Ensure the full, equitable, inclusive, effective and gender-responsive representation and participation in decision-making, and access to justice and information related to biodiversity by indigenous peoples and local communities, respecting their cultures and their rights over lands, territories, resources, and traditional knowledge, as well as by women and girls, children and youth, and persons with disabilities and ensure the full protection of environmental human rights defenders.

• Guidance note

Indicators

Headline indicator:

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Component indicator:

• Proportion of total adult population with secure tenure rights to land, (a) with legally recognized documentation, and (b) who perceive their rights to land as secure, by sex and type of tenure

Complementary indicators:

• Percentage of positions in national and local institutions, including: (a) the legislatures; (b) the public service; and (c) the judiciary, compared to national distributions, by sex, age, persons with disabilities and population groups
• Number of countries with systems to track and make public allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment
• Proportion of total agricultural population with ownership or secure tenure rights over agricultural land, by sex; and share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure
• Number of countries where the legal framework (including customary law) guarantees women’s equal rights to land ownership and/or control
• Number of protected areas that have completed a sitelevel assessment of governance and equity (SAGE)
• Trends in number of environmental human rights defenders killed annually, disaggregated by country and gender; and number of indigenous environmental human rights defenders killed
• Land tenure of indigenous peoples and local communities by sex and type of tenure
• Proportion of population who believe decision-making is inclusive and responsive, by sex, age, disability and population group

Ensure gender equality in the implementation of the framework through a gender-responsive approach where all women and girls have equal opportunity and capacity to contribute to the three objectives of the Convention, including by recognizing their equal rights and access to land and natural resources and their full, equitable, meaningful and informed participation and leadership at all levels of action, engagement, policy and decision-making related to biodiversity.

• Guidance note

Indicators

Headline indicator:

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Component indicators:

• Proportion of seats held by women in (a) national parliaments and (b) local governments
• Indicator on national implementation of the Gender Plan of Action
• Proportion of total adult population with secure tenure rights to land, (a) with legally recognized documentation; and (b) who perceive their rights to land as secure, by sex and type of tenure

Complementary indicators:

• Percentage of positions in national and local institutions, including: (a) the legislatures; (b) the public service; and (c) the judiciary, compared to national distributions, by sex, age, persons with disabilities and population groups
• Proportion of total agricultural population with ownership or secure rights over agricultural land, by sex; and share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure
• Number of countries with systems to track and make public allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment
• Number of protected areas that have completed a site-level assessment of governance and equity (SAGE)
• Percentage of population who believe decision-making is inclusive and responsive, by sex, age, disability and population group
• Proportion of countries where the legal framework (including customary law) guarantees women’s equal rights to land ownership and/or control

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

To improve the living conditions of affected populations

Indicators

UNCCD indicators:

• SO 2-1 Trends in population living below the relative poverty line and/or income inequality in affected areas
• SO 2-2 Trends in access to safe drinking water in affected areas
• SO 2-3 Proportion of the population exposed to land degradation, disaggregated by sex 

SDG indicators:

• 1.1.1 Proportion of the population living below the international poverty line by sex, age, employment status and geographic location (urban/rural)
• 6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services

CBD indicators:

• Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services (Complementary indicator under target 11)

The traditional knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous peoples and local communities relevant for the wise use of wetlands and their customary use of wetland resources are documented, respected, subject to national legislation and relevant international obligations, and fully integrated and reflected in the implementation of the Convention, with a full and effective participation of indigenous peoples and local communities at all relevant levels.

Baseline

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Indicator

Possible further indicators that may be developed

• {Possible use or further development of indicator(s) linked to work currently being undertaken to develop indicator(s) for related Aichi Target 18 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity}.