Under the 30 x 30 biodiversity target, countries will commit to protecting 30% of land and sea, but this may not be enough to reduce biodiversity loss
environment
December 16, 2022
Fish swim around coral in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Reserve, one of the largest protected areas in the world Shutterstock/Porco_Rosso
Environment ministers from a coalition of countries including Canada, Britain, Costa Rica and France have urged negotiators at the COP15 summit to back the so-called 30 x 30 target – A target to protect 30% of the world’s land and seas by 2030 in an effort to halt the loss of global biodiversity.
The 30 x 30 goal is just one of more than 20 goal negotiators…
