Target 3: By 2025, biodiversity conservation has been mainstreamed into national development planning and sectoral policies and plans.

Biodiversity conservation has traditionally been the domain of the environment sector. The notion of mainstreaming biodiversity began to contextualize in 2008 when the Common Vision on Biodiversity was published to explain the concept, importance and ways to embed biodiversity into Malaysian policies, plans or programmes. Recognizing that biodiversity underpins the economic growth and social wellbeing, Target 3 aims to promote biodiversity mainstreaming by embedding into national and state development planning and sectoral polices; recognizing the economic value of biodiversity and ecosystem services; protecting environmentally sensitive areas; and promoting sustainable consumption and production.