Now the fourth largest economy in the world, the state’s economic might is largely due to the vast array of plants and animals and climates that exist here, many of which are now under protection.
From our high peaks to rugged coastlines, it’s easy to take for granted the eruption of life that exists only here in the San Francisco Bay Area.
And now, the fate of the world's biodiversity hinges on the ability of world leaders to agree upon and codify terms of an international treaty at what has been called the most important meeting that you’ve probably never heard of. ‘Scientific evidence has highlighted how global change, including climate change, is ultimately tied to biodiversity conservation,” a group of leading scientists wrote in an editorial for the journal Science Advances last week.
That’s particularly true for a global initiative known as 30x30, a key objective of COP15, which aims to protect 30% of global land and seas by 2030. Gov. Newsom committed California to 30x30 in 2020, making it the first U.S. state to do so, with 24% of its lands and 16 percent of coastal waters now protected.
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