UK reveals first assessment of progress towards national biodiversity targets today as government publishes its 7th National Report (7NR) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

The report assesses the UK’s progress against 23 national biodiversity targets which are aligned with the 23 targets in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).

The GBF targets are designed to meet the CBD’s 2030 mission – to take urgent action to halt and reverse biodiversity loss to put nature on a path to recovery for the benefit of people and the planet. The targets are focussed on achieving the GBF’s goals; by 2050, biodiversity is valued, conserved, restored and wisely used, maintaining ecosystem services, sustaining a healthy planet and delivering benefits essential for all people.