National targets | التنوع البيولوجي في السودان

Title	Rationale	Aichi targets
Aichi Target 4: By 2020, at the latest, governments, business and stakeholders at all levels have taken steps to achieve	• The selection of this national target is crucial as it attempts to provide strategies and policies that balance the production with the consumption of biodiversity resources in a sustainable...	4. Sustainable production and consumption
Aichi Target 5:By 2020, the rate of loss of all natural habitats, including forests, is at least halved and where feasib	The choice and development and adoption of the Aichi Target 5 as a national target is to focus on reducing habitat loss and associated degradation and fragmentation of biodiversity resources. This is...	5. Habitat loss halved or reduced
Aichi Target 6:By 2020 all fish and invertebrate stocks and aquatic plants are managed and harvested sustainably, legall	The development and adoption of the Aichi Target 6 as a national target addresses the issues of overexploitation of fisheries harvest and other aquatic organisms in inland and marine waters of Sudan...	6. Sustainable management of marine living resources
Aichi Target 8:By 2020, pollution, including from excess nutrients, has been brought to levels that are not detrimental	The development and adoption of the Aichi Target 8 as a national target addresses the issue of reducing pollution to biodiversity resulting from illegal use or excessive use of inorganic chemicals...	8. Pollution reduced
Aichi Target 9: By 2020, invasive alien species and pathways are identified and prioritized, priority species are contro	The adoption of the Aichi Target 9 as a national target focuses on the reduction the threats of invasive alien species (IAS) to biodiversity and ecosystems. Given the exposure of the country to...	9. Invasive alien species prevented and controlled
By 2015, each Party has developed, adopted as a policy instrument, and has commenced implementing an effective, particip	Sudan is a Party to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which calls upon all Parties to develop and update in a timely manner national biodiversity strategy and action plan for conservation...	17. NBSAPs adopted as policy instrument
By 2015, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from	The selection of the Aichi Target 16 is based on the commitment of the Government of the Republic of Sudan to fulfill its obligations towards the CBD. The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic...	16. Nagoya Protocol in force and operational
By 2020 areas under agriculture, aquaculture and forestry are managed sustainably, ensuring conservation of biodiversity	• The selection of the Aichi Target 7 as a national target focuses on sustainable resource management of agriculture, aquaculture and forestry and hence is expected to assist in reducing the...	7. Sustainable agriculture, aquaculture and forestry
By 2020, at the latest, biodiversity values have been integrated into national and local development and poverty reducti	• Decision makers do not appreciate the role of natural resources in supporting the development and progress of productive and service sectors, and the reverse impacts of those sectors on the...	2. Biodiversity values integrated
Target 18: By 2020, the traditional knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities relevant fo	The development and adoption of this national target focuses on respecting the traditional knowledge of indigenous and local communities and their contribution to conservation and sustainable use of...	18. Traditional knowledge respected and integrated