AICHI
BIODIVERSITY TARGETS - ENVIRONMENT
News:
Why have countries failed
to meet their biodiversity goals?
What's
in the news?
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Many of the 24 conservation targets under
discussion at the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) aim to avoid past
mistakes and improve on the world’s last set of conservation goals — the Aichi
Biodiversity Targets that expired in 2020.
Key
takeaways:
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No
single country met all 20 Aichi Targets within its own borders,
according to a September 2020 UN assessment.
Aichi
Biodiversity Targets:
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The Aichi Targets were adopted during the
2010 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) summit in Nagoya, Japan.
Goals:
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It included goals such as reducing deforestation by at least half
during the coming decade and curbing
pollution so that it no longer harmed ecosystems.
Implementation:
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Countries after the adoption of the target
were expected to come up with their own national biodiversity strategies that
would help in achieving the goals laid out by Aichi.
Progress
made in Aichi Biodiversity Targets:
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Some
progress was made towards the objective of conserving 17% of
all land and inland waters and 10% of the ocean by the end of the decade.
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Six
of the targets, including the land and ocean
conservation target, were deemed “partially achieved”.
Failure
in Attaining Aichi Biodiversity Targets:
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However, most of its targets were not
achieved by the world and Aichi was deemed a failure by the United Nations.
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This is because, at a global level, none
of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets was met or achieved.
Reasons
for the failure of Aichi Biodiversity Targets:
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The targets have vague language and did not hold countries to a specific action.
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Nearly all parties created their own
national biodiversity strategies, but many of them were never fully implemented.
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The other reasons include
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lack of finance.
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lack of robust monitoring, planning,
reporting and reviewing framework.
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lack of clearly defined metrics.
Further
Reference - Kunming Montreal Biodiversity Framework