National targets

Title Rationale Aichi targets
Target 25: By 2021, biodiversity inventories are systematically carried out by municipalities of every level.

In Thailand, there are several shortcomings related to development and utilization of database on natural resources and biodiversity. These include limited scopes of databases developed to meet very...

Target 2: By 2021, Biodiversity is integrated in curriculums of education institutes at every level.

Education is required to ensure that learning is consistent to current environments, resulting in the adoption of learner’s behaviors that are compatible to present settings, particularly in the era...

TARGET 2: By 2028, there will be no net loss in natural forest cover.

Forests are important ecosystems that serve as habitats for many terrestrial species and provide vital resources for our social, environmental and economic well-   being.  The forestry sector also...

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...

TARGET 3: By 2028, there will be no net loss in presence and area distribution of live coral cover, mangroves, and seagrasses.

Fish is the second most important staple food of Filipinos. Coral reefs, seagrass meadows and mangroves help supply tons of edible and economically important fish every year. They provide temporary...

Target 4: By 2020, financial mechanisms are available for mobilizing the protection, conservation, restoration and sustainable use of biodiversity.

Financial mechanisms are vital for mobilizing practical management of biodiversity by providing both direct support and indirect incentives for relevant sectors to collaborate in the protection...

Target 4: By 2025, our production forests, agriculture production and fisheries are managed and harvested sustainably.

The sustainable management and use of natural resources are equally crucial in achieving biodiversity conservation objectives. The forestry, agriculture and fisheries sector are important sub...

TARGET 4: By 2028, over 50% of genetic diversity of cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and wild relatives will be conserved or maintained.

The PBSAP 2015-2028 identified agrobiodiversity as a new thematic focus and recigbnized the importance of genetic diversity in animals and plantsw.


The genetic diversity found in domestic animal breeds...

Target 5: By 2020, regulations and legislations that obstruct participation in biodiversity management are revised.

Thailand has a national policy on biodiversity management. However, several agencies have therefore remained unaware of their own missions under such policies. This shortcoming has resulted in the...

Target 5: By 2025, tourism is sustainably managed and promotes biodiversity conservation.

In Malaysia, tourism is the third largest source of foreign income after the manufacturing and palm oil industries. Target 5 calls for the identification and mitigation of tourism impacts on...