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Table 5 Some examples of country/context-specific MDG-7 targets


TABLE 5 SOME EXAMPLES OF COUNTRY/CONTEXT-SPECIFIC MDG-7 TARGETS
Global Target 9 Modified or New Targets
Forest cover
  • Maintain at least 60% of the country under forest cover in perpetuity (Bhutan)
  • Maintain forest cover at 60% (2000 level) through 2015 (Cambodia)
  • Increase forest cover from 8.2% in 2000 to 9.0% in 2015 (Mongolia)
  • Increase afforestation rate from 27% to 35% by 2040 (Romania)
  • Increase forest cover from 11.9 million ha in 2000 to 12.8 million ha in 2015 (Senegal)
  • Increase forest cover by 115,000 ha between 2002 and 2006 (Tunisia)
  • Extend forest cover to 43% by 2010 (Viet Nam)
Protected areas
  • Increase ratio of protected territories from 34.9% in 1990 to 35.9% in 2015 (Bulgaria)
  • Maintain 23 protected areas (3.3m ha, 1993) and 6 forest-protected areas (1.35 m ha) through 2015 (Cambodia)
  • Increase proportion of areas covered by natural protectorates to 25% by 2015 (Egypt)
  • Protected areas and reserves to cover 10.8% of the national territory (Gabon)
  • Increase area protected to maintain biological diversity from 0.2% in 1990 to 1.9% in 2015 (Kyrgyzstan)
  • Increase land area protected to maintain bilogical diversity from 13.2% in 2000 to 30% in 2015 (Mongolia)
  • Increase proportion of protected land area from 2.56% in 1990 to 19% by 2015 (Romania)
  • Increase area protected for biological diversity from 8% in 1990 to 12% in 2015 (Senegal)
  • Expand network of national and biosphere reserves and national parks to 10.4% of overall territory (Ukraine)
Energy and climate change
  • Reduce C02 emissions against 1988 baseline in fulfillment in Kyoto Protocol obligations (Bulgaria)
  • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 8% of CO2 equivalent between 2008 and 2012 (Romania)
  • Increase use of renewable energy in electricity generation from 29% in 1999 to 33.6% in 2015 (Slovenia)
  • Increase share of renewable energy to 8% of commercial primary energy by 2011 (Thailand)
Pollution
  • Decrease total discharge of major pollutants by 10% between 2000 and 2005 (China)
  • Stabilize ambient air pollution from stationary and mobile sources by 2015 (Ukraine)
  • Attain national standards in air and water pollution by 2005 (Vietnam)
Source: UNDP 2005b