Standards and Protocols
How much monitoring is needed to reliably track progress towards genetic diversity targets?
This study provides guidance to Parties on how many species and populations need to be monitored to reliably report Headline Indicator A.4. The recommendations are feasible for many countries, using available data, and are robust to anticipated errors in data.
- Article
- Target 4
Ecological Footprint Standards 2009
Ecological Footprint Standards 2009 are designed to ensure that Footprint assessments are produced consistently and according to community-proposed best. The Standards cover both Footprint analysis and communication and are designed to apply to all sub-national Footprint studies, including sub-national populations, products, and organizations.
- Report
- Target 16
- Global Footprint Network
Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)
Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) is a not-for-profit, scientific and educational association formed to establish international collaboration among the creators, managers and users of biodiversity information and to promote the wider and more effective dissemination and sharing of knowledge about the world’s heritage of biological organisms
- Tools and platforms
- Target 21
- TDWG
IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology 2.0
The IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology is a hierarchical classification system that, in its upper levels, defines ecosystems by their convergent ecological functions and, in its lower levels, distinguishes ecosystems with contrasting assemblages of species engaged in those functions.
- Methodologies and guidelines
- Target 2
- IUCN
- IUCN CEM
Standards, methods and guidelines for cross-referencing ecosystem classifications and maps to the IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology
This publication establishes a structured, rigorous standard for cross-referencing ecosystem types to the Global Ecosystem Typology.
- Methodologies and guidelines
- Target 2
- IUCN CEM