Carr, H;
Abas, M;
Boutahar, L;
Caretti, ON;
Chan, WY;
Chapman, ASA;
de Mendonça, SN;
... Zivian, A; + view all
(2020)
The Aichi Biodiversity Targets: achievements for marine conservation and priorities beyond 2020.
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, Article e9743. 10.7717/peerj.9743.
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Abstract
In 2010 the Conference of the Parties (COP) for the Convention on Biological Diversity revised and updated a Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020, which included the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. Here a group of early career researchers mentored by senior scientists, convened as part of the 4th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, reflects on the accomplishments and shortfalls under four of the Aichi Targets considered highly relevant to marine conservation: target 6 (sustainable fisheries), 11 (protection measures), 15 (ecosystem restoration and resilience) and 19 (knowledge, science and technology). We conclude that although progress has been made towards the targets, these have not been fully achieved for the marine environment by the 2020 deadline. The progress made, however, lays the foundations for further work beyond 2020 to work towards the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity. We identify key priorities that must be addressed to better enable marine biodiversity conservation efforts moving forward.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Aichi Biodiversity Targets: achievements for marine conservation and priorities beyond 2020 |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.7717/peerj.9743 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9743 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2020 Carr et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited. |
| Keywords: | Aichi, Biodiversity, Target, 2020, Marine, Conservation, Priorities |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10118193 |
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