Guidelines for the development of an OECD farmland habitat biodiversity indicator
With half of the world’s habitable land being used for agriculture, monitoring the
biodiversity on agricultural land is essential for meeting the objectives of the United
Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). This paper seeks to advance the
monitoring of farmland biodiversity in OECD countries by investigating current national
initiatives and proposing guidelines for the development of an indicator based on
habitat. The proposed approach provides a flexible and pragmatic framework to harmonise
reporting from national programmes while accommodating cross-country diversity in
contextual factors, including farming systems, climate, biophysical conditions and
species pools. To facilitate implementation in the near term, the indicator includes
a three-tiered approach to reporting based on data availability, which accommodates
countries with limited data resources as well as those that currently have monitoring
programmes in place.
Published on July 11, 2023Also available in: French
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