The 30×30 Conservation Race: A Dilemma for Small-Scale Fishers?
Setting aside 30% of the planet’s surface for conservation by 2030, otherwise known as ’30×30′, has perhaps become today’s most resounding catchphrase in global conservationist circles. As of July 2022, more than 100 countries have joined the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People (HAC), a group of states rallying behind the 30×30 target, including all G10 countries. The campaign is being driven by conservation foundations and affiliated scientists as well as corporations and financial institutions advocating for a global new deal for nature.[1] Put simply, the stated ambition of their call is to link the Paris Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in a bid to combine terrestrial and marine biodiversity protection with climate action under a single umbrella. There is now a strong expectation that 30×30 might be formally endorsed when the parties to the CBD convene to adopt a post-2020 global biodiversity framework (GBF) in Montreal in December 2022…
