A brief introduction to the negotiations of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Background & Aims: The post-2020 global biodiversity framework (the "Framework") being prepared by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will be negotiated and adopted at the second part of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention (COP15).The Framework is a landmark and plays an important guiding role for future global biodiversity conservation, economic and social development.Due to the continuous loss of biodiversity, the vision of living in harmony with nature by 2050 can only be fulfilled through transformative actions.In this paper, we describe the progress of the negotiations of the 22 action-oriented targets in drafting the Framework as at the fourth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (hereinafter referred to as "OEWG"), so as to provide a perspective and methodological reference for management departments, scientific research institutions, enterprises,