Abstract
In 2010, the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity agreed on the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As this plan approaches its end, we discussed whether marine biodiversity and prediction studies were nearing the Aichi Targets during the 4th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity held in Montreal, Canada in June 2018. This article summarises the outcome of a five-day group discussion on how global marine biodiversity studies should be focused further to better understand the patterns of biodiversity. We discussed and reviewed seven fundamental biodiversity priorities related to nine Aichi Targets focusing on global biodiversity discovery and predictions to improve and enhance biodiversity data standards (quantity and quality), tools and techniques, spatial and temporal scale framing, and stewardship and dissemination. We discuss how identifying biodiversity knowledge gaps and promoting efforts have and will reduce such gaps, including via the use of new databases, tools and technology, and how these resources could be improved in the future. The group recognised significant progress toward Target 19 in relation to scientific knowledge, but negligible progress with regard to Targets 6 to 13 which aimed to safeguard and reduce human impacts on biodiversity.
Highlights
The ‘Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020’ of the Convention on Biological Diversity was agreed during the 10th Conference of the Parties, held from 18 to 29 October 2010, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
We report on the findings of a working group that discussed how the targets related to marine biodiversity were being achieved
Of the seven priorities for marine biodiversity to achieve the Achi Targets we reviewed here, we judged six have seen some progress
Summary
The ‘Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020’ of the Convention on Biological Diversity was agreed during the 10th Conference of the Parties, held from 18 to 29 October 2010, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The strategic plan included five main ‘‘Strategic Goals’’ that were divided into 20 targets. Each ‘Aichi Target’ was designed to better understand and predict biodiversity dynamics, such as how biological diversity underpins ecosystem function, and how the provision of ecosystem services is essential for human well-being. Meeting the Aichi Targets would benefit local livelihoods and economic development, and is essential for biodiversity maintenance and poverty reduction (Shepherd et al, 2016; Tittensor et al, 2010). We report on the findings of a working group that discussed how the targets related to marine biodiversity were being achieved
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