Citation
Gonzalez, A., August, T., Bailey, S., Bobiwash, K., Boersch-Supan, P.H., Burgess, N.D., Daru, B.H., Elphick, C.S., Freckleton, R.P., Frick, W.F., Hughes, A.C., Isaac, N.J.B., Jones, J.P.G., Lambertini, M., Mac Aodha, O., Madhavapeddy, A., Milner-Gulland, E.J., Purvis, A., Salafsky, N., Sutherland, W.J., Tanshi, I., Vijay, V., Hollis Woodard, S. & Williams, D.R. 2026. From data to decisions: Toward a Biodiversity Monitoring Standards Framework. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123: doi:10.1073/pnas.2519347123
Overview
The pressing need to halt and reverse biodiversity loss, as articulated by the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, demands a commensurate improvement in how we monitor, report, and act upon changes in the state of nature. This perspectives paper proposes a Biodiversity Monitoring Standards Framework, offering a structured pathway to address the longstanding challenges of fragmentation and inconsistency in biodiversity monitoring.
