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In May 2023 the parliament, Løgtingið, enacted Law on Protection of Nature, where one of the stated goals is to maintain biodiversity.
Faroe Islands have, however, not committed itself to the Aichi Biodiversity target 2 and are not using national environmental-economic accounting.
Faroe Islands therefore do not as yet comply with this indicator.

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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
Target

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

2023-01-24
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

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

Related indicators

15.a.1, 15.b.1

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