Ensure that the use, harvesting and trade of wild species is sustainable, safe and legal, preventing overexploitation, minimizing impacts on non-target species and ecosystems, and reducing the risk of pathogen spill-over, applying the ecosystem approach, while respecting and protecting customary sustainable use by indigenous peoples and local communities.
- Indicators
Headline indicator:
- 5.1 Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels
Component indicators:
- Red List Index for used species
- Living Planet Index for used species
- Sustainable use of wild species
Complementary indicators:
- Sustainable watershed and inland fisheries index
- Red List Index (for internationally traded species and for migratory species)
- Marine Stewardship Council Fish catch
- Total catch of cetaceans under the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
- By-catch of vulnerable and non-target species
- Degree of implementation of international instruments aiming to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
- Proportion of legal and illegal wildlife trade consisting of species threatened with extinction
- Illegal trade by CITES species classification
- Number of countries incorporating trade in their national biodiversity policy
- Proportion of terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecological regions which are conserved by protected areas or other effective area-based conservation measures
- Implementation of measures designed to minimize the impacts of fisheries and hunting on migratory species and their habitats
- Number of MSC Chain of Custody Certification holders by distribution country
- Trends of trade and commercialization in biodiversity-based products that is sustainable and legal (in line with BioTrade Principles and/or CITES requirements)
