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On May 6, the Biden administration unveiled a new, ten-year plan for how it intends to make good on Executive Order 14008, which called for the conservation of 30 percent of our nation’s land and water by 2030. This number, which has been backed by scientists, is considered the critical amount of conserved natural areas necessary to help slow climate change and prevent catastrophic species loss.
“Never before has a president outlined a goal of this kind, and certainly not this early in an administration,” said Brenda Mallory, chair
of the Council on Environmental Quality, on a press call. “Let me be candid: nature in America is in trouble, and Americans across the country are seeing and feeling the impacts.”
STATEMENT: Biden-Harris Administration’s Conservation Roadmap Harnesses the Power of Nature To Combat the Climate Crisis
Date: May 6, 2021
Contact: Ari Drennen
Washington, D.C. Today, the Biden-Harris administration released a report recommending a 10-year, locally led campaign to conserve and restore the nation’s lands, waters, and oceans. The report launches the America the Beautiful Campaign and lays out principles for meeting the national goal of conserving 30 percent of America’s lands, waters, and oceans by 2030. In response, Center for American Progress founder John Podesta released the following statement:
By conserving and restoring 30 percent of land, water, and oceans by 2030, the Biden-Harris administration is harnessing the power of nature to address the climate crisis and to bring nature’s benefits to all people. COVID-19’s reach has shown that human health and nature’s health are inextricably linked and that only bold, decisive action can stem these