Aichi Biodiversity Targets and Achievements Made by India Under National Biodiversity Targets

Human development has been detrimental to the sustenance of the natural ecosystem as a result of which there has been a significant loss of global biodiversity. This made the world fraternity devise new techniques of protecting and conserving biodiversity through sustainable utilization of biological resources. One such technique was the adoption of Aichi Targets in 2010 by the Conference of Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) which entrusted a responsibility on all the signatories to adopt a National Biodiversity Strategy to meet those Targets. India being a signatory also came under the same responsibility and thus, drafted the National Biodiversity Targets in 2014. These targets were to be achieved by 2020 and therefore an analysis of the achievements made so far by India in fulfilling these targets becomes very important. This Article will thereby focus on the status of implementation of the National Biodiversity Targets by India after analyzing the Aichi Biodiversity Targets to understand the extent of success made by India in this regard.