CHM - ORTMany of our native species on both land and sea, continue to face multiple pressures. This includes habitat loss and degradation, over-fishing, poaching, illegal harvesting, IAS and human-wildlife conflict. As a result, many populations have long been on a downward trend. Adding to the severity of this, the impending impacts of climate change, while not yet well known, are likely to be significant. Even slight variations in climactic conditions, including a rise in sea or atmospheric temperatures can lead to complex, multiplying impacts on the phenology and biological cycles of species and ecosystems. Some species have already become locally extinct, and further extinctions are foreseeable, especially in the case of our most threatened species as well as our endemic species that have only a restricted geographical range. Small, isolated populations are likely to be genetically unviable over the long term, due to low fitness levels as a result of inbreeding. Reversing these downward trends and managing the extinction risk is crucial, especially for species on the brink, that are caught in the extinction vortex.
Aside from reducing external pressures from legal or illegal extractive activities such as commercial fisheries or wildlife poaching, the utilisation of evidence-based and scientifically-sound, targeted and coordinated conservation actions is absolutely crucial for the recovery of our most threatened species.
| Global Targets | Degree of Alignment |
GBF-T04. Threatened species are recovering, genetic diversity is being maintained and human-wildlife conflict is being managed GBF-T04. Threatened species are recovering, genetic diversity is being maintained and human-wildlife conflict is being managedEnsure urgent management actions to halt human induced extinction of known threatened species and for the recovery and conservation of species, in particular threatened species, to significantly reduce extinction risk, as well as to maintain and restore the genetic diversity within and between populations of native, wild and domesticated species to maintain their adaptive potential, including through in situ and ex situ conservation and sustainable management practices, and effectively manage human-wildlife interactions to minimize human-wildlife conflict for coexistence. | Medium |
GBF-T08. Minimize impacts of climate change and ocean acidification including through nature-based solutions and/or ecosystem-based approaches GBF-T08. Minimize impacts of climate change and ocean acidification including through nature-based solutions and/or ecosystem-based approachesMinimize the impact of climate change and ocean acidification on biodiversity and increase its resilience through mitigation, adaptation, and disaster risk reduction actions, including through nature-based solution and/or ecosystem-based approaches, while minimizing negative and fostering positive impacts of climate action on biodiversity. | Low |
By implementing the following:
1) Implement targeted, science-led actions for species conservation
2) Adopt a metapopulation approach for our most threatened species
3) Enhance technical capacity for ex-situ conservation
4) Adopt scientific and co-existence approaches to address human-wildlife conflicts
5) Strengthen the conservation of migratory species
The actions in the NBSAP are mapped to align with the global targets.
The non-state commitments are detailed in the implementing agencies in Malaysia's NBSAP.