Implementing actions to achieve Target 4 of the Global Biodiversity Framework
Speakers: Phil McGowan, Stuart Butchart, Francesca Ridley
To support focussed and effective implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiveristy Framework, especially in the light of the failure to make significant progress on the Aichi Biodiversity Targets by 2020, this webinar gives an overview of Goal A and Target 4 and considers what the negotiated wording of these elements mean in practice.
All Targets are important to achieve the species outcomes in Goal A. Target 4 establishes the need for targeted action in addition to reducing threats through actions under Targets 1-3 and 5-7 and identifies outcomes for species to address species extinctions, extinction risk, and population abundance to be achieved by 2050.
We show that focussed action can avert extinctions, as called for by Target 4. The science is available to support both the identification of the main threats driving extinction risk in a country (or other spatial scale) and to then identify species that require action under Target 4. We conclude the webinar by giving an overview of the newly developed STAR app which can contribute to supporting implementation of Target 4 by quantifying assessments of threats towards species and making this information easily accessible.
You can find a recording of the webinar below: