Jordan’s national targets address several core components of GBF Target 9, particularly those related to ensuring the sustainable management and use of wild species, supporting food security through biodiversity-friendly agriculture, and reducing the impacts of invasive alien species on wild species and their ecosystems. These national targets contribute to advancing the global target by promoting sustainable harvesting and trade, enhancing the ecological and socio-economic benefits derived from wild species, and reducing pressures that undermine the long-term viability of wild species populations.

However, several critical elements of the global target remain insufficiently addressed. The national targets do not specify measurable sustainability thresholds for harvest levels, population-based sustainability indicators, or mechanisms for assessing and monitoring the long-term viability of wild species under use. They also do not include explicit measures to ensure equitable access, rights, and benefit-sharing for communities dependent on wild species, nor do they address illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) use. These gaps mean that Jordan’s national targets only partially reflect the full scope and ambition of GBF Target 9.