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"Australia has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to halt and reverse
biodiversity loss through ambitious law and policy reform.
The federal government is currently rewriting our national environmental laws
and updating the overarching
Strategy for Nature. The updated strategy will
include, among other things, goals for the restoration of degraded areas.
Part of the impetus for this reform is the
Kunming-Montreal Global
Biodiversity Framework. This 2022 United Nations treaty was signed by almost
200 countries committing to address the biodiversity crisis. It includes a
pledge to achieve 30% of degraded land, water, coastal and marine ecosystems
“under effective restoration” by 2030.
But as we argue in our new correspondence in
Nature Ecology and Evolution,
this restoration target is wide open to interpretation at the domestic level.
Some responses could be very ambitious, while others would barely shift us from
the status quo. Australia has an opportunity to lead here. We can show the
world how to restore land and water for the benefit of all."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
