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Standards Progress: Biodiversity and Ecosystems 2026

State of the standards: adoption, conformance, crosswalks, domain and industry profiles. This edition is in preparation: its frame is set and shared with the other five desks, and Nexus Standards writes its chapters from its own mandate. Nothing on these pages is a finding yet.

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Standards Progress

Biodiversity and Ecosystems 2026

State of the standards: adoption, conformance, crosswalks, domain and industry profiles.

Baseline Edition 2026NR-NXS-GS-11-2026-BASELINE, reservedNexus Standards
Chapters8the frame shared by all six desks
Readings seeded1chapter 6, from the GCRI edition
Released0until the desk releases it
Desks with this subject4of 6, by remit

01 · Contents

Eight chapters in the shared frame.

The same eight-chapter frame on every desk, so a reader can move across desks and the Collection can align them chapter by chapter. Each chapter title comes from this desk’s mandate.

  1. 1

    Chapter 1. Where standards are needed

    The places in the systems in scope where a shared standard is missing or contested.

    Frame: The question · In preparation

  2. 2

    Chapter 2. Adoption findings

    Which parts are adopted or applied, by whom, as the adopting bodies state it.

    Frame: Findings · In preparation

  3. 3

    Chapter 3. Domain and industry profiles

    The domain and industry profiles that read the scope against the parts.

    Frame: By system and sector · In preparation.

  4. 4

    Chapter 4. Conformance and assurance

    Conformance attested by those who apply the parts, and how each attestation can be checked.

    Frame: Risk and capability · In preparation

  5. 5

    Chapter 5. Change scenarios

    How the parts would need to change under stated scenarios; conditional, never predictions.

    Frame: Scenario · In preparation

  6. 6

    Chapter 6. Readings from the other desks

    Readings from the other desks: cross-references to their editions for the same scope, not copies of them.

    Frame: Readings · Seeded from the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) edition.

  7. 7

    Chapter 7. Standards work programme

    The dockets, drafts and reviews the next cycle takes up, under the open development process.

    Frame: Agenda · In preparation

  8. 8

    Chapter 8. Crosswalks

    Crosswalks from the parts to the external standards they adopt or align with.

    Frame: In depth · In preparation

Annex A (methodology), Annex B (data), Annex C (references and record), the complete edition for print and the citation forms are added at release, in the same form as every edition.

02 · Now

What exists today.

The evidence on Biodiversity and Ecosystems sits today in the GCRI Systems Evidence edition, a draft in stewardship review. This edition cross-references it chapter by chapter and does not copy it.

GCRI Systems Evidence

Global Biodiversity 2026

12 findings, 48 sources; drafted, in stewardship review.

NXS reading

Standards and regulatory watch

Printed in the GCRI edition and seeded here in chapter 6, attributed to this desk.

Subject collection

Biodiversity and Ecosystems 2026

Every desk edition for this subject, compiled by GCRI Canada for the Collection.

03 · This desk

What Standards Progress reports on Biodiversity and Ecosystems.

Nexus Standards reads an edition for standards progress: what was adopted, what conformed, what crosswalks exist and what is still a gap.

Nexus Standards deposits adoption and conformance findings, crosswalks and profiles, packaged for machines as well as readers.

If you adopted or assessed a standard, send the clause, the version and the evidence. The desk will map it to the profile it belongs in.

04 · Six desks

Every desk’s edition for Biodiversity and Ecosystems.

DeskEditionStateIdentifier
Standards ProgressStandards Progress: Biodiversity and Ecosystems 2026In preparationNR-NXS-GS-11-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
GCRI Systems EvidenceSystems Evidence: Biodiversity and Ecosystems 2026Drafted, in stewardship reviewNR-SECTOR-BIODIVERSITY-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0
GRF Public DeliberationOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit
GRA Capital ReadinessCapital Readiness: Biodiversity and Ecosystems 2026In preparationNR-GRA-GS-11-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
Academy CapabilityCapability: Biodiversity and Ecosystems 2026In preparationNR-RA-GS-11-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
Index MeasurementOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit

05 · Downloads

The print edition of the evidence on Biodiversity and Ecosystems.

This desk’s edition is in preparation and has no print of its own until release. The evidence it cross-references is in the GCRI Systems Evidence edition for Biodiversity and Ecosystems: its designed PDF (A4 or US Letter), its data and its citation files are here, from this site’s library.

Draft, not yet releasedThe print and files of the GCRI edition this desk’s edition cross-references. Review copies until release; the DOI is issued at deposit.

  • Print

    • PDF, A4

      The GCRI Systems Evidence print edition for this subject, A4: cover, imprint, contents with page numbers, every chapter and annex.

      PDF113 pages979 KBTagged, with bookmarks.

      SHA-256 57bf2a467a654b0de646b4a3d113b5e1cdf97244e4e9959dfb573b971e8f43ac

    • PDF, US Letter

      The GCRI Systems Evidence print edition for this subject, US Letter: cover, imprint, contents with page numbers, every chapter and annex.

      PDF120 pages988 KBTagged, with bookmarks.

      SHA-256 c75a12a87e6996cd99d4ce98af1c6358fc09b66f2d51392dbdff2219fa55d157

  • Web edition

  • Data bundle

    • Indicators, CSV

      15 indicators with unit, year, status and source.

      NR-SECTOR-BIODIVERSITY-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-indicators.csv1 KB

      SHA-256 6f774ad0be3157121c3f6e7bf46f9c1005afa4f112f7670b5746c30b449bafdc

    • Indicators, JSON

      The same indicators with the edition’s identity and licence.

      NR-SECTOR-BIODIVERSITY-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-indicators.json2 KB

      SHA-256 c7d34607c1166497167fc65a9a57c39f78ef2a4618bb1e77e4267aa4c162d7e8

    • Findings, CSV

      12 findings with status, evidence-quality level and references.

      NR-SECTOR-BIODIVERSITY-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-findings.csv4 KB

      SHA-256 9426f842f1911ba6957d1e775247050c22f6f684af2f18f743513caade7a3b84

  • Citation files

    • Citation, BibTeX

      For LaTeX and reference managers

      NR-SECTOR-BIODIVERSITY-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE.bib1 KB

      SHA-256 f6e7c041c041ed101ded5ea630aea70bfc04f382a47d4c86c80bfd86fe38b2d8

    • Citation, RIS

      For Zotero, EndNote and Mendeley

      NR-SECTOR-BIODIVERSITY-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE.ris1 KB

      SHA-256 ffea45324c32ad6c7035240aae3af1dfd6706652e6bff61109fbeceb83bc6428

    • Citation, CITATION.cff

      Citation File Format 1.2.0, for GitHub, Zenodo and software catalogues.

      NR-SECTOR-BIODIVERSITY-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE.cff1 KB

      SHA-256 84642c078b491f319b544be358d278dd5c42b0762d643fcbb8785e17781842dc

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06 · Cite

Cite this report.

This edition is in preparation and is not yet citable. Its identifier is reserved; the version, the DOI and the UNI are issued at release.
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Cite the GCRI Systems Evidence edition, Global Biodiversity 2026, which prints this desk’s reading in its chapter 6. Cite the GCRI edition
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