PART III: Progress towards the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity
Targets and contributions to the relevant 2015 Targets of
the MDGs
3.1 Progress in meeting the Aichi Biodiversity Targets
As noted in 2.1 above, Azerbaijan does not yet have a consolidated biodiversity monitoring
system that would enable it to systematically report on progress in the implementation of the
Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its Aichi Biodiversity Targets.
Table 15 below provides an indicative overview of Azerbaijan’s current state of progress (0-
25% = limited progress; 25-50% = fair/reasonable progress; 50-75% = good progress; 75-100%
= excellent progress) in meeting the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. The headline indicators used to
assess the state of progress are briefly listed and, where reliable data is available, quantitatively
described.
Table 15: Overview of Azerbaijan’s state of progress in meeting the Aichi Biodiversity
targets
Aichi Biodiversity Target
Headline indicators used to
determine state of progress of
Azerbaijan in contributing to
meeting the Aichi
Biodiversity Target
Current
state of
progress
(0-25%;
25-
50%;
50-
75%;75-
100%)
Strategic Goal A: Address the underlying causes of biodiversity loss by mainstreaming
biodiversity across government and society
Target 1 - By 2020, at the latest, people are
aware of the values of biodiversity and the
steps they can take to conserve and use it
sustainably.
Trends in awareness, attitudes
and public engagement in
support of biological diversity
and ecosystem services.
Moderate increase of public
awareness of, and attitudes to
biodiversity, notably in
urbanized areas; limited
engagement of public in
support of biodiversity.
Target 2 - By 2020, at the latest, biodiversity
values have been integrated into national and
local development and poverty reduction
strategies and planning processes and are
being incorporated into national accounting,
as appropriate, and reporting systems.
Trends in integration of
biodiversity and ecosystem
service values into sectoral and
development policies.
Recent adoption of the
Azerbaijan 2020: Outlook for
the future' Development
Concept (2012) provides an
overarching integrated
framework for achieving
sustainable socio-economic
Aichi Biodiversity Target
Headline indicators used to
determine state of progress of
Azerbaijan in contributing to
meeting the Aichi
Biodiversity Target
Current
state of
progress
(0-25%;
25-
50%;
50-
75%;75-
100%)
development in the country.
Sectoral and development
policies being aligned to
framework.
Target 3 - By 2020, at the latest, incentives,
including subsidies, harmful to biodiversity
are eliminated, phased out or reformed in
order to minimize or avoid negative impacts,
and positive incentives for the conservation
and sustainable use of biodiversity are
developed and applied, taking into account
national socio economic conditions.
Trends in identification,
assessment and establishment
and strengthening of incentives
that reward positive
contribution to biodiversity and
ecosystem services and
penalize adverse impacts.
Target 4 - By 2020, at the latest,
Governments, business and stakeholders at all
levels have taken steps to achieve or have
implemented plans for sustainable production
and consumption and have kept the impacts of
use of natural resources well within safe
ecological limits.
Trends in population and
extinction risk of utilized
species, including species in
trade.
Trends in extent to which
biodiversity and ecosystem
service values are incorporated
into organizational accounting
and reporting.
Strategic Goal B: Reduce the direct pressures on biodiversity and promote
sustainable use
Target 5 - By 2020, the rate of loss of all
natural habitats, including forests, is at least
halved and where feasible brought close to
zero, and degradation and fragmentation is
significantly reduced.
Trends in fragmentation and
degradation of natural habitats
Extinction risk trends of habitat
dependent species in each
major habitat type.
Target 6 - By 2020 all fish and invertebrate
stocks and aquatic plants are managed and
harvested sustainably, legally and applying
ecosystem based approaches, so that
overfishing is avoided, recovery plans and
Trends in population of target
and by-catch aquatic species