As the UN COP16 on biodiversity meets in Calì, Colombia, experts from McGill University are on-site, providing important input into the global conversation. These experts have been instrumental in shaping the global biodiversity monitoring framework, a central element of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted in response to biodiversity loss worldwide.
This unique framework, highlighted in a recent publication in Nature Ecology & Evolution, is designed to provide transparent, evidence-based tracking of biodiversity targets, combining political commitment with scientific rigor.
Developed through a collaborative process between governments and expert groups, the framework introduces mandatory national biodiversity reporting by signatory countries.
It is both a scientific tool and an accountability measure, intended to support the global community in living in harmony with nature by 2050.
More information:
Flavio Affinito et al, Progress in developing and operationalizing the Monitoring Framework of the Global Biodiversity Framework, Nature Ecology & Evolution (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41559-024-02566-7
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