Category: News
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The private land conservation opportunity to deliver for 30 by 30
A new report, authored by the Australian Land Conservation Alliance, provides 23 recommendations on how to maximise the contribution of private land conservation to Australia’s commitment to build our permanently protected area estate to 30% of Australia’s land by 2030. Privately managed land accounts for approximately 60% of Australia’s land, with much of that land…
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We’ve committed to protect 30% of Australia’s land by 2030. Here’s how we could actually do it
First published on The Conversation By James Fitzsimons, Adjunct Professor in Environmental Sciences, Deakin University In the mid 1990s, only 7% of Australia’s land was protected for conservation. Now, it’s more than tripled to 22%. But to reach our ambitious goal of boosting protection to 30% by 2030, we’ll have to sharpen our focus and…
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The promise of protecting 30% of Australia’s land by 2030
This article was originally published on National Parks Association of NSW By Dr Stuart Blanch, Senior Manager, Towards Two Billion Trees, WWF-Australia “Our government will set a goal of protecting 30% of our land and 30% of our oceans by 2030,” said the Hon Tania Plibersek MP, Minister for the Environment and Water, during her…
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Protecting 30% of Australia: a critical response to Australia’s dire state of the environment
By James Fitzsimons, Senior Advisor, Global Protection Strategies, The Nature Conservancy In response to the dire Australian State of the Environment report released yesterday, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek firmly committed Australia to the protection 30% of lands and 30% of oceans by 2030. While this target (dubbed 30×30) seems ambitious, and it is, Australia is…