The failure to halt the global decline in biodiversity by 2020 contributed to the adoption of the ambitious Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, which includes transparency and responsibility as foundations. The Global Biodiversity Framework identifies the actions needed so that societies are living in harmony with nature by 2050. To support the delivery of this ambition, the transparency and responsibility mechanisms defined in the Global Biodiversity Framework include a detailed Monitoring Framework designed to prompt evidence-based actions and track progress towards its goals and targets at the national and global level. The Monitoring Framework includes a set of indicators selected by the Parties through a political process. These indicators have since been operationalized through a scientific process led by an expert group focused on assessing and clarifying their methods. Most indicators are now ready to inform on progress, but key limitations of data availability and methodological challenges remain. The onus is now on the Parties to resource implementation and on the scientific community to support indicator use and development. Implementation of the Monitoring Framework will provide an unprecedented view of the state of biodiversity at the national level, which can be used to assess both national and global progress. Investment to overcome the Monitoring Framework’s weaknesses will improve our ability to measure progress and mobilize the actions needed to protect and restore biodiversity and the many benefits we receive from nature.

未能在 2020 年之前阻止全球生物多样性的下降，促成了雄心勃勃的昆明-蒙特利尔全球生物多样性框架的通过，该框架将透明度和责任作为基础。全球生物多样性框架确定了到 2050 年实现社会与自然和谐相处所需的行动。为了支持实现这一雄心壮志，全球生物多样性框架中定义的透明度和责任机制包括一个详细的监测框架，旨在促进循证行动并跟踪在国家和全球层面实现其目标和指标的进展情况。监测框架包括各缔约方通过政治进程选择的一组指标。此后，这些指标通过一个专注于评估和澄清其方法的专家组领导的科学过程来实施。大多数指标现在已经准备好为进展情况提供信息，但数据可用性和方法挑战的主要局限性仍然存在。现在，资源实施的缔约方和科学界有责任支持指标的使用和开发。监测框架的实施将提供前所未有的国家一级生物多样性状况视图，可用于评估国家和全球进展。为克服监测框架的弱点而进行的投资将提高我们衡量进展和动员采取必要行动的能力，以保护和恢复生物多样性以及我们从大自然中获得的许多好处。