The UN sustainable development goals urge to achieve sustainable development in its economic, social and environmental dimensions. This international agenda advocates sustainable use of ecosystems and arresting and reversing land degradation and biodiversity loss. The lack of relevant, standardized and up-to-date data to monitor ecosystem change challenges to achieve this. Thus, an integrated, comprehensive resource-efficient approach is crucial to monitor ecosystems change. We introduce the recently initiated Mexican National Biodiversity and Ecosystem Degradation Monitoring System and examine three essential components to establish this national system. These components are: (i) a common scientific framework embracing the system's structure; (ii) a set of inter-institutional agreements and arrangements based on financial, technical and field capacities; and (iii) a cost-efficient working plan to ensure continuous national data gathering. The system will support data and information driven decision-making for national and international needs.

联合国可持续发展目标敦促在经济，社会和环境方面实现可持续发展。这项国际议程提倡可持续利用生态系统，制止和扭转土地退化和生物多样性的丧失。缺乏相关的，标准化的和最新的数据来监测生态系统变化的挑战，以实现这一目标。因此，一种综合，综合的资源节约型方法对于监测生态系统的变化至关重要。我们介绍了最近启动的墨西哥国家生物多样性和生态系统退化监测系统，并研究了建立该国家系统的三个基本组成部分。这些组成部分是：（i）包含系统结构的通用科学框架；（ii）一套基于财务的机构间协议和安排，技术和实地能力；（iii）具有成本效益的工作计划，以确保持续收集国家数据。该系统将支持数据和信息驱动的决策，以满足国内和国际需求。