National Target 2 - Incorporate, biodiversity considerations into national policies, plans, and...

Aim of this target is to ensure planning is carried out in a participatory manner integrating biodiversity considerations at all levels of the government. This would ensure effective land use planning to minimize impacts on biodiversity and avoid...

National Target 3 - Conserve 30% of the island’s land and waters, and 10% of the coastal and marine...

Sri Lanka has set aside nearly 30% of its terrestrial, and inland waters as protected areas. However, the protected area network does not fully represent the critical biodiversity elements of Sri Lanka as the southwestern part of Sri Lanka, which...

National Target 4 - Halt species extinction, protect genetic diversity, and manage human-wildlife...

Ensure urgent management actions are taken to halt climate change-related and human-induced extinction of species as well as recover and conserve vulnerable species inhabiting terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine systems, including indigenous...