Conserving land to save our future: A goal to protect 30 percent of lands from development by 2030
opinion: targets for protected lands could help slow climate and extinction crises, support local food production Conserving land to save our future: A goal to protect 30 percent of lands from development by 2030 Marina Schauffler, Maine Monitor Sat, 04/17/2021 - 12:00pm A view of Mount Katahdin from Abol Stream at the edge of Baxter State Park. (Photo by Wendy Almeida/Maine Monitor) Extinctions since 1500. Courtesy of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. In a recent working paper, “Delivering on Biden’s 2030 Conservation Commitme...