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The consortium of organizations involved in the present report also intends to continue working on biodiversity assessment approaches, in particular with regards to making data more widely available and facilitate the The Biodiversity Core Initiative has produced a new Technical Report that reviews existing methodologies and tools for biodiversity metrics. The report is available as a resource on the One Planet Network Knowledge Hub (via this link ).The first section of this report provides a description of key existing methodologies and tools to evaluate biodiversity, and the second section provides an analytical mapping of these methodologies and tools. The report is complemented by a link to an external compilation of case studies (third section), which illustrates applications of the methods described. In the last section, the report evaluates required next steps to make biodiversity assessments operational.The consortium of organizations involved in the present report also intends to continue working on biodiversity assessment approaches, in particular with regards to making data more widely available and facilitate the adaptation and conversion of data for



A complementary version of this report, “Biodiversity Assessment Initiatives: Guide for Decision Makers” is in preparation and will be available on the One Planet Network Website. While the current technical report is mostly intended for an expert audience, the complementary report will be shorter, and better suited for business and policy decision makers.



the different biodiversity assessment methods.A complementary version of this report, “Biodiversity Assessment Initiatives: Guide for Decision Makers” is in preparation and will be available on the One Planet Network Website. While the current technical report is mostly intended for an expert audience, the complementary report will be shorter, and better suited for business and policy decision makers.