{"id":3272,"date":"2024-03-20T23:32:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T23:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unbiodiversitylab.org\/?page_id=3272"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:36:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:36:57","slug":"monitoring-framework-of-the-kunming-montreal-global-biodiversity-framework-data-collection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/unbiodiversitylab.org\/en\/monitoring-framework-of-the-kunming-montreal-global-biodiversity-framework-data-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitoring Framework of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework: Data Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Data to Support the Monitoring Framework of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework<\/h1>\n

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework represents a pivotal advancement in global efforts to reverse biodiversity loss and promote sustainable development. Its implementation will be monitored through a monitoring framework, based primarily on data collated at the national level. To support and supplement this mechanism, the data collection set out in this document, serves as a resource for countries to draw on in tracking progress and informing decision-making at the national level. It provides access to global data that could be used to calculate indicators to monitor implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans, that are aligned to the Global Biodiversity Framework.\n

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About this data collection<\/h2>\n

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This collection of datasets is a curated list of global spatial datasets that can be used at national and global scales to calculate selected headline, component, and complementary indicators of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, in instances where indicators are based on spatial data, and subject to national needs and priorities for monitoring. The UNBL team has identified that 41% of headline indicators and 36% of component indicators have methodology encouraging the use of spatial data. The list includes indicators that are reported as statistics at the country level, but are also visualizable as maps (e.g., a world map representing different country-level values). All data included in this data collection are the global spatial data referenced in the indicator metadata (available on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Indicators website<\/a> and in CBD\/COP\/16\/INF\/3\/Rev.1<\/a>) associated with decision CBD\/COP\/DEC\/16\/31* Annex 1 and 2<\/a>\u00a0 on the monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework\u00a0 as of June 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n

These global spatial reference datasets can be used in the following ways:<\/p>\n

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  1. The datasets could act as a data standard that countries could use to evaluate their own national datasets against.<\/li>\n
  2. The datasets could be used to supplement the national datasets proposed for calculating the headline, component and complementary indicators of the monitoring framework subject to national needs and circumstances.<\/li>\n
  3. In circumstances where no national data exists for monitoring national actions and target implementation, these global reference data can be used to enable monitoring and supplement gaps in national data.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n

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    Technical guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\tUNBL also offers workspaces<\/a> to visualise, manage, and analyse national datasets alongside these global datasets. Over the period 2023-2025, UNBL will further develop functionalities to support users in directly calculating indicators for their countries, as well as streamline connections to other relevant tools for monitoring and reporting, including the Target Tracker<\/a>, and the CBD Online Reporting Tool<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    For further information on accessing these selected global data layers for national use, and using relevant UNBL data and tools, \u200b\u200bplease see the technical guidance Using Spatial Data to Support the Development of Plans for National Monitoring Systems for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework<\/a> developed by the GEF-funded Global Biodiversity Framework Early Action Support Project.\n\t

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    About the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework<\/h2>\n
    The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)<\/a> is the overarching instrument for biodiversity governance at the global level, towards the conservation of biodiversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources. At the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the CBD, held in December 2022, countries adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework<\/a> to put nature on a path to recovery by 2030, towards the vision of living in harmony with nature by 2050. The framework features 4<\/a> long-term goals and 23 <\/a>action-oriented targets which span across three broad clusters: reducing threats to biodiversity, meeting people’s needs through sustainable use and benefit-sharing, and tools and solutions for implementation and mainstreaming.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    The associated monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted by Parties through CBD COP\u00a0 Decision 15\/5<\/a> includes a set of headline indicators that capture the overall scope of the goals and targets and a number of component and complementary indicators that allow a more detailed analysis.<\/p>\n

    Decision 15\/6 on the mechanisms for planning, monitoring, reporting, and review<\/a> urges all Parties to use the headline indicators in relevant national planning processes and requests all Parties to use the headline indicators for national reporting under the Convention. Decision 15\/5, Annex 1, states that “headline indicators use methodologies agreed by Parties and are calculated at a national level based on national data from national monitoring networks and national sources, recognizing that in some cases headline indicators may need to draw on global datasets.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

    Please see the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Indicators website<\/a> for more information on the indicators adopted for the monitoring framework.\n<\/div>

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    <\/i>Hide <\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\nExplore the collection in three easy steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    To explore the data collection, click on the target of interest and browse the available global data layers that relate to each indicator.<\/p>\n

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    1. Browse the datasets that may be relevant to monitoring the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at the national level.<\/li>\n
    2. Select a goal or target of interest to view a description, the associated indicators, and global datasets that may be relevant to support indicator calculation at the national level.<\/li>\n
    3. Click on ‘View data’ to view the dataset on UNBL<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
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      \u24d8 Data to calculate indicators at the national level<\/h3>\n

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