eprintid: 10102696 rev_number: 16 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/10/26/96 datestamp: 2020-06-25 13:23:52 lastmod: 2021-09-22 22:16:32 status_changed: 2020-06-25 13:23:52 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Buchanan, GM creators_name: Butchart, SHM creators_name: Chandler, G creators_name: Gregory, RD title: Assessment of national-level progress towards elements of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C08 divisions: D09 divisions: F99 keywords: CBD, Aichi Targets, Indicators, post-2020 agenda, Monitoring note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. abstract: Progress towards the Aichi Targets adopted through the Convention on Biological Diversity has been measured globally via indicators linked to elements of targets (the 20 targets consist of 54 elements), and nationally based on reporting by parties to the convention in the 5th (2010–2014) and 6th (2014–2018) National Reports. Here we used selected indicators that are readily available for each country to score national level progress (‘moving towards the target’, ‘little or no progress’, or ‘moving away from target’) for 11 elements of eight Aichi Targets (1, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 19, 20). Across the selected indicators, elements, and countries for which data were available, in 24.2% of cases countries were moving towards the elements, for 22.3% they were moving away, and for 53.5% there was little or no progress. This overall level of progress is similar to progress to targets as reported in the 5th and 6th National Reports. National progress to three of the 11 elements was positively correlated with progress to targets reported in the 5th National Reports, while progress to none of the elements was correlated with progress reported in the 6th National Reports. Progress to many of the elements considered was positively correlated with better governance, and to a lesser extent GDP per capita, population density and urbanisation. We suggest that post-2020 biodiversity targets should be designed taking greater account of their measurability, and will require improved biodiversity monitoring, both of which would facilitate more effective assessment of progress and enable more insightful policy responses. date: 2020-09 date_type: published official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106497 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1782861 doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106497 lyricists_name: Gregory, Richard lyricists_id: RDGRE91 actors_name: Kalinowski, Damian actors_id: DKALI47 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Ecological Indicators volume: 116 article_number: 106497 issn: 1470-160X citation: Buchanan, GM; Butchart, SHM; Chandler, G; Gregory, RD; (2020) Assessment of national-level progress towards elements of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. Ecological Indicators , 116 , Article 106497. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106497 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106497>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10102696/1/Gregory_Assessment%20of%20national-level%20progress%20towards%20elements%20of%20the%20Aichi%20Biodiversity%20Targets_AAM.pdf