UNESCO builds consensus for its action on Biodiversity On
Tuesday, 20 September 2011, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova
signed a Memorandum of Cooperation between International
Agencies, Organizations and Conventions on the Implementation of
the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the
Achievement of the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets. The
Memorandum was signed by twenty-six such parties. The Strategic
Plan and the related Aichi Targets provide a framework for
coordinated UN system-wide action in support of the conservation
and sustainable and equitable use of biological diversity for
human well-being and development. The related targets will allow
to measure concrete progress towards solving the biodiversity
crisis. The Plan is supported by a 2011-2020 UN Decade on
Biodiversity adopted by the UN General Assembly in December
2010. The Director-General has elaborated a UNESCO Biodiversity
Initiative, which will be formally launched at the 36th session
of UNESCO’s General Conference in the fall of