These slides, presented by Sarah Darrah from the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, introduce biodiversity indicator development. In the presentation, she highlights how the nature of indicators depends on what they are being used for, and explains the Biodiversity Indicator Development Framework which has been drawn up by the Biodiversity Indicators Partnership. The presentation was given to the ‘Biodiversity mainstreaming’ workshop held in Sogakope, Ghana, from 1-3 November 2016. More information: www.iied.org/nbsaps