Using the SEEA for Monitoring and Informing the Global Biodiversity Framework

In this first webinar in the series on the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (EEAS), organized by the United Nations Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting (UNCEEA), panelists provided a basic understanding of the SEEA and how this framework can support the national implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (MGB) monitoring framework.

The SEEA provides the methodological basis for a number of indicators in the MGB monitoring framework. In particular, the SEEA Ecosystem Accounting provides the methodological basis for three main indicators adopted for high-level monitoring of MGB, including national reports under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), i.e., the indicators:

• A.2 Extension of natural ecosystems.
• B.1 Services provided by ecosystems;
• 9.1 Benefits of the sustainable use of wild species.

In addition, the SEEA Central Framework includes accounts containing information on biodiversity expenditures and investments, which are relevant to MGF funding indicators, such as D.3 on Private Finance.

The full list of indicators can be found in CBD Decision 15/5.