All the national targets were formulated in accordance with Aichi Targets, and adapted to the Israeli circumstances. All the national targets still require official approval by the government.

Israel vision is that by 2040, biodiversity in Israel will flourish and become respected by the public for its own value and its importance to human well-being, thus it will be protected, restored and managed sustainably for the benefit of present society and future generations. This will be achieved by stopping the deterioration of biodiversity, ecosystem services and natural assets, through adopting sustainable development principles by 2025.

This national target focuses on mainstreaming the importance of biodiversity and its benefits across society.

A biodiversity strategic plan was approved by the Environmental Protection Minister in 2010. This national target focusses on the preparation of the conceptual framework and the actual steps required to achieve this vision, in line with the strategic plan and with the Aichi Targets.

This national target focuses on the implementation of the NBSAP policy and principles in all relevant ministries and administrations, at all levels – national, regional, and local.

This national target focuses on restructuring the economic incentives, so as to reduce their (mostly unintended) negative consequences for biodiversity and promote biodiversity-positive economic activity.

This national target specifically focuses on the business sector, recognizing the central role it needs to play in promoting sustainability and biodiversity conservation.

This national target is one of the key tool for successful implementation of the NBSAP – knowledge. All other national targets depend on reliable, updated and comprehensive data and its analysis, in order to be accomplished.

Reduction in natural habitats and open spaces Healthy ecosystems require landscapes that are large enough to support their function and resilience. The aim of this national target is to make sure that the diverse Israeli ecosystems will remain large enough to support their structure and function in a sustainable way.

The two leading threats for marine biodiversity are overfishing and pollution. This national target focuses on the former. Until recently, both commercial and recreational fishing were not sustainably managed. This target aims to transform fishing into a sustainable sector. As most of the Israeli Red Sea waters are protected, and because Israel's national target 13 deals specifically with the Red Sea coral reefs, national target 8 deals only with the Mediterranean Sea and the Sea of Galilee.

In the last decades, Israel underwent large scale afforestation. Hence, this national target focuses on a specific issue – planted forests management, mostly managed by KKL-JNF, the body in charge of afforestation.

This national target focuses on the agricultural sector. In Israel, agriculture is a major land use, directly effecting biodiversity of many ecosystems.

This national target focuses on the ecosystems for which pollution is identified as one of the most critical direct pressures on biodiversity in Israel.

In Israel, invasive species adversely affect terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems. Yet, considerable gaps in the legislation on alien species introduction have been identified, and national-scale prioritization for treatment of existing invasive species is lacking. This target aims to minimize the impact of invasive species on biodiversity and ecosystems.

Israel’s coral reefs in the Gulf of Eilat (also known as the Gulf of Aqaba), along the coast of the Red Sea are in the northern hemisphere limit of coral reef distribution and hence are of global importance. Yet, they are located adjacent to a substantial urban and tourist area and the port of Eilat, thus exposing that fragile ecosystem to various anthropogenic stresses.

This target was derived from Aichi target 11, however since Israel harbours a wide diversity of ecosystems over a small area and the ecosystems range widely in their size, it was concluded that setting a single numerical representativeness target might be insufficient, especially for ecosystems with small total areas.

This target was derived from Aichi target 11, as a complementary step to the previous national target (#14), regarding steps that will ensure the viability of Israel’s important ecosystems. Since fragmentation is a major threat to Israel ecosystems, and might also affect inter-continental connectivity, it was decided to dedicate a separate goal to connectivity.

This target was derived from Aichi target 12, regarding the necessary steps required to improve the condition of endangered and sensitive species.

This target directly refers to Aichi targets 14 and 15, regarding the restoration of degraded ecosystems. Its successful implementation depends on many other targets, such as sustainable management of agriculture and forests, pollution minimization and containment of invasive species. Upon its successful implementation, a significant contribution to other Aichi targets, such as the conservation of important ecosystems that are currently under-represented in Nature Parks, and improvement in the condition of endangered species- will also be achieved.