By 2020 all fish and invertebrate stocks and aquatic plants are managed and harvested sustainably, legally and applying ecosystem based approaches, so that overfishing is avoided, recovery plans and measures are in place for all depleted species, fisheries have no significant adverse impacts on threatened species and vulnerable ecosystems and the impacts of fisheries on stocks, species and ecosystems are within safe ecological limits.

By 2020 areas under agriculture, aquaculture and forestry are managed sustainably, ensuring conservation of biodiversity.

By 2020, the genetic diversity of cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and of wild relatives, including other socio-economically as well as culturally valuable species, is maintained, and strategies have been developed and implemented for minimizing genetic erosion and safeguarding their genetic diversity.

To improve the living conditions of affected populations

Indicators

UNCCD indicators:

• SO 2-1 Trends in population living below the relative poverty line and/or income inequality in affected areas
• SO 2-2 Trends in access to safe drinking water in affected areas
• SO 2-3 Proportion of the population exposed to land degradation, disaggregated by sex 

SDG indicators:

• 1.1.1 Proportion of the population living below the international poverty line by sex, age, employment status and geographic location (urban/rural)
• 6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services

CBD indicators:

• Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services (Complementary indicator under target 11)