Global changes in climate and land use are threatening natural ecosystems, biodiversity,
and the ecosystem services people rely on. This is why it is necessary to track and monitor …

Vast global declines of freshwater and marine fish diversity and population abundance pose
serious threats to both ecosystem sustainability and human livelihoods. Environmental DNA …

The deep sea (> 200 m depth) encompasses> 95% of the world's ocean volume and
represents the largest and least explored biome on Earth (< 0.0001% of ocean surface), yet …

Reducing the rate of biodiversity loss and averting dangerous biodiversity change are
international goals, reasserted by the Aichi Targets for 2020 by Parties to the United Nations …

The rate and extent of global biodiversity change is surpassing our ability to measure,
monitor and forecast trends. We propose an interconnected worldwide system of …

Global biodiversity change is one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time.
Here, we review current scientific knowledge on global biodiversity change and identify the …

Abstract Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) consolidate information from varied
biodiversity observation sources. Here we demonstrate the links between data sources …

Managing biological invasions relies on good global coverage of species distributions.
Accurate information on alien species distributions, obtained from international policy and …

Global change effects on biodiversity and human wellbeing call for improved long-term
environmental data as a basis for science, policy and decision making, including increased …

Highlights•Monitoring biodiversity and ecosystem services has far reaching societal
relevance.•A user-driven monitoring framework is needed to address the biodiversity …