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Initiatives taken by India to achieve National Biodiversity Targets
National biodiversity target
Measures taken: policies and initiatives
1. By 2020, a significant proportion of the population especially the youth, is
aware of the values of biodiversity and the steps they can take to conserve
and use it sustainably
Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) Program, Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan,
Green Skill Development Programme, Secure Himalaya
programme, Kailash Sacred Landscape initiative, Citizen Science initiative,
and the Environmental Information System
2. By 2020, values of biodiversity are integrated in national and state
planning processes, development programmes and poverty alleviation
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojna
(PMKSY), Har Khet Ko Paani,
Market Development of Tribal Products/Produce (TRIFED), Atal Mission
for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), Solar projects and
Green energy corridor projects
3. Strategies for reducing rate of degradation, fragmentation and loss of
all-natural habitats are finalized and actions put in place by 2020 for
environmental amelioration and human well-being
Forest Habitat:
Green India Mission, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
(PMUY)
Aquatic Habitat: Namami Gange—Ganga
Conservation Mission, National
Water Quality Monitoring Programme, National Plan for Conservation of
Aquatic Ecosystems, National River Conservation Plan, Aquifer
Management Programme, Jal Kranti Abhiyaan,
Integrated Wasteland
Development Project, Integrated Coastal and Marine Area Management,
Integrated Coastal Zone Management Programme
Terrestrial Habitat:
Desertification and Land Degradation Atlas of India
(2016), National Carbon Project
4. By 2020, invasive alien species and pathways are identified and strategies
to manage them developed so that populations of prioritized invasive alien
species are managed
National assessment of Tigers, Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into
India) Order, 2003, Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1914, National Forest
Policy 1988 amended 2018, Livestock Importation Act, 1898
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L. Kapoor and S. Usha
Table 1
Initiatives taken by India to achieve National Biodiversity Targets
National biodiversity target
Measures taken: policies and initiatives
1. By 2020, a significant proportion of the population especially the youth, is
aware of the values of biodiversity and the steps they can take to conserve
and use it sustainably
Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) Program, Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan,
Green Skill Development Programme, Secure Himalaya
programme, Kailash Sacred Landscape initiative, Citizen Science initiative,
and the Environmental Information System
2. By 2020, values of biodiversity are integrated in national and state
planning processes, development programmes and poverty alleviation
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojna
(PMKSY), Har Khet Ko Paani,
Market Development of Tribal Products/Produce (TRIFED), Atal Mission
for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), Solar projects and
Green energy corridor projects
3. Strategies for reducing rate of degradation, fragmentation and loss of
all-natural habitats are finalized and actions put in place by 2020 for
environmental amelioration and human well-being
Forest Habitat:
Green India Mission, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
(PMUY)
Aquatic Habitat: Namami Gange—Ganga
Conservation Mission, National
Water Quality Monitoring Programme, National Plan for Conservation of
Aquatic Ecosystems, National River Conservation Plan, Aquifer
Management Programme, Jal Kranti Abhiyaan,
Integrated Wasteland
Development Project, Integrated Coastal and Marine Area Management,
Integrated Coastal Zone Management Programme
Terrestrial Habitat:
Desertification and Land Degradation Atlas of India
(2016), National Carbon Project
4. By 2020, invasive alien species and pathways are identified and strategies
to manage them developed so that populations of prioritized invasive alien
species are managed
National assessment of Tigers, Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into
India) Order, 2003, Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1914, National Forest
Policy 1988 amended 2018, Livestock Importation Act, 1898
(continued)