Biodiversity Mainstreaming
Biodiversity mainstreaming is generally understood as ensuring that biodiversity, and the services it provides, are appropriately and adequately factored into policies and practices that rely and have an impact on it. The Convention text itself contains several relevant provisions such as the second and third objectives of the Convention on the sustainable use of biodiversity and its components, and on the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources for example.
In December 2022 Parties to the Convention of the Biological Diversity adopted the
Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. This historic Framework, which supports the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and builds on the Convention’s previous Strategic Plans, sets out an ambitious pathway to reach the global vision of a world living in harmony with nature by 2050. Among the Framework’s key elements are 4 goals for 2050 and 23 targets for 2030.
Targets 14 to 23 cover the tools and solutions for implementation and mainstreaming, including full integration of biodiversity values across government; assessment and disclosure of impacts and dependencies on biodiversity by businesses; promotion of sustainable consumption; quantified targets for resource mobilization; enhanced mechanisms and resources for implementation; and specific targets to ensure the equitable, inclusive and gender responsiveness.
