Document | Goal | Target | Comments |
2001-2010 commitments (decision VII/30) | Promote the conservation of genetic diversity. | Genetic diversity of crops, livestock, and harvested species of trees, fish, and wildlife and other valuable species conserved, and associated indigenous and local knowledge maintained. | This commitment was only clarified in COP7, in 2004 |
Strategic Plan 2011-2020 (UNEP/CBD/COP/DEC/X/2) | Strategic Goal C “Improve the status of biodiversity by safeguarding ecosystems, species and genetic diversity” | Target 13: By 2020, the genetic diversity of cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and of wild relatives, including other socio-economically as well as culturally valuable species, is maintained, and strategies have been developed and implemented for minimizing genetic erosion and safeguarding their genetic diversity. | 2011-2020 was also the UN Decade on Biodiversity |
Zero draft GBF, January 2020 (CBD/WG2020/2/3) | Goal C “Genetic diversity is maintained or enhanced on average by 2030, and for [90%] of species by 2050” | No Target mentioning genetic diversity, only mention in Targets is benefits of genetic resources | |
Updated Zero draft e.g. 0.5 draft, August 2020 (CBD/POST2020/PREP/2/1) | Goal A “The area, connectivity and integrity of natural ecosystems increased by at least [X%], supporting healthy and resilient populations of all species while reducing the number of species that are threatened by [X%] and maintaining genetic diversity” | Same as above | This Goal A formulation was based on proposals and comments after the zero draft (see CBD/WG2020/2/4) . |
First draft GBF, July 2021 (CBD/WG2020/3/3) | Goal A “...genetic diversity of wild and domesticated species is safeguarded, with at least 90 per cent of genetic diversity within all species maintained.” | Target 4 “Ensure active management actions to enable the recovery and conservation of species and the genetic diversity of wild and domesticated species, including through ex situ conservation, and effectively manage human-wildlife interactions to avoid or reduce human-wildlife conflict.” | Goal A contains phrases for each of ecosystems, species and genetic diversity, but for brevity we list only the genetic phrase. |
Report of OEWG 3, March 2022 (CBD/WG2020/3/7) | Goal A “...[All genetically distinct populations and] [[[a] A]t least [90][95][X] per cent of] genetic diversity among and within [all] [known] [populations of] [wild and domesticated] species is [maintained] [safeguarded, maintaining their adaptive potential].]” | “...and the genetic diversity of [[native] wild and domesticated] [cultivated] [all] [native] [and domesticated] species [populations], [to maintain their adaptive potential] including through in situ [conservation, supported by] [and] ex situ conservation [and restoration of genetically depleted populations]...” | As above, the full wording of Target 4 and Goal A are not presented; only the genetic diversity element |
Report of OEWG 4, June 2022 (CBD/WG2020/4/4) | Goal A, Option 1 “...[The genetic diversity and adaptive potential of [all] [known] [wild and domesticated] species is safeguarded and [all genetically distinct populations are] maintained [by 2030, at least [95] per cent of genetic diversity among and within populations of [native] [wild and domesticated] species is maintained by 2050].]” Goal A, Option 2 “... maintaining genetic diversity of populations and their adaptive potential [numerical values to be added]. | “...[and] [to] [maintain and restore] the [genetic diversity] [within and between populations] of [all species] [[all] [native] wild and domesticated species]] [[to] [and] maintain their adaptive potential] including through in situ and ex situ conservation,...]” | During OEWG 4, two options for Goal A were presented (see left). Both have three elements (ecosystems, species, and genetic diversity). Option 2 was shorter, and less specific, but was not discussed and was recommended for further discussion at COP 15. |
Informal Group recommendations, October 2022 (CBD/WG2020/5/2) | Identical to OEWG4 text | “...to maintain and restore the genetic diversity [within and between populations] of [all] [native] wild and domesticated species [to maintain their adaptive potential], including through in situ and ex situ conservation,...” | The informal group recommended keeping the words “maintain and restore” but to consider whether “adaptive potential” was duplicative. |