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.

By 2020, the genetic diversity of cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and of wild relatives, including other socio-economically as well as culturally valuable species, is maintained, and strategies have been developed and implemented for minimizing genetic erosion and safeguarding their genetic diversity.

Indicators

• Indicator 10: Percentage of national in situ conservation sites with management plans addressing crop wild relatives and wild food plants
• Indicator 11: Number of actions with institutional support addressing in situ conservation and management of crop wild relatives and wild food plants
• Indicator 12: Number of crop wild relatives and wild food plants species actively conserved in situ

Indicators

• Indicator 13: Existence of a strategy for identification of gaps in national genebank holdings and for targeted collecting missions to fill identified gaps
• Indicator 14: Number of crops conserved in the national genebank(s) that require targeted collecting
• Indicator 15: Number of targeted collecting missions in the country
• Indicator 16: Number of samples resulting from targeted collecting missions in the country

Indicators

• Indicator 17: Trend in annual capacity for sustaining ex situ collections
• Indicator 18: Number of crops conserved ex situ under medium or long-term conditions
• Indicator 19: Number of species conserved ex situ under medium or long-term conditions
• Indicator 20: Number of accessions conserved ex situ under medium or long-term conditions
• Indicator 21: Percentage of ex situ accessions safety duplicated

Indicators

• Indicator 22: Number of ex situ accessions regenerated and/or multiplied
• Indicator 23: Percentage of ex situ accessions in need of regeneration
• Indicator 24: Percentage of ex situ accessions in need of regeneration for which a budget for regeneration does not exist

Indicators

• Indicator 30: Number of crops with active public pre-breeding and breeding programmes
• Indicator 31: Number of crops with active private pre-breeding and breeding programmes
• Indicator 32: Number of breeding activities oriented to small scale farmers, villages or traditional communities
• Indicator 33: Number of active public crop breeders
• Indicator 34: Number of active private crop breeders

Indicators

• Indicator 35: Number of programmes/projects/activities to increase inter-specific diversity within crop production systems
• Indicator 36: Number of new crop and wild species introduced into cultivation

Indicators

• Indicator 37: Existence of national policies that promote development and commercialization of farmers’ varieties/landraces and underutilized species
• Indicator 38: Number of programmes/projects/activities promoting development and commercialization of farmers’ varieties/landraces and underutilized species
• Indicator 39: Number of farmers’ varieties/landraces and underutilized species with potential for commercialization identified

Indicators

• Indicator 40: Number of new varieties released
• Indicator 41: Number of formal/registered seed enterprises
• Indicator 42: The least number of varieties that together account for 80% of the total area for each of the five most widely cultivated crops
• Indicator 43: Percentage of area supplied with seed meeting the quality standard of the formal seed sector for the five most widely cultivated annual crops
• Indicator 44: Existence of a national seed policy and/or seed law

To generate global environmental benefits through effective implementation of the UNCCD

Indicators

UNCCD indicators:

• SO 4-1 Trends in carbon stocks above and below ground
• SO 4-2 Trends in abundance and distribution of selected species
• SO 4-3 Trends in protected area coverage of important biodiversity areas (Average proportion of Terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas covered by protected areas) 

SDG indicators:

• 15.5.1 Red List Index
• 15.1.2 Proportion of important sites for terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity that are covered by protected areas, by ecosystem type (ER_PTD_TERR: Average proportion of Terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas)

CBD indicators:

• A.3 Red List Index
• 3.1 Coverage of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures
• Protected area coverage of Key Biodiversity Areas (Component indicator under target 3)
• Proportion of terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecological regions that are conserved by protected areas or other effective area-based conservation measures (Complementary indicator under target 3 and 5)

By 2020, maintain the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and their related wild species, including through soundly managed and diversified seed and plant banks at the national, regional and international levels, and promote access to and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, as internationally agreed

Take urgent and significant action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, halt the loss of biodiversity and, by 2020, protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species

Explanation: Parties commit to include migratory species with an unfavourable conservation status in CMS Appendices, based on best available science, and to develop and implement effective cooperative conservation and/or management actions, including CMS Instruments, Concerted Actions and other initiatives that deliver tangible and verifiable conservation outcomes.

Explanation: The conservation status, population trend, range and extinction risk of all migratory species is regularly monitored, including through the State of the World’s Migratory Species report, CMS National Reports,[1] other assessments and analyses of relevant publications such as those produced by CMS and its Instruments, and information from relevant stakeholders, indigenous peoples and local communities. The conclusions of this regular monitoring supports priority-setting under CMS, including the listing of new migratory species that may need specific conservation actions.
 

[1] IUCN Red List assessments are the primary source for assessing the conservation status of migratory species. CMS National Reports and EU N2000 reports etc. could also provide additional information if available..

Explanation: CMS initiatives have helped to improve the conservation status of all CMS-listed migratory species, thereby contributing to the achievement of the Convention and Goals A and B of the GBF. Conservation efforts should strive to engage relevant stakeholders, including indigenous peoples and local communities. 

The ecological character of Ramsar sites is maintained or restored, through effective planning and integrated management.

Baseline

• At COP12, 973 Ramsar Sites have implemented management plans. (National Reports to COP12).
• Number of Ramsar Sites that have effective, implemented management plans. (Data source: new National Report question).
• 27% of Parties have made assessments of effective management of Ramsar sites. (National Reports to COP12).
• 43% (950 of Ramsar Sites have updated Ramsar Information Sheets. (Report of the Secretary General pursuant to Article 8.2 COP12 Doc.7).

Indicator

• Number of Ramsar Sites that have effective, implemented management plans. (Data source: National Report).
• Number of Ramsar Sites that have effective, implemented management planning. (Data source: new National Report question).
• % of Parties that have made assessments of effective management of Ramsar Sites. (Data source: National Reports).
• % of Ramsar Sites that have updated Ramsar Information Sheets. (Data source: Ramsar Sites database).

Possible further indicators that may be developed

• {Coverage of wetland dependent bird populations by designated Ramsar Sites. Indicator from Resolution IX.1 to be developed}.
• {Coverage of wetland dependent non-avian populations by designated Ramsar Sites. Indicator from Resolution IX.1 to be developed}.
• {% loss of IUCN Red Listed species from Ramsar Sites}

There is a significant increase in area, numbers and ecological connectivity in the Ramsar Site network, in particular under-represented types of wetlands including in under-represented ecoregions and Transboundary Sites.

Baseline

• By COP12, 2,186 Ramsar Sites have been designated. (Ramsar Sites database).
• By COP12 2,085,000 ha of Ramsar Sites have been designated. (Ramsar Sites database).
• By COP12 [16] transboundary Ramsar Sites have been designated. (Ramsar Secretariat).
• By COP12, Ramsar Sites have been designated for the following under-represented Ramsar Sites:
  • Karst and other subterranean hydrological systems – [110 Sites]
  • Coral reefs – [96 Sites]
  • Wet grasslands – [517 Sites]
  • Peatlands – [564 Sites]
  • Sea-grass beds – [249 Sites]
  • Mangroves – [280 Sites]
  • Temporary Pools – [729 Sites]
  • Bivalve (shellfish) reefs – [99 Sites]
  • (Ramsar Sites database, June 2015).

Indicator

• Number of Ramsar sites that have been designated. (Data source: Ramsar Sites database).
• Total hectares of Ramsar sites that have been designated. (Data source: Ramsar Sites database).
• Number of transboundary Ramsar Sites that have been designated. (Data source: Ramsar Sites database).
• Number of Ramsar Sites designated for the following underrepresented wetland types:
  • Karst and other subterranean hydrological systems – [XXX Sites]
  • Coral reefs – [XXX Sites]
  • Wet grasslands – [XXX Sites]
  • Peatlands – [XXX Sites]
  • Sea-grass beds – [XXX Sites]
  • Mangroves – [XXX Sites] T
  • emporary Pools – [XXX Sites]
  • Bivalve (shellfish) reefs – [XXX Sites]
  • (Data source: Ramsar Sites database).

Sites that are at risk of change of ecological character have threats addressed.

Baseline

• At COP12, [47] Ramsar Sites (2.2%) are listed on the Montreux Record. (Report of the Secretary General pursuant to Article 8.2 COP12 Doc.7).
• 21% of Parties have reported to the Ramsar Secretariat all cases of negative human- induced change or likely change in the ecological character of Ramsar sites pursuant to Article 3.2. (National Reports to COP12).
• [76] Ramsar Sites reported by Parties to the Ramsar Secretariat of negative human-induced change or likely change in the ecological character of Ramsar Sites pursuant to Article 3.2. (Data source: Report of the Secretary General pursuant to Article 8.2 COP12 Doc.7).
• 16% of Parties have taken actions to address the issues for which Ramsar sites have been listed on the Montreux Record. (National Reports to COP12).

Indicator

• Number of Ramsar Sites removed from the Montreux Record. (Data source: Ramsar Site database).
• % of Parties reporting to the Ramsar Secretariat all cases of negative human-induced change or likely change in the ecological character of Ramsar Sites pursuant to Article 3.2. (Data source: National Reports).
• Number of Ramsar Sites reported by Parties to the Ramsar Secretariat of negative human-induced change or likely change in the ecological character of Ramsar Sites pursuant to Article 3.2. (Data source: National Reports).
• % of Parties that have taken actions to address the issues for which Ramsar Sites have been listed on the Montreux Record. (National Reports to COP12).

Possible further indicators that may be developed

• {Indicator(s) relating to (numbers of) Ramsar Sites at risk}

National wetland inventories have been initiated, completed or updated and disseminated and used for promoting the conservation and effective management of all wetlands.

Baseline

• At COP12, 47% of Parties have a complete national wetlands inventory. (National Reports to COP12).
• At COP13, [XX]% of Parties % of Parties have updated their national inventories in the last decade. (New question for National Reports).

Indicator

• % of Parties that have complete national wetland inventories. (Data source: National Reports).
• % of Parties that have updated their national inventories in the last decade. (Data source: new question for National Reports).

 Objective 1.1 Parties comply with their obligations under the Convention through the adoption and implementation of appropriate legislation, policies, and procedures.

Indicator

• Indicator 1.1.1: Number of Parties that are in category 1 under the national legislation project.
• Indicator 1.1.2: Number of Parties subject to CITES recommendations to suspend trade.

Objective 1.3 Implementation of the Convention at the national level is consistent with Resolutions and Decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties.

Indicator

• Indicator 1.3.1: Number of Parties that have implemented relevant reporting under Resolutions and Decisions of the Conference of the Parties and/or Standing Committee recommendations.

Objective 1.4 The Appendices correctly reflect the conservation status and needs of species.

Objective 1.5 Parties improve the conservation status of CITES-listed specimens, put in place national conservation actions, support their sustainable use and promote cooperation in managing shared wildlife resources.

Indicator

• Indicator 1.5.1: The conservation status of species listed on the CITES Appendices has stabilized or improved.
• Indicator 1.5.2: Number of CITES-listed species for which Parties have put in place actions that support sustainable use

Rational

Plant pests that are invasive alien species can have a significant and devastating impact on the terrestrial, marine and freshwater environments, agriculture and forests. Strategic Objective B addresses environmental concerns related to plant biodiversity and emerging problems associated with plant pests as invasive alien species and the impacts of climate change.

B1: Contracting parties recognize the management of environmental plant pests as part of their responsibilities and work with national environmental sector agencies to support pest management programmes aimed at environmental protection.

B2: Contracting parties have mechanisms in place to control the spread of environmental contaminating pests on non-plant trade pathways (e.g. invasive ants on vehicles and machinery, or gypsy moth egg masses on sea containers and vessels).

B3: Mechanisms are in place to share adaptation strategies for responding to the impacts of climate change.

B4: Agencies with environmental and forest biodiversity stewardship responsibilities regularly access information and other resources managed by the IPPC Secretariat.

B5: Contracting parties continue to improve their capacity to implement key IPPC standards which directly address the spread of forest and environmental pests, such as ISPM 15 on wood packaging materials and other such standards, to contain the global spread of pests which threaten forests, biodiversity and non-cultivated flora.