Target 15.9 --- I feel that target 15. 9 - "By 2020, integrate ecosystem and biodiversity values into national and local planning, development processes, poverty reduction strategies and accounts" - is essential since it can serve as a driver for the other targets under SDG 15. The integration of values would reengineer present planning processes that do not account of ecosystem services. Understanding the value of ecosystem services has led to the development of many ecosystem services

Source author: Petal Punalall Jetoo pjetoo@gmail.com