Guidance on the role of biodiversity, and the need for its conservation, in all sectors is needed in order to raise awareness and encourage action by non-biodiversity-related agencies. This indicator would track the number of up-to-date guidance documents available across all sectors.

Only documents explicitly stating recommendations for biodiversity management and conservation were included. Reports and surveys summarising the state of biodiversity in a particular taxon or ecosystem were excluded. The relevant agencies websites were searched manually and a specific Google search term used for each agency e.g. for NPWS: “biodiversity guidance site:npws.ie”. Data were compiled from documents available on 12/2020.

Access to biodiversity guidance documents can be found here:

http://www.npws.ie/publications/

http://www.epa.ie/pubs/reports/research/biodiversity/#.UvOP5rTyXeI

https://oar.marine.ie/

http://www.fisheriesireland.ie/publications/publications.html

http://www.botanicgardens.ie/

http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/ruralenvironment/climatechangebioenergybiodiversity/biodiversity/