116 nations pledge to protect and conserve 30 per cent of planet by 2030

The High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People celebrated the inclusion of a historic target to protect or conserve at least 30 per cent of the planets land and ocean by 2030 30x30 in the UN KunmingMontreal Global Biodiversity Framework approved on Monday at the 15th Conference of the Parties COP15 to the UN Convention on Biological DiversityThey immediately committed to a plan to work together to ensure the implementation of this ambitious global targetThis coalition which now has 116 countries behind it held a ministerial meeting to finalise the modalities of a new mechanism to support delivery of 30x30The High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People is committing to support countries with concrete actions to establish new protected or conserved areas and improve the management of existing protected or conserved areas including other effective conservation measuresCochairs Franz Tattenbach Costa Rican Minister of Environment and Energy Christophe Bechu French Minister of Environment and Ecological Transition Berangere Couillard French Minister of State In Charge of Ecology and Lord Zac Goldsmith the UK Minister for Overseas Territories Commonwealth Energy Climate and Environment at the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office on behalf of the UK met with the International Steering Committee members Australia Chile Colombia Gabon Japan Maldives Nigeria Norway Seychelles the United Arab Emirates and the US to finalise and agree on the governance structures the developed tools to deliver key activities and the budget and partnerships arrangements in the implementation phase of the coalition known as HAC 20The World Resources Initiative and the Global Environment Facility also signed an MoU as future hosts of the HAC 20The coalition committed to continue its partnership with indigenous people and local communities representatives in HAC 20 to achieve the 30x30 target recognising the crucial role that they play in safeguarding nature and the importance of ensuring that protected and conserved areas align with human rights and wellbeing for people as well as biodiversityThe Bezos Earth Fund Bloomberg Philanthropies and Rainforest Trust on behalf of The Protecting Our Planet Challenge POP a 5 billion commitment to protect and conserve 30 per cent of the planet by 2030 pledged 3 million over the next three years to support the HAC 20 governanceIt will launch a critical new implementation phase of the coalition to help sustain political commitment and engagement implement conservation plans support capacity building and knowledge sharing orchestrate technical assistance and mobilise resources to achieve 30x30 targets around the worldBloomberg Philanthropies support is for the HACs 20 ocean 30x30 efforts and is part of the POP groups 1billion ocean pledge made at the UN Ocean conference in June 2022Also ReadSeveral marine species on the verge of extinction Scientists at COP15This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever