The majority of the Commonwealth Pacific small states have ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity where parties have agreed to meet biodiversity-related targets known as the Aichi Targets, including protecting 17 per cent of terrestrial areas by 2020 (SPREP, 2016b). Meeting this target has been difficult for most, with only Kiribati achieving the target (Figure 2.7), which does not augur well for the achievement of SDG Target 15.1. However, the Pacific faces some of the highest extinction rates in the world, largely caused by the impact of invasive species (SPREP, 2016c) (Target 15.8), which are currently not well managed and remain out of control (SPREP, 2016b).