Assessing progress towards the 2010 biodiversity target
Success Stories > 8 August 06
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.
