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How the race to achieve Aichi Target 11 could jeopardize the effective conservation of biodiversity in Canada and beyond.

 SPREP Pacific Environment Information Network (PEIN)
 Coastal and Marine  Biodiversity

n 2010 Parties to the United Nations (UN) Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) agreed to reduce the rate ofbiodiversity loss within a decade by achieving 20 objectives that are commonly known as the Aichi Targets.

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Physical Description: 12 p

National capacity self assessment : Solomon islands : thematic assessment- United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity

 SPREP Pacific Environment Information Network (PEIN)
 Land  Biodiversity  Atmosphere and Climate

The biodiversity of the Pacific region is recognised as being globally significant. The Solomon Islands was recently included into the famous "Coral Triangle", the area of ocean considered to have the highest marine biodiversity in the world. This includes the waters of the Philippines, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The Solomon Islands Rainforest Ecoregion is recognised as "one of the world's great Centres of Plant Diversity"

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