State of Nature Metrics opens for consultation

The Nature Positive Initiative has launched a collaborative effort for a global biodiversity measurement and has opened an expert consultation to gather feedback on the proposed standardised metrics framework.

Nature Positive Initiative convener, Marco Lambertini, pictured, launched the State of Nature Metrics consultation at the inagural Global Nature Positive Summit in Sydney, Australia last week.

The consultation aims to foster a collective commitment to adopt a minimum number of metrics to help drive action and reporting on the state of nature and seeks input from expert stakeholders to strengthen the proposed metrics and build a broad consensus.

Currently, there is no common approach to measure nature’s decline or recovery. Hundreds of different metrics are being used to measure the state of nature, making it challenging to select the right set of metrics to evaluate success from global to local scales, so a standardised approach is crucial.

The aim is for the metrics to:
– provide consistency globally
– standardise biodiversity measurement
– track progress
– support transparency.

Have your say on measuring nature’s recovery until Nov 13: https://www.naturepositive.org/metrics/