Information provision for monitoring the sustainable development of the land and biodiversity

Abstract

The study is focused on gathering information to monitor sustainable land development and biodiversity. The article discusses the objectives and measures required to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 15 “Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss”. This paper shows the results of the analysis of key indicators and values for Ukraine. It also contains the developed conceptual diagram for managing the sustainable development of ecosystems and biodiversity. There were identified the main sources of statistical information, including traditional enterprise-level data and big data, and analyzed changes in indicators for monitoring the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals at micro level under section “Environmental area”. The study also identified potential sources of information for calculating the presented indicators and explored the use of big data to develop an information base for monitoring, evaluating, and policy development related to sustainable land development and biodiversity. Further research and studies are needed to determine the algorithms of data processing, modelling and constructing of integrated indicators.