Relevant Ghanaian policies

  • (a) Mapping of national targets to the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. This contains Ghana’s National Targets and the Action Pans to integrate ecosystem and biodiversity values into national and local planning, development processes, poverty reduction strategies and accounts in accordance with the Aichi Biodiversity Targets.
  • (b) National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Ghana has successfully integrated biodiversity values into its national accounting and reporting systems as part of the implementation of the nation’s System of Environmental-Economic Accounting.

This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from Ghana statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Ghana statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Ghana-specific metadata information.

Goal

Goal 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Target

Target 15.9: By 2020, integrate ecosystem and biodiversity values into national and local planning, development processes, poverty reduction strategies and accounts
Indicator

Indicator 15.9.1: (a) Number of countries that have established national targets in accordance with or similar to Aichi Biodiversity Target 2 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020 in their national biodiversity strategy and action plans and the progress reported towards these targets; and (b) integration of biodiversity into national accounting and reporting systems, defined as implementation of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting
Indicator available

(a) Mapping of national targets to the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, (b) National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan
Metadata last updated Nov 15, 2022

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name

(a) Number of countries that have established national targets in accordance with or similar to Aichi Biodiversity Target 2 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020 in their national biodiversity strategy and action plans and the progress reported towards these targets; and (b) integration of biodiversity into national accounting and reporting systems, defined as implementation of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting
Indicator number

15.9.1
Target name

By 2020, integrate ecosystem and biodiversity values into national and local planning, development processes, poverty reduction strategies and accounts
UN designated tier

Tier I (a)/Tier II (b)
UN custodian agency

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment), Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and UNEP-WCMC
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