Table 3.

Summary of proposed resolved text for Goal A, Target 4, and targets relating to “genetic connectivity” and “safeguarding genetic diversity”

Element	Proposed possibilities for final wording
Goal A	All genetically distinct populations, and at least 99% of [all] genetic diversity within populations, of all species, are maintained by 2030 and genetic connectivity is restored by 2050
Goal A	Genetic diversity and adaptive potential within populations of all [wild and domestic] species is safeguarded, and all genetically distinct populations are maintained by 2030, and at least 99% of genetic diversity within populations is maintained by 2050
Goal A	The proportion of populations large enough to maintain genetic diversity and adaptive potential (Ne > 500), of all species, has increased by at least 25% by 2030 and 75% by 2050, and all genetically distinct populations are maintained
Target 4	And to maintain and restore the genetic diversity and adaptive potential within and among populations of species, and strategies for conserving genetic diversity are developed and initiated…
Target 4	And to maintain, manage, protect, and restore the genetic diversity and adaptive potential within and among populations of species, and strategies for conserving genetic diversity are developed and initiated…
Target 1 and 12	“Ecological connectivity” change to “ecological and genetic connectivity”
Target 3	“Ecologically representative” protected areas; change to “ecologically and genetically representative”
Target 5 and 9	“Sustainable harvest” change to “demographically and genetically sustainable harvest”

Bold shows wording from OEWG4 and italics is text in Aichi Target 13 but not in the OEWG4 document (see Table 1). We also note that achieving Target 8 on resilience under climate change and Target 10 on agriculture/ aquaculture/ forestry will require maintaining genetic diversity, though we do not suggest wording changes there. Multiple lines are given for Goal A and Target 4 to provide options for policy makers