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COP15: What is the 30 by 30 biodiversity target and is it enough?

Under the 30 by 30 biodiversity target, countries would pledge to protect 30 per cent of land and sea, but that may not be enough to reduce biodiversity losses

By Madeleine Cuff

16 December 2022

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Fish swim around coral in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, one of the largest protected areas in the world

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Environment ministers from a coalition of countries including Canada, the UK, Costa Rica and France have urged negotiators at the COP15 summit to rally behind the so-called 30 by 30 target – a goal to protect 30 per cent of the world’s land and sea by 2030 in an effort to stem biodiversity losses around the globe.

The 30 by 30 goal is just one of more than 20 targets negotiators from around the world are …

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