Over the years, ecosystems and the habitats they habour - including Protected Areas (PAs) have witnessed significant degradation, fragmentation and biodiversity loss, and as a results thre has been an increase competition on the remaining limited naural resources. There is a need to reverse the current state of degraded habitat is the development and implementation of habitat rehabilitation programmes. This will be carried out in synergy with Target 8. An inventory of degraded ecosystems and fragile habitats will enable the identification of priority areas for intervention and the development of ecosystem-specific rehabilitation programmes. This approach will facilitate the involvement of decentralised authorities and local communities in the management of these programmes