Key Global Workstream Highlights
- Guidelines and Methodology: Developed guidelines for biophysical modelling and valuation of ecosystem services.
- Indicators: Assessed linkages between SEEA, SDG Targets, and global indicator initiatives.
- Business Accounts: Undertook a business consultation and developed a roadmap for aligning SEEA with private sector accounting.
- Communications: Established a knowledge base and initiated a quarterly newsletter.
- Capacity Building: Held training workshops and developed e-Learnings on valuation and scenario analysis.
SEEA and the CBD
Our collective global challenge of addressing biodiversity loss has been one of the main motivations for the project.
As the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 is reaching its end, negotiations are underway for the creation of a new global biodiversity framework under the auspices of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The post-2020 global biodiversity framework is scheduled for completion at the Conference of Parties (COP-15), to be held in Kunming, China in October 2021 and April 2022.
The SEEA is well-positioned to support this framework as it focuses on measuring ecosystem diversity, their extent, condition and services generated. This also helps to make the case for protecting and conserving biodiversity by providing a full picture of its connection to the economy. More specifically, the information generated by the SEEA can be used to inform biodiversity policies in an integrated manner and develop indicators for monitoring progress toward the biodiversity target.
