Target 17

Overview

All ASEAN Member States (AMS) have submitted their respective National Biodiversity  Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), taking into account the post-2010 versions of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity (2011–2020). The CBD developed and introduced an encoding tool in 2018 to facilitate and support submissions of the 6th National Reports (6NRs). Four AMS were able to submit their reports using the encoding tool.

The NBSAPs are key instruments in aligning national policies with the CBD. These strategies
and plans have received the support of various stakeholders across and have led to the  mainstreaming of biodiversity into a wider sector and facilitated the achievement of the Aichi
Targets to varying extent.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 2018 evaluated1 25 countries in terms
of their progress in the development and implementation of the NBSAPs since the pre-2010
assessment and readiness to mainstream biodiversity concerns across sectoral and crosssectoral plans and policies. The study found that the post-2010 NBSAPs “seem to be on the right track and biodiversity mainstreaming is gaining recognition.”

Regional progress

All ASEAN Member States have submitted their respective National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), taking into account the post-2010 versions of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity (2011–2020). The CBD developed and introduced an encoding tool in 2018 to facilitate and support submissions of the 6th National Reports (6NRs). Four AMS were able to submit their reports using the encoding tool.

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