Strategic Goal A Address the underlying causes of biodiversity loss by mainstreaming biodiversity across government and society
By 2020, at the latest, incentives, including subsidies, harmful to biodiversity are eliminated,
phased out or reformed in order to minimize or avoid negative impacts, and positive incentives
for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity are developed and applied, consistent
and in harmony with the Convention and other relevant international obligations, taking into
account national socio economic conditions.
By 2020, at the latest, Governments, business and stakeholders at all levels have taken steps
to achieve or have implemented plans for sustainable production and consumption and have kept
the impacts of use of natural resources well within safe ecological limits.