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101 countries adopts new national commitments under Convention on Biological Diversity

Hyderabad, Jul 22 (UNI) As many as 101 parties have adopted the new national commitments under convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
The parties have have now submitted new national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs), setting out their national contributions to the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, a set of 20 global targets to be achieved by 2020, a release said here today.
The Aichi Biodiversity Targets are part of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, an overarching framework to protect biodiversity and enhance its benefits for people, approved by governments in 2010 and since recognised by the United Nations as setting the global framework for action on biodiversity.
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