Readings from the other desks

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

In preparation. This chapter is seeded with Nexus Standards’s reading printed in the GCRI edition; Nexus Standards replaces it with its own text when it writes the edition.
Contents
  1. ·Edition home
  2. 1Where standards are needed
  3. 2Adoption findings
  4. 3Domain and industry profiles
  5. 4Conformance and assurance
  6. 5Change scenarios
  7. 6Readings from the other desks
    1. 6.1 Standards and regulatory watch: the Nexus Standards reading in the GCRI edition
    2. 6.2 Readings from the other desks
    3. 6.3 Contribute to this chapter
  8. 7Standards work programme
  9. 8Crosswalks

6.1Standards and regulatory watch: the Nexus Standards reading in the GCRI edition

The instruments that shape the systems of Global Biodiversity and Ecosystems, as printed in the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) Systems Evidence edition. Instruments and published guidance that shape the systems in this edition, by status on the retrieval date. The edition assesses no one’s compliance.

InstrumentBodyScopeStatusRelevance
Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, decision 15/4 [4]Convention on Biological DiversityglobalADOPTED 2022targets and goals
Agreement on marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction [14]United NationsglobalIN FORCE 17 JANUARY 2026high seas
Nature Restoration Regulation [33] [39]European UnionEUIN FORCE 18 AUGUST 2024restoration
Deforestation Regulation, as amended [34] [40]European UnionEUIN FORCE · APPLIES 30 DECEMBER 2026supply chains
Recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures [38]TNFDglobalPUBLISHED · VOLUNTARYdisclosure
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species [46]CITES PartiesglobalIN FORCEwildlife trade
Cali Fund for digital sequence information [6]CBD PartiesglobalOPERATING · USD 6,000 RECEIVED BY SEPTEMBER 2026benefit-sharing

6.2Readings from the other desks

Cross-references to the other desks’ editions for the same subject, never copies of them.

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

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