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title: "Aichi Biodiversity Targets: 2011-2020 CBD Goals"
description: "The Aichi Biodiversity Targets are 20 global goals aimed at halting biodiversity loss by 2020, crucial for policymakers and environmentalists alike."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- The Aichi Biodiversity Targets were twenty global goals adopted in 2010 under the Convention on Biological Diversity to halt biodiversity loss by 2020.
- Why did the Aichi Biodiversity Targets fail to be met by 2020?
- What replaced the Aichi Biodiversity Targets?
- How did India implement the Aichi Targets?
- What was Aichi Target 11 and was it achieved?

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1. 29 October 2010

   The Aichi Biodiversity Targets were adopted on at the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD…

2. 29 December 1993

   The Convention itself was opened for signature at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit and entered into force on , resting on three objectives: conservation of biologic…

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In September 2020, the CBD Secretariat's Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 reported that none of the 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets had been fully met by their 2020 deadline, though six were partially achieved.

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