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The tenth meeting of the CBD Conference of the Parties, held from 18 to 29 October 2010, in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, adopted a revised and updated Strategic Plan for Biodiversity, including the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, for the 2011-2020 period. This plan provides an overarching framework on biodiversity, not only for the biodiversity-related conventions, but for the entire United Nations system and other partners engaged in biodiversity management and policy development. Of particular interest is Goal A of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020: : “Address the underlying causes of biodiversity loss by mainstreaming biodiversity across government and society” and: By 2020, at the latest, biodiversity values have been integrated into national and local development and [...]

The tenth meeting of the CBD Conference of the Parties, held from 18 to 29 October 2010, in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, adopted a revised and updated Strategic Plan for Biodiversity, including the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, for the 2011-2020 period. This plan provides an overarching framework on biodiversity, not only for the biodiversity-related conventions, but for the entire United Nations system and other partners engaged in biodiversity management and policy development. Of particular interest is Goal A of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020: : “Address the underlying causes of biodiversity loss by mainstreaming biodiversity across government and society” and: 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”. This objective should be interpreted in the light of the CBD for an ecosystem approach, “a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation and sustainable use in an equitable way”, recognizing that “humans, with their cultural diversity, are an integral component of many ecosystems”. Making progress now on the implementation of national accounts for ecosystems and biodiversity in their relation to economy and human well being is therefore an urgent priority.