The Importance and Opportunities of the 30×30 Goal in the Caribbean

Excerpt from Island Innovation

Hosted by the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund’s Acting CEO, Karen McDonald Gayle, the Caribbean 30×30 livestream on Wednesday 9th, 2022 featured Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator CEO Racquel Moses, and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States’ Director General Dr Didacus Jules. The online broadcast saw them discuss the importance and opportunities of the 30×30 goal in the Caribbean, and what needs to be done to ensure that the region achieves the target and reaps the many benefits.

“We need more of the countries and territories to come on board now and we need them to be more deliberate and decisive about taking action. We need more action,” explained Ms Moses. The 30×30 target is a worldwide initiative for governments to designate 30% of Earth’s land and ocean area as protected areas by 2030. There are currently 2 major political initiatives working jointly to promote 30×30 globally:

• The Costa Rica and France led High Ambition Coalition (HAC) for Nature & People seeks to protect at least 30% of the world’s lands and oceans by 2030; and

• The United Kingdom-led Global Ocean Alliance (GOA) focuses specifically on the conservation of marine biodiversity and resources.

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