.1Target 15.2Target 15.3Target 15.4
Terms: carbon stock, climate change mitigation, desertification, ecosystem restoration, resilience

Indicator 15.1: Trends in ecosystem resilience
SDG Goals:
Goal 2Target 2.4Indicator 2.4.1
Terms: ecosystem preservation, resilience

Indicator 15.2: Trends in carbon stocks within ecosystems
SDG Goals:
Goal 13Target 13.2Indicator 13.2.1Goal 15Target 15.1Indicator 15.1.1Indicator 15.1.2
Terms: carbon stock, 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 2Target 2.5Goal 15Target 15.6
Terms: access and benefit sharing, access to genetic resources, genetic resource, implementation, international agreement, national law

Indicator 16.1: Trends in the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.6Indicator 15.6.1
Terms: access and benefit sharing, access to genetic resources, genetic resource, implementation, international agreement

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

Strategic Goal E. Enhance implementation through participatory planning, knowledge management and capacity building
SDG Goals:
Goal 2Goal 6Goal 14Goal 15Goal 17
Terms: capacity building, implementation, integrated management, public participation

Target 17: By 2015 each Party has developed, adopted as a policy instrument, and has commenced implementing an effective, participatory and updated national biodiversity strategy and action plan.
SDG Goals:
Goal 15Target 15.9Goal 16Target 16.7Goal 17Target 17.15
Terms: biodiversity, national strategy

Indicator 17.1: Trends in adoption and implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans, as policy instruments including development, comprehensiveness, adoption and implementation
Terms: implementation, national strategy

Specific Indicator 17.1.1 : Number of countries with developed or revised NBSAPs

Specific Indicator 17.1.2 : Number of countries with NBSAPs adopted as policy instruments

Target 18: By 2020, the traditional knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, and their customary use of biological resources, are respected, subject to national legislation and relevant international obligations, and fully integrated and reflected in the implementation of the Convention with the full and effective participation of indigenous and local communities, at all relevant levels.
SDG Goals:
Target 14.bGoal 14Target 15.aGoal 15Goal 1Target 1.4Goal 2Target 2.3Target 2.5Goal 16Target 16.7
Terms: indigenous knowledge, indigenous peoples, international agreement, national law, sustainable use

Indicator 18.1: Trends in land-use change and land tenure in the traditional territories of indigenous and local communities (decision X/43)
SDG Goals:
Indicator 15.a.1Goal 15
Terms: indigenous peoples, land tenure, spatial planning

Specific Indicator 18.1.1 -: a) Proportion of total agricultural population with ownership or secure rights over agricultural land, by sex; and (b) share of women among owners or right-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure

Specific Indicator 18.1.2 : Proportion of total adult population with secure tenure rights to land, with legally recognized documentation and who perceive their rights to land as secure, by sex and by type of tenure

Indicator 18.2: Trends in the practice of traditional occupations (decision X/43)
SDG Goals:
Goal 1Target 1.4Indicator 1.4.2
Terms: indigenous knowledge

Indicator 18.3: Trends in which traditional knowledge and practices are respected through their full integration, safeguards and the full and effective participation of indigenous and local communities in the national implementation of the Strategic Plan
SDG Goals:
Goal 2Target 2.3Indicator 2.3.1Indicator 2.3.2
Terms: implementation, indigenous knowledge, indigenous peoples

Specific Indicator 18.3.1: Number of local community-based monitoring on traditional knowledge, innovation and practices of indigenous and local communities relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity

Indicator 18.4: Trends of linguistic diversity and numbers of speakers of indigenous languages (decision VII/30 and VIII/15)
Terms: cultural heritage, indigenous knowledge

Specific Indicator 18.4.1: Index of Linguistic Diversity

Target 19: By 2020, knowledge, the science base and technologies relating to biodiversity, its values, functioning, status and trends, and the consequences of its loss, are improved, widely shared and transferred, and applied.
SDG Goals:
Target 14.aGoal 14Goal 2Target 2.5Goal 15Target 15.5Goal 16Goal 17Target 17.18Target 17.6Target 17.7
Terms: science, technology transfer

Indicator 19.1: Number of maintained species inventories being used to implement the Convention
SDG Goals:
Goal 2Target 2.5Indicator 2.5.1Indicator 2.5.2Goal 15Target 15.5Indicator 15.5.1
Terms: implementation, inventory, monitoring

Specific Indicator 19.1.1 : Species represented in the barcode of life data system

Specific Indicator 19.1.2 : Growth in species occurrence records accessible through GBIF

Specific Indicator 19.1.3 : Species Status Information Index

Specific Indicator 19.1.4 : Proportion of known species assessed through the IUCN Red List

Target 20: By 2020, at the latest, the mobilization of financial resources for effectively implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 from all sources, and in accordance with the consolidated and agreed process in the Strategy for Resource Mobilization, should increase substantially from the current levels. This target will be subject to changes contingent to resource needs assessments to be developed and reported by Parties.
SDG Goals:
Target 15.bGoal 15Goal 17Target 17.3Target 17.9
Terms: financial mechanism, implementation

Indicator 20.1: Trends in the mobilization of financial resources
SDG Goals:
Indicator 15.b.1Goal 15
Terms: financial mechanism

Specific Indicator 20.1.1 : Information provided through the financial reporting framework, adopted by decision XII/3

Specific Indicator 20.1.2 : Official development assistance and public expenditure on conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystems