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Most countries off track on 2030 nature targets, UN assessment reveals
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Firstpost•19-10-2026, 11:47
Most countries off track on 2030 nature targets, UN assessment reveals
- •A United Nations report reveals that nearly 90% of parties have established national biodiversity targets, but translating these commitments into action remains a major challenge ahead of COP17.
- •The assessment shows that fewer than half of the national targets evaluated by governments are currently on track to meet the 2030 goals set by the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
- •Protected areas currently cover 18.4% of terrestrial and inland-water areas and 23.2% of marine and coastal areas under national jurisdiction, falling short of the 30% target.
- •Only 27% of parties have established national targets to reduce harmful subsidies, with just 5% setting quantified targets for cutting these damaging incentives.
- •Delegates are meeting at COP17 in Yerevan, Armenia, to review progress and find ways to accelerate delivery before the 2030 deadline to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.
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The UN assessment estimates that protected and conserved areas currently cover 18.4% of terrestrial and inland-water areas and 23.2% of marine and coastal areas under national jurisdiction.
Nearly 90% of the Convention on Biological Diversity's 196 parties have established national biodiversity targets to help halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030.
Only 27% of parties have established national targets addressing the reduction of harmful incentives, and just 5% have set quantified targets for cutting them.
