Simon Counsell on the science (or lack of it) behind the target of putting 30% of the planet in protected areas by 2030 (30×30).
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Will global spatial planning save the world’s biodiversity? (No, it won’t.) For those engaged in developing the new Global Biodiversity Framework: four lessons from the past, and a warning for the future
Will global spatial planning save the world’s biodiversity? Simon Counsell takes a look at some of the lessons from the past where spatial planning led to disastrous outcomes for biodiversity.
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.
CBD Alliance urges rejection of draft Global Biodiversity Framework, including 30% protection target: “Major step backwards in global biodiversity policy”
CBD Alliance letter opposing the Zero Draft Global Biodiversity Framework and 30×30.
Open letter to the lead authors of ‘Protecting 30% of the Planet for Nature’: “This paper reads to us like a proposal for a new model of colonialism”
An open letter, signed by authors from multiple institutions, highlights the problems with the working paper, “Protecting 30% of the planet for nature”.