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National Metadata

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Responsible agency
The agency responsible for this data entry is Department of the Environment and Energy
Reporting Year
2018
Caveat
Investigation into generating/identifying appropriate data for this UN SDG Indicator is currently underway.
Indicator status
Exploring data sources
Indicator description

Proportion of countries adopting relevant national legislation and adequately resourcing the prevention or control of invasive alien species

Methodology

nil

Other information

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Page updated
17 July 2018

Global Metadata

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name
Proportion of countries adopting relevant national legislation and adequately resourcing the prevention or control of invasive alien species
Indicator number
15.8.1
Target number
15.8
Target name

By 2020, introduce measures to prevent the introduction and significantly reduce the impact of invasive alien species on land and water ecosystems and control or eradicate the priority species

Global indicator description

Proportion of countries adopting relevant national legislation and adequately resourcing the prevention or control of invasive alien species

UN designated tier
Tier 2
UN custodian agency
International Union for Conservation of Nature
Link to UN metadata
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Metadata (PDF 328.6kb)

Sources

Other

No other information for this indicator

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