The assessment is structured in two related parts:
1. State, pressures and threats.
2. Response.
These guidelines detail the process, timeline, and steps taken to complete a State of Environment Report.
The Addis Ababa Principles and Guidelines for the Sustainable Use of Biodiversity provide a framework for assisting Governments, indigenous and local communities, resource managers, the private sector and other stakeholders, about how to ensure that their uses of biological diversity will not lead to its long-term decline.
FAO technical paper