A report launch was held on 28 November 2008 at the Elizabeth Rose Hall, United Nations University, Aoyama, Tokyo. Click here to watch a video of the event on UNU's Video Portal.

By Balakrishna Pisupati and Renata Rubian

The report is available for download here.

The Report highlights the links between the CBD 2010 targets and the MDG target on reducing biodiversity loss; it also identifies the challenges being faced by countries in responding to these targets from different perspectives and provides some policy options for consideration by MDG practitioners.


UNU-IAS, September 2008, 36 pages

• Download the UNU-IAS Report: UNU-IAS Report: MDG on Reducing Biodiversity Loss and the CBD’s 2010 Target
• Download Report Launch Announcement from 28 November in Tokyo, Japan
• Download Report Launch Announcement from 24 September 2008 in New York, USA
• Download Press Release