6.2 Law & Policy

  • Intent

    Assess government regulatory efforts for biodiversity and ecosystem services.

  • Affected Areas

    Equity Local Hinterland Global
        
  • Instructions

    Government adoption of local policies and bylaws (together referred to as
    regulations) that commit to the enforcement, implementation, or direct support
    needed to improve the indicators measured in each of the themes of this index.
    Note that plans are not covered here, but are rather in the previous indicator topic.
    Score the advanced or basic indicator as follows:
    Basic:
    Supporting regulations for at least one
    indicator under a minimum of two
    themes are required.
    Advanced:
    Supporting regulations for at least one
    indicator under a minimum of four
    themes are required.

  • Alternatives

    None

  • Scoring

    • Local bylaws for each theme actively enforced
    • Progress made on adoption of local bylaws
    • Overarching policy commitment only
    • No current commitment
    • Data deficient
    • No changes detected
  • Links to Global Agreements

  • Examples in Practice

  • Resources