State of Nature Metrics

We are
losing nature
faster than ever…

We are losing nature faster than ever, with disastrous consequences for global economic stability, human well-being and climate change.

Nature Positive is a global, societal goal to mobilize urgent and necessary action to halt and reverse this rapidly escalating nature loss by 2030.

Without alignment on how to measure nature-positive outcomes, we will not be able to gauge if our efforts to secure a nature-positive world are on track. 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 minimum set of metrics to evaluate success from global to local scales.

That’s why the Nature Positive Initiative is building consensus on a universal set of metrics.

The newly aligned state of nature metrics are the product of months of engaging with more than 100 stakeholders to define a checklist of metrics that can provide the scale, diversity, credibility and completeness needed to give a sufficiently accurate picture of change in the state of nature.

The Nature Positive Initiative has run a consultation for wide input to the metrics. This is now closed for input but provided a unique opportunity to build consensus on metrics that will help drive action and transparency and shape the future of reporting on nature.

The consultation

The consultation was open until the 13 November 2024. For reference, there are several documents that were being reviewed:

1) Consultation document: Building Consensus on State of Nature Metrics to Drive Nature Positive Outcomes

• • Supporting information
  • Metrics spreadsheet
  • Technical FAQs