National targets

Title Rationale Aichi targets
Target 12: By 2020, pollution has been brought to levels that are not detrimental to ecosystem function and biodiversity.

Pollutions derived from household, agricultural, tourist and industrial activities have had both direct and indirect impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity. The most notable of the pollutions include...
Target 12: By 2025, a comprehensive biosafety system inclusive of a liability and redress regime is operational to manage potential adverse impacts of modern biotechnology on biodiversity and human health.

Malaysia ratified the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) in September 2003 and has immediately taken steps to ensure that a regulatory framework for biosafety is in place to undertake all the...
TARGET 12: By 2028, capacity for biodiversity conservation of public and private sector groups in terrestrial and marine protected areas/key biodiversity areas will be strengthened.

From 2013 to 2014, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through the Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) as the National Technical Focal Point for the Convention on Biological...
Target 13: By 2020, tools/ mechanisms/ guidelines on sustainable use of biodiversity are applied in all relevant sectors.

Relevant sectors in Thailand are still without adequate integration and adoption of tools, mechanisms, and guidelines on the management of sustainable use of biodiversity. To overcome such shortcoming...
Target 13: By 2025, the genetic diversity of cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and of wild relatives is adequately conserved.

Agricultural biodiversity is a vital component of food security and sustainable agriculture. Malaysia is rich in agricultural biodiversity and in tree species along with their genetic resources...
TARGET 13: By 2028, 50% of local government units will have formulated and adopted the enhanced comprehensive land use plan using the revised Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) framework.

From 2013 to 2014, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through the Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) as the National Technical Focal Point for the Convention on Biological...
Target 14: By 2021, effectiveness in wetland management is improved at every level.

Fourteen wetlands in Thailand were enlisted as wetlands of international importance or Ramsar Site by the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention). An additional 69 sites were identified as wetlands...
Target 14: By 2025, Malaysia has an operational ABS framework that is consistent with the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilisation.

As a biological resource-rich country, Malaysia plays a pivotal role in the negotiation of Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) and issues emerging from ABS such as Digital Sequence...
TARGET 14: By 2028, 1 million hectares of degraded ecosystems will be restored and/ or will be under various stages of restoration.

From 2013 to 2014, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through the Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) as the National Technical Focal Point for the Convention on Biological...
Target 15: By 2021, loss of wetlands is significantly reduced with the view to ensure ecosystem services and to support climate change adaptation.

Thailand does not have specific legislation for management of wetlands, including those of international, national or local importance, and instead employs exiting laws to regulate activities and...