Somehow in all the excitement of the holidays and Trump’s tax returns, many people missed an important step to protect the world’s biodiversity. The Chinese Environment minister Huang Runqiu told delegates to the U.N. conference, “We have in our hands a package which I think can guide us as we all work together to halt and reverse biodiversity loss and put biodiversity on the path to recovery for the benefit of all the people in the world.”
The plan, known as 30 by 30, is an agreement to protect 30% of land and water considered important for biodiversity by 2030. Right now about 17% of terrestrial areas and 10% of marine areas are protected.
This will not be an easy task given climate change, habitat loss, pollution, and development. On the other hand, the first step to solving a problem is to recognize that there is a problem. This agreement does that.
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