Look West: Public lands and energy news from the Center for Western Priorities


** 112 nations pledge support for 30x30 goal at COP27 climate summit
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Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Satellite view of the Nile River and delta in Egypt. Credit: NOAA/NASA, Flickr ([link removed])

The science-backed goal of protecting 30% of the world's land and oceans by 2030 got a major boost this week as 112 nations pledged support for the 30x30 goal at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt ([link removed]) , up from just 70 countries one year ago.

The 30x30 goal is the centerpiece of a global effort to protect nature and biodiversity, a pact that is expected to be finalized ([link removed]) at the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity summit (COP15) summit in Montreal next month. The overlap in intention between the two COP gatherings is evidence of a growing awareness that limiting global emissions requires protecting nature, and vice versa.

With the emphasis on nature protections evident this week during the COP summit in Egypt, the Biden administration announced its own slate of domestic nature-based solutions to fight climate change and reach the 30x30 goal in America ([link removed]) . At the COP27 in Egypt, the Biden administration released the Nature-Based Solutions Roadmap ([link removed]) , "an outline of strategic recommendations to put America on a path that will unlock the full potential of nature-based solutions to address climate change, nature loss, and inequity."

According to the White House fact sheet ([link removed]) accompanying the announcement, nature-based solutions refer to actions that are designed to protect, sustainably manage, or restore natural or modified ecosystems as solutions to fight climate change. Examples of actions that might apply include "protection or conservation of natural areas, reforestation, restoration of marshes or other habitats, or sustainable management of farms, fisheries, or forests."
Quick hits


** California tribe rallies to save sacred sites
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High Country News ([link removed])


** A thirsty Arizona megafarm is driven by drought to consider a radical solution: government regulation
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Grist ([link removed])


** 112 nations pledge support for 30x30 goal at COP27 climate summit
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Reuters ([link removed])


** Gold Star families and veterans are eligible for lifetime public lands passes
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E&E News ([link removed])


** Critics say government is failing to protect forests most critical to mitigating climate change
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The Hill ([link removed])


** How many of the nearly 16 million acres of landlocked public land are in Southern Utah?
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St. George News ([link removed])


** When dams come down, fish come home
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High Country News ([link removed])


** Inside the Fat Bear Week voting scandal
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E&E News ([link removed])
Quote of the day
” It is unconscionable that a local sheriff would arrest a working wildland firefighter during an active fire operation. Not only did the sheriff exceed his authority in detaining Firefighter Snodgrass, in doing so, the sheriff put everyone and everything in danger by removing a working fire commander during a dangerous incident. Firefighter Snodgrass was arrested for simply doing his job."
—Statement by National Federation of Federal Employees President Randy Erwin, Wildfire Today ([link removed])
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We're "hoppy" to share some good news! 🐸 Back in 2020, we & our partners at Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, CA Department of Transportation & U.S. Geological Survey installed toad crossings on a highway in the Eastern Sierra Nevadas for the federally threatened Yosemite toad.

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