A bold successor to Aichi Target 11

To conserve threatened biodiversity, southeast Asia will need more protected areas like Thailand’s Khao Sok National Park. … Visconti et al. argue that focusing on areas of biodiversity importance and emphasizing monitoring outcomes would strengthen a successor to Aichi Target 11 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

By Stephen Woodley, et al.

Aug 16th, 2019

A bold successor to Aichi Target 11 - Response

claim that percentage targets incentivize governments to protect important sites for biodiversity. … Target 11 could be deemed the most successful Aichi Target only if one measured success by the areal extent gained. … We do not claim that Aichi 11 “may have contributed to global biodiversity loss” but rather that the four shortcomings we identify may have done so.

By Piero Visconti, et al.

Aug 16th, 2019

Aichi targets

www.cbd.int/aichi-targets/target/11