EU Biodiversity Indicators – SEBI 2010
 SEBI 2010 and its 26 indicators is a pan-European initiative, launched in January 2005 to develop appropriate indicators to assess achievement of the 2010 target at European level - Streamlining European 2010 Biodiversity Indicators – (SEBI 2010).
The first 26 “fact sheets” for the SEBI 2010 biodiversity indicators have been annexed to the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions "A mid-term assessment of implementing the EC Biodiversity Action Plan. Data are currently available for 22 of the 26 indicators. The fact sheets in this annex contain a summary assessment of the latest data available for each indicator.
The first indicator-based assessment of progress towards the European target of halting biodiversity loss by 2010 was published by the European Environment Agency on 22 May 2009.
Technical specifications of the indicators can be found in EEA Technical report 11/2007 “Halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010: proposal for a first set of indicators to monitor progress in Europe”. Readers are encouraged to consult this publication if they need detailed information on the methodology for each indicator.
The SEBI project is a consultative process steered by the European Environment Agency, based on the global conceptual framework for evaluating progress provided by the Convention on Biological Diversity. It is the European contribution to the global initiative 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership, 2010 BIP . It is an evolving process, subject to wide consultation through an online commenting tool, hosted on the EC Biodiversity Clearing House Mechanism.
We would like to encourage critical study of the proposed indicators, methods and data flows and hope you will provide us with constructive feedback or suggestions for further improvements. Please submit your comments via e-mail to SEBI@eea.europa.eu.
Process
The SEBI 2010 process’ institutional partners are the European Environment Agency (and its European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity), ECNC (European Centre for Nature Conservation), UNEP-WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre), DG Environment of the European Commission, the PEBLDS Joint Secretariat, and the Czech Republic (as lead country for the Kiev Resolution action plan on biodiversity indicators). The SEBI 2010 process has to a large extent been made possible by the contributions of more than 120 experts from across the pan-European region and from international NGOs and IGOs.
The initiative was launched following the endorsement of a set of 16 EU Headline indicators at Malahide, the Environment Council in its conclusions of 28 June 2004 (pdf 327KB) "urged the Commission further to develop, test and finalise this set by 2006".
This set was part of the Communication on Halting the Loss of Biodiversity to 2010 and Beyond (COM(2006)216 final) and EU Action Plan to 2010 and Beyond (SEC(2006)621 final) (pdf 348KB), which foresee an annual evaluation of whether, and to what extent, we have met the 2010 commitments and to inform policy decisions by 2010 and beyond based on agreed indicators (as detailed in Annex 2 of the Communication, see above). |
