The fourth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO-4), a mid-term evaluation
of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, provides a review of
global progress in achieving the goals of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and the associated Aichi
Targets. On the other hand, it contains very little information at the regional level. This
report builds on and complements the overall assessment of GBO4. This is the second edition of
the State of Biodiversity in Africa. This report is a (almost) mid-term assessment of the
progress made in the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 for
the African region.