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Country work linked to national programmes and the national source register. Country pages show only work that a programme record supports.
Biodiversity Nexus country applications are the national parts of its work on biodiversity and nature, each linked to a national programme and the national source register. A country page shows only work that a programme record supports, and the national institutions own the question, the data and the decision.
Fig.A programme from scoping to the owner's decision. Design, not a record.
Mountain ranges, deserts, wetlands, glaciers and reefs, and how remote each division is from large cities, shown for the Mekong Basin as an example geography for this subject.
Habitat condition and ecological thresholds.
Species populations and genetic diversity.
Forest health and landscape fragmentation.
Watershed and wetland resilience.
Marine ecosystems, fish stocks and coastal integrity.
Monitoring and effectiveness.
| Instrument | Usually held by | Evidence it needs |
|---|---|---|
| National biodiversity strategies and action plans | Environment ministry | Status and trends, target-linked indicators |
| Protected area systems | Conservation agencies | Coverage, connectivity, management effectiveness |
| Environmental impact assessment | Planning and environment authorities | Baseline surveys, sensitivity maps |
| Natural capital accounts | Statistics office | Ecosystem extent, condition and services |
| Restoration programmes | Environment and land agencies | Site selection, monitoring design |
Programmes are listed as exploring, forming, constituted, active, paused or archived. Country and regional entries appear when a programme record supports them.
Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Country ownership | The principle that a country leads its own development policies and strategies and coordinates the actions that support them, set out in the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. |
| National portfolio | The set of programmes, projects and evidence a country maintains in the Nexus network, each with its owner, status and records. |
| Country systems | A government's own budget, procurement, financial management and reporting systems, used by donors when they deliver through them. |
| Nature-related risk | Risk to an organisation or economy arising from its dependencies and impacts on nature, as the TNFD recommendations frame it. |
The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.
The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. An enquiry receives a reference and names the next step; applications, payments, compute allocations and registrations open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.