Preparing reports on biodiversity

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends producing regularly updated world reports on biodiversity based on national assessments in all countries.

The most relevant international action at the global level takes place within the institutions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), above all the Conference of the Parties (COP) but also in other bodies such as the Subsidiary Body for Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA). In 1995 COP2 decided that Parties' first national reports – an important means of tracking implementation – should be submitted by the end of 1997; in May 1998 COP4 briefly took stock of the reports by then received; and COP5 will conclude this process including by deciding on the intervals and content of future national reports.

1. Reviewing conservation issues
2. Producing state-of-environment reports

1. Conserving global biodiversity

1. Studying biodiversity
2. Coordinating international organizations in biodiversity conservation

1. Lack of information on biodiversity
2. Inadequate management capacity for biodiversity conservation

1. Nonglobalized

1. The Biodiversity Planning Process: How to prepare and update a National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan
2. Convention on Biological Diversity
3. Global Environment Facility
4. Guidelines for the preparation of the Country Reports for The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture
5. Corporate Reporting on Biodiversity and Ecosystems