The 30×30 target for protected areas will not protect biodiversity but could result in serious impacts for Indigenous Peoples.
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“Our Land, Our Nature”: A congress to decolonise conservation
An Alternative Congress under the slogan “Our Land, Our Nature” will highlight the dark side of conservation, rooted in racism and colonialism.
Philanthropic organisations write to the Convention on Biological Diversity with concerns about the 30×30 protected areas target in Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
By Chris Lang In July 2021, the Convention on Biological Diversity published the first draft of the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. The UN explains that the aim is to create a “Paris-style UN agreement on biodiversity loss, to guide actions worldwide that ‘preserve and protect nature and its essential services to people’”. The draft…
Fortress conservation threatens Maasai pastoralists in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area: “The Government is systematically starving us”
Fortress conservation threatens the livelihoods of Maasai pastoralists who have lived in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area for generations.
Fishing communities in Costa Rica oppose the 30×30 conservation target
Costa Rica is co-chair of the Coalition pushing the 30×30 conservation target. Fishing communities in Costa Rica are opposed to the 30×30 target.