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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 Commitment,” researchers identified the most cost-effective lands around the U.S. that could contribute to four potential strategies for the 30×30 conservation target – minimizing acquisition costs, protecting species from extinction, protecting climate refugees and corridors, and protecting carbon sinks from land conversion. A large swath of Maine scored high on all thos ....

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