Main points discussed in the session:
•The success of the Global Biodiversity Framework fundamentally relies on fit-for-purpose indicators with sufficient and credible data.
•Core data available to policy makers must be tailored to underpin indicators, research and decision processes at all scales
•Repeatable workflows and methodologies for monitoring Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) can be applied at national level, scaled up for global aggregation
•Filling spatial, temporal and taxonomic data gaps is essential to guide conservation and sustainable use
•A culture of data sharing and attribution, capacity building and resource mobilization are needed to generate the information needed to implement and track the Global Biodiversity Framework
•New opportunities to scale up data mobilization include engaging the private sector/development actors to share biodiversity data from EIAs; and integrating data from DNA-based biodiversity sampling (eDNA)