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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, 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 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. At the COP27 in Egypt, the Biden administration released the Nature-Based Solutions Roadmap, "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 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."
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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."
