Sixth National Report of Ukraine on the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity English version December, 2018 Kyiv – 2018 Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 4 Acknowledgements........................................................................................................................ 4 Abbreviations ................................................................................................................................ 5 Section I. Information on the targets being pursued at the national level .................................. 7 National Target 1 (NT1). Increasing the level of public environmental consciousness ............................... 7 National Target 2 (NT 2). Improving the environmental situation and increasing the level of environmental security ......................................................................................................................... 8 National Target 3 (NT 3). Attaining the environmental conditions safe for human health ..........................10 National Target 4 (NT 4). Integrating the environmental policy and improving the integrated environmental management system ......................................................................................................... 11 National Target 5 (NT 5). Halting the loss of biological and landscape diversity and establishing the ecological network .........................................................................................................12 National Target 6 (NT 6). Ensuring ecologically balanced nature management .........................................14 National Target 7 (NT 7). Improving the regional environmental policy ...................................................15 Section II. Implementation measures taken, assessment of their effectiveness, associated obstacles, and scientific and technical needs to achieve national targets .................................. 17 1. Increasing the level of public awareness of biodiversity .......................................................................17 2. Implementation of the Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement towards biodiversity conservation ............................................................................................................................................20 3. Implementation of Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment ..........23 4. Integration of plans on biodiversity conservation into strategic and sectoral development programs .....24 5. Green economy and ecological modernization .....................................................................................25 6. Implementation of integrated water resource management ...................................................................29 7. Identification of ancient and primeval forests of the Carpathians ..........................................................31 8. Improvement of sanitary regulations in the forests of Ukraine and implementation of FSC forest certification .............................................................................................................................................33 9. Fish stocks assessment and improvement of fisheries organization .......................................................35 10. Ex situ breeding of native fish species ................................................................................................38 11. Establishing protection and sustainable use of agricultural land ..........................................................40 12. Reduction of environmental pollution ................................................................................................42 13. Management of invasive alien species ................................................................................................45 14. Reduction of anthropogenic pressure on vulnerable ecosystems .........................................................47 15. Restoration of wetlands .....................................................................................................................49 16. Conservation of areas key for biological and habitat diversity ............................................................50 17. Species status assessment, protection and recovery of species ............................................................54 18. Conservation of genetic diversity of cultivated plants, domesticated animals and their wild relatives ..58 19. Enhancing ecosystem resilience to climate change, reducing greenhouse gas emissions through ecosystem-based approaches ...................................................................................................................61 20. Legal and scientific principles of collection, monitoring and open data sharing in the field of biodiversity and its conservation, open cadastres and databases ...............................................................64 21. Biosafety and genetically modified organisms ....................................................................................67 Section III. Assessment of progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets at the national level ..................................................................................................................... 69 ABT 1 – Biodiversity awareness ..............................................................................................................69 ABT 2 – Biodiversity mainstreaming .......................................................................................................70 ABT 3 – Incentives and subsidies ............................................................................................................71 ABT 4 – Sustainable production and consumption ...................................................................................72 2 ABT 5 – Habitat fragmentation and degradation ......................................................................................74 ABT 6 – Sustainable fisheries ..................................................................................................................75 ABT 7 – Sustainable resource management .............................................................................................76 ABT 8 – Pollution ...................................................................................................................................78 ABT 9 – Invasive alien species ................................................................................................................79 ABT 10 – Ecosystems vulnerable to climate change ................................................................................81 ABT 11 – Protected areas ........................................................................................................................83 ABT 12 – Species and extinctions ...........................................................................................................85 ABT 13 – Genetic diversity .....................................................................................................................86 ABT 14 – Ecosystem services .................................................................................................................87 ABT 15 – Climate resilience, sequestration and restoration ......................................................................89 ABT 16 – Access and benefit sharing ......................................................................................................90 ABT 17 – National biodiversity strategies and action plans ......................................................................91 ABT 18 – Traditional knowledge .............................................................................................................92 ABT 19 – Science and research ...............................................................................................................92 ABT 20 – Resource mobilization .............................................................................................................94 Section IV. Description of the national contribution to the achievement of each global Aichi Biodiversity Target .................................................................................... 96 ABT 1 – Biodiversity awareness ..............................................................................................................96 ABT 2 – Biodiversity mainstreaming .......................................................................................................96 ABT 3 – Incentives and subsidies ............................................................................................................97 ABT 4 – Sustainable production and consumption ...................................................................................98 ABT 5 – Habitat fragmentation and degradation ......................................................................................98 ABT 6 – Sustainable fisheries ..................................................................................................................98 ABT 7 – Sustainable resource management .............................................................................................99 ABT 8 – Pollution ................................................................................................................................