30X30 POLICY PRIORITIES
30×30 is a global target to protect and conserve at least 30% of the world’s land, freshwater and ocean by 2030, adopted under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in 2022.
The science is clear: effective marine protection is vital for long-term economic, social and planetary wellbeing. Communities around the world and the future of our planet depend on the recovery and health of the ocean.
Policy PRIORITIES
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Include ambitious and effective marine biodiversity conservation targets and actions within their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) to help meet the global 30×30 marine goal.
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Urgently increase the scale and pace of establishing new marine protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs), prioritizing areas of high ecological integrity, to achieve 30×30 in the ocean, in concert with initiatives led by Indigenous Peoples and local communities.
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Accelerate global ratification (accession) of the High Seas Treaty to ensure broad participation of parties at Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) COP1, and champion the designation and effective implementation of all High Seas MPA candidate sites by 2030, including those already put forward under other regional agreements.
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Improve the effective management of new and existing protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures, ensuring harmful and destructive activities like bottom trawling are excluded, both in national waters and the high seas.
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Ensure that sufficient and durable financing for marine protection and conservation is included by all donor countries, multilateral institutions, and other financial partners when fulfilling obligations towards annually contributing $30B by 2030, mobilizing $200B annually by 2030, and ensuring direct access to inclusive financing for Indigenous Peoples and local communities.