6.1 Planning

  • Intent

    Assess local government planning progress for biodiversity and ecosystem services in the UNI themes.

  • Affected Areas

    Equity Local Hinterland Global
        
  • Instructions

    Provide publicly available excerpts of statements from one or more local
    government plans, policies, strategies, or other strategic documents that address
    the themes in this index, with specific indicators, actions and goals.
    Statements are generally either a goal or objective statement, and must be linked
    to verifiable measures of success, such as particular outputs (an event, a project,
    a governance structure) or one or more targets that are tied to a year or date.
    Indicate the relevant statements in the adopted document and provide an
    explanation of the current progress along the stated measure of success.
    Examples of statements that would be considered “on track” could include an
    excerpted goal statement from a recently drafted document that is currently going
    through the approvals process, anticipated to be completed within the current UNI
    assessment time period, an excerpted objective from an already adopted
    document that is to be implemented during the current time period, or a strategy
    with a measure that has been successfully achieved and is now being monitored
    and revised for the next time period.
    Score the advanced or basic indicator as follows:
    Basic:Indicate either a goal or objective
    statement from one or more of your
    institution’s current plans, policies,
    strategies, or other strategic documents
    that addresses at least 4 of the 6 UNI
    themes. Current documents are those
    that have been adopted by government
    and that have not expired or been
    superseded/replaced. Text for each
    theme should be clearly indicated, with
    the active dates of the document (year
    adopted, and time frame of document,
    if applicable).
    Advanced:
    Indicate either a goal or objective
    statement from one or more of your
    institution’s current plans, policies,
    strategies, or other strategic documents
    that addresses each of the 6 UNI
    themes. Current documents are those
    that have been adopted by government
    and that have not expired or been
    superseded/replaced. Text for each
    theme should be clearly indicated, with
    the active dates of the document (year
    adopted, and time frame of document, if
    applicable). Explain how each of these
    goals are currently on track according to
    local targets or outputs.

  • Alternatives

    Complete Singapore Index indicator 17 and 18 (based on 2021 version), earning
    up to 8 points in total.

  • Scoring

    • Statements currently on track according to local goals (Alternative:, cumulatively earn 8 points on SI indicators 17 and 18)
    • Some statements (at least 2 if Basic, at least 4 if Advanced) currently on track (Alternative: cumulatively earn 5 points on SI indicators 17 and 18)
    • Statements identified, but insufficiently on track (Alternative: cumulatively earn 3 points on SI indicators 17 and 18)
    • Statements not identified for the minimum number of UNI themes (4 if basic, 6 if advanced)
    • Data deficient
    • No change in Statements
  • Links to Global Agreements

  • Examples in Practice

  • Resources