Target 13: By 2020, combat desertification, and enhance ecosystem resilience through conservation and restoration of degraded ecosystems | Zimbabwe National Biodiversity Clearing House

Agricultural drylands constitute about 42% of the total arable land in Zimbabwe. Large tracts of these drylands are subject to various degrees of land degradation, which reduces the social and biological potential of the land and increases the effects of desertification. Combating land degradation will enhance ecosystem resilience and livelihoods

Aichi targets

15. Ecosystems restored and resilience enhanced

15.1. Ecosystem resilience and the contribution of biodiversity to carbon stocks have been enhanced through conservation and restoration

15.2. At least 15 per cent of degraded ecosystems are restored, contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation, and to combating desertification

5. Habitat loss halved or reduced

5.1. The rate of loss of forests is at least halved and where feasible brought close to zero

5.2. The loss of all habitats is at least halved and where feasible brought close to zero

5.3. Degradation and fragmentation are significantly reduced