Using the UK Biodiversity Indicators
to contribute to the
Fifth UK National Report
to the
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
CBD 5th National Report
Reports due to be submitted end March 2014
Three main parts:
• Part I – An update on biodiversity status, trends, and threats and
implications for human well-being
• Part II – The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan
(NBSAP), its implementation, and the mainstreaming of
biodiversity
• Part III – Progress towards the 2015 and 2020 Aichi Biodiversity
Targets and contributions to the relevant 2015 Targets of the
Millennium Development Goals
+ Appendices on thematic Programmes of Work & cross-cutting
issues
Using the UK indicators
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UK biodiversity indicators anticipated to form a major part of
the UK’s 5th CBD national report
•
Need to analyse progress for each Aichi target, and for each
Strategic Goal (A – E)
– Progress towards each strategic goal could involve the aggregation of
information from the evaluation of progress towards the targets
– Likely to need to integrate messages from different indicators
– Other data sources and information also likely to be necessary
•
Some parts of some targets may not be covered
Managing a contradiction
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•
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Indicators as a set are National Statistics
Individually they are official statistics
Ministers and Officials not allowed to see results until 24 hours
before publication
•
•
Report is an official submission of the UK Government
Ministers and Officials have to be involved in development and
editing
Resolution
• Draft report with 2013 results
• Update indicators in parallel & publish early (March / April?)
• Bring new indicators in after published so final report up-to-date
Traffic Light Assessments
Improving
Little or no overall
change
Deteriorating
Insufficient or no
comparable data
• Two assessment periods for
each indicator
• Long-term – assessment of
change since the earliest date
for which data are available
o If data do not precede
1996 a long term
assessment is not made
• Short-term - assessment of
change since 2000
• Assessment of trend, not
distance to target
Assessing change over time
2007
2010
•
More green since 2000, therefore making
progress?
•
But also more red since 2000, and long term
•
Is this
as a result of improvements,
or a
2009
2008
decrease in ‘insufficient data’ (white), or a move
from red to amber to green.
•
Need to look at individual indicators to resolve.
2011
2012
The Strategic Plan and the
UK biodiversity indicators
• Each indicator assigned to a Strategic Goal
– e.g. indicators with the prefix ‘A’ are considered to be of most direct
relevance to Goal A.
•
Each indicator is mapped against target(s) as ‘primary
indicator(s)’, or as ‘other relevant indicator(s)’.
– e.g. Target 4 is represented by 3 ‘primary indicators’ (A3, A4, B3), and
3 ‘other relevant indicators’ (B1, B2, D1)
– ‘Primary indicators’ are most closely linked to a target
– ‘Other relevant indicators’ have less strong links but still relevant
•
Indicators may also be of relevance to targets within other
goals
– e.g. Indicator E2 is a ‘primary indicator’ for Target 20 in Goal E, but is
also an ‘other relevant indicator’ for Targets 2 and 3 in Goal A.
Individual indicators can
contribute to the assessment of
multiple targets (or goals)
Flexible
framework; do not
need to have the
same indicator at
each scale
Regional
Targets
(e.g. EU)
Target 1
Target 2
Goal
Target 3
Headline
indicator
Headline
indicator
Headline
indicator
Headline
indicator
Global
indicator
Global
indicator
Global
indicator
Global
indicator
Regional
indicator
Global
indicator
Regional
indicator
Global
indicator
Regional
indicator
National
indicator
Regional
indicator
National
indicator
National
indicator
National
indicator
National
indicator
National
indicator
etc
etc
etc
etc
National
targets
Assessment of targets and goals
•
Each target can be assessed in terms of the indicators (and
measures) that are ‘primary indicators’ and ‘other relevant
indicators’
•
Aggregating the results for the targets allows assessment of the
strategic goals.
•
A comparison can be made of an assessment made by primary
indicators against an assessment of all indicators (including
‘other relevant indicators’).
•
Targets 5–10 (Goal B) are provided as an example.
Numbers of indicators & measures
used to assess Targets 5 – 10
Target
‘primary
indicators’
(# measures)
‘other relevant
indicators’
(# measures)
Total number
of indicators
(and measures)
Target 5
(habitat loss)
C2, C3;
3 measures
C5, C6, C7, C8, B7;
12 measures
7 indicators
(15 measures)
Target 6
(fisheries)
B2;
1 measure
D1;
1 measure
2 indicators
(2 measures)
Target 7
(land use)
B1;
3 measures
C5, C6, C7, C8;
11 measures
5 indicators
(14 measures)
Target 8
(pollution)
B5, B7;
4 measures
None
2 indicators
(4 measures)
Target 9
(invasive species)
B6;
3 measures
None
1 indicator
(3 measures)
Target 10
(climate change)
B4, B5;
4 measures
None
2 indicators
(4 measures)
Assessment of Targets 5–10
Improving
Deteriorating
10
Insufficient data
Not assessed
5
0
change
long-term long-term change
change since 2000 since 2000
change
(all
(primary
(all
(primary
indicators) indicators) indicators) indicators)
2
Improving
Improving
Little or no change
Deteriorating
Insufficient data
2
Not assessed
0
No. of indicators/measures
Deteriorating
Insufficient data
Not assessed
0
long-term long-term change
change
change
change since 2000 since 2000
(primary
(all
(primary
(all
indicators) indicators) indicators) indicators)
Target 7
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Insufficient data
Not assessed
long-term long-term change
change
change
change since 2000 since 2000
(primary
(all
(primary
(all
indicators) indicators) indicators) indicators)
Little or no change
Deteriorating
Insufficient data
2
Not assessed
0
change since 2000
(primary indicators)
Target 10
Improving
Deteriorating
Improving
4
long-term change
(primary indicators)
Little or no change
change since 2000
(primary indicators)
Target 9
Little or no change
1
Target 8
4
long-term change
(primary indicators)
No. of indicators/measures
No. of indicators/measures
Target 6
Bar graphs can be
used to display the
assessments of the
relevant measures
for each target of
relevance to Goal B.
No. of indicators/measures
Little or no change
No. of indicators/measures
No. of indicators/measures
Target 5
15
Improving
4
Little or no change
Deteriorating
Insufficient data
2
Not assessed
0
long-term change
(primary indicators)
change since 2000
(primary indicators)
Assessment Method 1
(use the primary indicators for each goal)
•
•
Goal B would be measured by 7 indicators (B1 to B7)
•
Method 1 does not
13 measures (indicators B3 & B4 are currently ‘under
development/not assessed’)
– take into account the information gathered to assess the targets, as
targets may be assessed by indicators from other goals
– allow comparison of ‘primary indicators’ with ‘other relevant indicators’
Method 1 (Goal B)
Goal B: Long-term change. Based on
indicators B1–B7 (13 measures)
pie-chart – simple way of showing
proportions of the measures improving /
deteriorating
Improving
Little or no change
Deteriorating
Insuf f icient data
bar chart – clearly displays the
number of measures being shown.
Not assessed/
under development
Goal B: Based on Indicators B1–B7, a total of 13 measures
(two are included as 'not assessed/under development')
Goal B: Change since 2000. Based on
indicators B1–B7 (13 measures)
Improving
Little or no change
No. of indicators/measures
14
Not assessed/
under development
Insuf f icient data
Deteriorating
7
Little or no change
Improving
Deteriorating
Insuf f icient data
Not assessed/
under development
0
Long-term change
Change since 2000
Assessment Method 2
(use all the indicators linked with a target)
•
Method 2 also uses the relevant indicators within each target
associated with a particular goal
– e.g. indicators of relevance to Targets 5–10 for Strategic Goal B.
•
It does not, however, duplicate indicators.
– e.g. indicator B5 is a primary indicator for both Target 8 and Target 10,
but would only be included once.
•
Indicators which are identified as both ‘primary indicators’ and
‘other relevant indicators’ for different targets are only
included as primary indicators.
•
This method enables comparison of primary indicators with
data gathered from all indicators.
Method 2 (Goal B)
Goal B: Long-term change – primary
indicators (8 indicators, 15 measures)
Method 2 considers all the
information gathered to
assess the targets within a
Strategic Goal.
Improving
Little or no change
Deteriorating
Insuf f icient data
Goal B: Change since 2000 – primary
indicators (8 indicators, 15 measures)
Improving
Little or no change
Deteriorating
Not assessed
Insuf f icient data
Not assessed
Goal B: 8 primary indicators (15 measures),
13 total indicators (27 measures)
No. of indicators/measures
28
21
Goal B: Long-term change – all
indicators (13 indicators, 27 measures)
Improving
Little or no change
Deteriorating
Goal B: Change since 2000 – all
indicators (13 indicators, 27 measures)
14
7
0
Long-term
change (primary
indicators)
Improving
Insufficient data
Long-term
change (all
indicators)
Change since
2000 (primary
indicators)
Little or no change
Not assessed
Change since
2000 (all
indicators)
Deteriorating
Improving
Little or no change
Deteriorating
Insuf f icient data
Insuf f icient data
Not assessed
Not assessed
Dashboard(s)
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Based on discussions yesterday
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May wish to rank relevance to goal in order of presentation
•
Could also look to show all indicators for
Simpler presentation of primary (+ relevant?) indicators together
Graphics for indicators with icons showing long term and short
term assessments
Plus simple overview text
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–
–
–
Pressures
State
Responses
Benefits
 Are pressures decreasing?
 Are state / responses / benefits increasing?
Dashboard for Goal B pressures
Targets on: habitat loss, fisheries, sustainable land use,
pollution, invasive aliens, climate change
A
N
B5a: Air pollution
B2 Sustainable fisheries
B5b: Marine pollution
B1a:Agri-environment Schemes
B4: Spring Index
+ Overview text
M
T
F
Top icon =
long term
B1b: Sustainable forestry
B6: Invasive species
Bottom icon =
short term
Framework from AHTEG
What
do dowe
do
What
do we
about
biodiversity loss?
biodiversity loss?
about
Responses
Indicators related to all
Strategic Goals
Why are weWhy
losingare
biodiversity?
we losing
biodiversity?
Pressures and
underlying causes
Indicators broadly related
to Strategic Goals A and B
Benefits
State
Indicators broadly related
to Strategic Goal D
Indicators broadly related
to Strategic Goal C
What
areare
thetheimplications
What
implications of
biodiversity loss?
of biodiversity
loss?
How is the status of
How is the status of
biodiversity
biodiversity
changing? changing?
Workshop
•
Two main points to discuss
– Peer review of ideas
– What information do we need to bring together to assess Goal B? (as
example)
•
Need to ground in reality
– time constraints in production of CBD report, therefore has to be
relatively straightforward to do
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•
2 parallel groups
Start with a discussion about the ideas in the paper and
presentation, synthesise, then consider what is needed to
assess Goal B
Questions?
Indicator number (Strategic Goal / number), title, and measures
where applicable
A1. Awareness, understanding and support for conservation
Long-term
change1
Change since
20002
Under development, no interim
measure(s) available
A2. Taking action for nature: volunteer time spent in conservation
A3. Value of biodiversity integrated into decision making
A4. Global biodiversity impacts of UK economic activity / sustainable
consumption
B1. Agricultural and forest area
under environmental management
schemes
B1a. Area of
land in agrienvironment
schemes
B1a(i).
Higher-level /
targeted
schemes
B1a(ii). Entrylevel type
schemes
B1b. Area of forestry land
certified as sustainably
managed
Under development, no interim
measure(s) available
Under development, no interim
measure(s) available
1992–2011
2005
2012 results
Indicator number (Strategic Goal / number), title, and
measures where applicable
C5. Birds of the wider countryside C5a. Farmland birds
and at sea
B4. Pressure from climate change
B5. Pressure from pollution
B5a. Air
pollution
B5a(i). Area
affected by
acidity
B5a(ii). Area
affected by
nitrogen
B5b. Marine pollution
C5c. Wetland birds
1975–2010
1990–2010
Under development, no interim
measure(s) available
Not assessed
Not assessed
1996–2007
1960–2008
B6b. Marine invasive
species
1960–2008
C1a. Total area of protected
sites: on land
C1b. Total area of protected
sites: at sea
C2. Habitat connectivity
1970–2010
C5e. Wintering water birds
1975/6–2009/10
C6. Insects of the wider countryside C6a. Semi-natural habitat
(butterflies)
specialists
C7. Plants of the wider countryside C7a. Change in plant species
richness (arable and
horticultural land)
C7b. Change in plant species
richness (woodland and
grassland)
C7c. Change in plant species
richness (boundary habitats)
1976–2011
1976–2011
1998
1990–2007
1998
1990–2007
1998
1990–2007
C8. Mammals of the wider countryside (bats)
1978–1992
1960–2008
1990–2009
C9. Genetic resources for food and C9a. Native sheep breeds
agriculture
C9b. Native cattle breeds
1980–2011
D1. Biodiversity and ecosystem services (marine – fish size
classes in the North Sea)
B7. Water quality
C1. Protected sites
C5d. Seabirds
C6b. Species of the
wider countryside
1996–2007
B6a. Freshwater invasive
species
B6c. Terrestrial invasive
species
1970–2010
1970–2010
2001
1990–2010
B6. Pressure from invasive species
Change since
2000
C5b. Woodland birds
B2. Sustainable fisheries
B3. Integration of biodiversity considerations into business activity
Long-term
change
D2. Biodiversity and ecosystem services (other)
1980–2011
C1c. Condition of A/SSSIs
2005-6
C2a. Broad-leaved, mixed
and yew woodland
C2b. Neutral grassland
1998
1998
C3. Status of threatened habitats
1999
C4. Status of threatened species
1999
E1. Biodiversity data for decision making
E2. Expenditure on UK and
international biodiversity
E2a. Expenditure on UK
biodiversity
E2b. UK Expenditure on
international biodiversity
2001
2001
1982–2010
Under development, no interim
measure(s) available
Under development, no interim
measure(s) available
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process for reporting
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Request
Responses
Editing
Final Draft
Editing
Consultation
Consultation
Draft
Ministerial
Clearance
Final Edit?
Submitted
Report
CBD 5th National Report Part I
An update on biodiversity status, trends, and threats and
implications for human well-being
Q1: Why is biodiversity important for your country?
Q2: What major changes have taken place in the status and trends of
biodiversity in your country?
Q3: What are the main threats to biodiversity?
Q4: What are the impacts of the changes in biodiversity for ecosystem
services and the socio-economic and cultural implications of these
impacts?
Optional: What are possible future changes for biodiversity and their
impacts?
CBD 5th National Report Part II
The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, its
implementation, and the mainstreaming of biodiversity
Q5: What are the biodiversity targets set by your country?
Q6: How has your NBSAP been updated to incorporate these targets
and to serve as an effective instrument to mainstream
biodiversity?
Q7: What actions has your country taken to implement the
Convention since the fourth report and what have been the
outcomes of these actions
Q8: How effectively has biodiversity been mainstreamed into relevant
sectoral strategies, plans and programmes?
Q9: How fully has your NBSAP been implemented?
CBD 5th National Report Part III
Progress towards the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets and
contributions to the relevant 2015 Targets of the Millennium
Development Goals
Q10: What progress has been made by your country towards the
implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
and its Aichi Biodiversity Targets?
Q11: What has been the contribution of actions to implement the
Convention towards the acheivement of the relevant 2015
targets of the Millennium Development Goals in your country?
Q12: What lessons have been learned from the implementation of
the Convention in your country?
CBD 5th National Report
Appendices
1. Information concerning the Reporting Party and preparation of
the 5th National Report
2. Further sources of information
3. Implementation of Thematic Programmes of Work / crosscutting issues e.g.
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Islands, inland waters, marine & coastal …
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Ecosystem approach, Climate change, Global Strategy for
Plant Conservation …