Despite the fundamental importance of biodiversity to economic, social, health and cultural systems, biodiversity loss continues worldwide as the pursuit of economic growth and development leads to the conversion, and in many cases over-exploitation, of natural resources for inputs to production and consumption. Biodiversity underpins many of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and effective mainstreaming will be an essential step for countries - developed and developing alike - to deliver on Agenda 2030. In recognition of this, the Cancun Declaration on Mainstreaming the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity for Well-being, adopted at the 13th Conference of the Parties (COP 13) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in December 2016, commits parties to undertake work at all levels of government and across all sectors to mainstream biodiversity.