Assessing Progress Towards 2010
> 10 October 2007
Countdown 2010 assesses the progress governments make on their way towards the 2010 biodiversity target. On October 10, 2007, the initiative released the first Countdown 2010 Readiness Assessment. Download it here in English or Russian or read the chapters online.
Download theConceptual Framework for assessing Progress towards 2010 Biodiversity target a working paper by Neeraj Khera , Sebastian Winkler and Andras Krolopp
Pan-European Progress Towards Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target
Introduction
Forests and Biodiversity
Agriculture and Biodiversity
The Pan-European Ecological Network
Invasive Alien Species
Financing Biodiversity
Biodiversity Monitoring and Indicators
Public Participation and Awareness
Additional Challenges
Annex 1: Status and trends of 2010 indicators
Annex 2: C2010 Readiness Assessment Questionnaire
Annex 3: Online Survey on the 2010 Biodiversity Target
Annex 4: Recommendations for high nature value farmland
Annex 5: SEBI2010 Indicators
Do it yourself: Rate your country’s performance on biodiversity!
> 10 October 2007
How is your country doing on its way to the 2010 biodiversity target? Countdown 2010’s Readiness Assessment is a rapid analysis of the basic steps that countries have to take to meet the 2010 biodiversity target. It identifies whether countries have made public statements on the 2010 biodiversity target, whether they have assessed the requirements of meeting it and whether the necessary actions have been identified and implemented. The results of the assessment will be published during the 6th Ministerial Conference Environment for Europe, to be held in Belgrade in October.
The Assessment will include data from a variety of sources, including desk studies and consultations. In addition to that, we would like to ask for your help and expertise. The Countdown 2010 Secretariat has prepared a short on-line questionnaire to this end. Please take three minutes and share your opinion with us! The answers give will form an integral part of our work.
Assessing progress towards the 2010 biodiversity target
> 8 August 2006
The Countdown 2010 Assessment Tool will provide a quick and inexpensive means to demonstrate clearly what progress countries have made towards implementing the existing binding international commitments in relation to the 2010 biodiversity target. It focuses on responses and aims to encourage and remind countries of the urgency to increase their efforts in translating the target into action. The Countdown 2010 Secretariat is also planning to adapt the tool for regional and local usage. The first workshop to develop the methodology was hosted by the European Environment Agency in December 2005 in Copenhagen. One of the outcomes of that meeting was the decision to develop the tool at two levels; a rapid Readiness Assessment and a more detailed Comprehensive Assessment.
ANNEX 3
10 October 2007
h2. About this page This document is part of the Countdown 2010 Readiness Assessment 2007. Download the entire study in English or Russian or read the chapters online. Pan-European Progress Towards Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target Introduction Forests and Biodiversity Agriculture and Biodiversity The Pan-European Ecological Network Invasive Alien Species Financing Biodiversity Biodiversity Monitoring and Indicators Public Participation and… Read More
ANNEX 5
10 October 2007
26 indicators proposed by SEBI 2010 to monitor and help achieve progress towards 2010 CBD focal area EU and PEBLDS Headline Indicator Indicator included in the first European set … Read More
ANNEX 4
10 October 2007
Recommendations for conservation and sustainable use of high nature value farmland (HNVF) in the Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) countries The expert estimates show that there are large areas of HNVF in the EECCA countries. However, the concept of HNV farmlands is known only by a limited number of… Read More
ANNEX 2
10 October 2007
C2010 Readiness Assessment Questionnaire The objective of the Countdown 2010 Readiness Assessment is to make a quick, public judgment of the progress of each country in taking the basic steps that are necessary if the 2010 commitment is to be met. These basic steps are as follows: Has a national commitment to… Read More
ANNEX 1
10 October 2007
Status and trends of 2010 indicators taken from the Global Biodiversity Outlook with indicators selected in relation to the Kyiv target areas KYIV TARGET AREA HEADLINE INDICATOR TREND IN RELATION TO… Read More
Additional Challenges
10 October 2007
Beyond the seven target areas for which the pan-European countries made specific commitments in the Kyiv Resolution on Biodiversity, several challenges have emerged in recent years which will prove crucial to achieving the 2010 target and to biodiversity conservation in the medium-to-long term. Climate Change and Biodiversity Climate change is already having… Read More
Public Participation and Awareness
10 October 2007
Kyiv commitment By 2008, at least half of the countries in the pan-European region are implementing national Communication, Education and Public Awareness action plans, in line with the CBD’s Global Initiative on Communication, Education and Public Awareness, in order to communicate biodiversity and landscape policies and to increase multi-stakeholder participation, particularly… Read More
Biodiversity Monitoring and Indicators
10 October 2007
Kyiv commitment By 2008, a coherent European programme on biodiversity monitoring and reporting, facilitated by the European Biodiversity Monitoring and Indicator Framework, will be operational in the pan-European region, in support of nature and biodiversity policies, including by 2006 an agreed core set of biodiversity indicators developed with the active participation… Read More
Financing Biodiversity
10 October 2007
Kyiv commitment By 2008, there will be substantially increased public and private financial investments in integrated biodiversity activities in Europe, via partnerships with the finance and business sectors, that have resulted in new investment opportunities and facilities as outlined by the European Biodiversity Resourcing Initiative, taking into account the special needs… Read More
Invasive Alien Species
10 October 2007
Kyiv commitment By 2008, the Pan-European Strategy on Invasive Alien Species developed under the Bern Convention, fully compatible with the Guiding Principles of the Convention on Biological Diversity, will be implemented by at least half of the countries of the pan-European region through their respective Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans. Assessment General awareness… Read More
