Session 35: 30/30 Vision: Pacific Leadership on Protected and Conserved Areas at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity

Abstract

The loss of nature is global ecological and economic catastrophe. As we have seen with the recent surge of hurricanes and typhoons, when nature's services we've long taken for granted begin to fall, it is poor communities that suffer most. Further, countless of people depend on the marine environment for their livelihoods. Thus addressing the decline of the health of our ocean should be a priority for all. In 2021, Parties of the UN Convention Biological Diversity (CBD) will agree to a set of next global biodiversity target through 2030, and one objective gaining momentum is the call for the protection and conservation of at least 30% of the global ocean over this decade (30x30).