CLIMATE · VERIFIED DEVELOPMENT
Australia Faces Deadline to Meet 30% Conservation Target by 2030
WHY IT MATTERS
Australia's success in meeting its 30 by 30 target will signal whether the world's most ambitious conservation commitment can succeed, with significant implications for global biodiversity efforts.
What happened
Australia has four years to meet its global biodiversity promise, protecting 30% of its land and seas by 2030.
The country's biodiversity crisis is severe, with one of the world's worst records for mammal extinctions.
To succeed, Australia must protect the right places, ensuring conserved areas are biodiverse, ecologically representative, well connected, and equitably governed, while respecting Indigenous peoples' rights.
PRIMARY SOURCES
Australia’s 30×30 conservation promise matters a lot, but how it’s achieved is key (commentary)
Mongabay · Erik Hoffner · Discovery and factual synthesis only; publisher copyright terms apply